La Marseillaise

The Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 is a monumental stone bas-relief by François Rude, created between 1833 and 1836. Installed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, it shows volunteers moving left under an allegorical winged Victory.

The Alyscamps

The Alyscamps is a Roman-era necropolis in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Once a pagan and later Christian burial ground, it became known for its sarcophagi, churches, and association with pilgrimage and burial traditions.

Hôtel de Lassay

Hôtel de Lassay is an 18th-century hôtel particulier in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It stands next to the Palais Bourbon and serves as the residence of the President of the French National Assembly.

Place des Jacobins

Place des Jacobins is a square in the Bellecour district of Lyon. It was called Place Confort until 1782, then took its present name from the Jacobin religious order, also known as the Dominican Order.

The Triumph of the Republic

The Triumph of the Republic is a bronze monument and fountain at Place de la Nation in Paris. Created by Jules Dalou, it shows a Republic on a chariot pulled by two lions, guided by the Genius of Liberty and surrounded by allegories of Labor, Justice, and Peace.

La Vieille Charité

La Vieille Charité is a 17th-century building in Marseille’s Panier district, designed by Pierre Puget to house the city’s indigent and poor. Its architecture includes a central chapel and a rectangular courtyard surrounded by galleries.

Place Sainte-Anne

Place Sainte-Anne is a square in the Centre district of Rennes, north of the historic center. It includes a carousel, a book market, and restaurants, and is served by Sainte-Anne metro station on lines A and B.

Lille Cathedral

Lille Cathedral is a Neo-Gothic Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Vieux-Lille, in Nord, Hauts-de-France. Built on the site of the old motte castrale, it was planned as a future cathedral and dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille.

Saint-Pierre de Montmartre

Saint-Pierre de Montmartre is a Roman Catholic parish church in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, west of Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre. It is one of two parish churches in the district and has long been associated with the history of Montmartre.

Les Anneaux

Les Anneaux is an installation artwork by Daniel Buren and Patrick Bouchain on the quai des Antilles in Nantes. Created for the Estuaire 2007 contemporary art festival, it consists of 18 galvanized steel rings along the Loire and the hangar à bananes.

Église de la Sainte-Trinité

Église de la Sainte-Trinité is a Roman Catholic church in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, at 3 rue de la Trinité and place d’Estienne d’Orves. Built between 1861 and 1867, it features an ornate Neo-Renaissance, Second Empire style and a 65-meter belfry.

Hôtel Terminus

Hôtel Terminus is a hotel on cours de Verdun in Lyon, built in 1905. It was previously known as Château Perrache and is now Le Mercure Lyon Centre Château Perrache, owned by the Accor group.

Place Jean-Jaurès

Place Jean-Jaurès, also known as La Plaine, is one of the largest squares in Marseille. It lies in the city center at the boundary of the 1st, 5th, and 6th arrondissements, in the Thiers, Camas, and Notre-Dame-du-Mont neighborhoods.

Place de Clichy

Place de Clichy is a square in Paris on the site of the former barrière de Clichy. It was known as place and barrière de Clichy from 1789 to 1814 and was later fully classified in the Paris roadway in 1864.

La Friche

La Friche la Belle de Mai is a cultural center in Marseille’s Belle de Mai district, created in a former tobacco factory opened in 1992. It brings together artistic workplaces, performance rooms, and exhibition spaces across many disciplines.

Musée Fabre

Musée Fabre is the principal art museum of Montpellier. It was created after François-Xavier Fabre proposed donating his collections to the city in 1824, on the condition that a museum be built to house them. The museum opened after three years of work financed by the municipality.

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is a Catholic place of worship in Paris, located on rue de Châteaudun in the 9th arrondissement. It belongs to the parish of the same name in the Archdiocese of Paris and is near the Le Peletier and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette metro stations.

Hospice Debrousse

Hospice Debrousse was a former hospital at 29 rue Sœur-Bouvier in Lyon. Specialized in pediatrics, it ended hospital activity in 2007, when pediatric services were regrouped at Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant.

Rochers sculptés de Rothéneuf

The Rochers sculptés de Rothéneuf are monumental granite sculptures near Saint-Malo and Cancale, created by abbé Adolphe Julien Fouéré, known as abbé Fouré, between 1894 and 1907. The site is classified as art brut and includes more than 300 figures.

Palais Saint-Pierre

The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon is a municipal museum on place des Terreaux in Lyon, France, housed in the former abbaye de Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains. It is more commonly known as palais Saint-Pierre and was formally established during the French Revolution.

Halle de la Machine

Halle de la Machine is an exhibition hall and museum installed near the Piste des Géants at the former Toulouse-Montaudran airport. It presents large mechanical creations, including Astérion le Minotaure and about 200 spectacle machines.

Galerie Vivienne

Galerie Vivienne is a covered passage in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. It is privately owned but open to pedestrians during public hours, and is known for its Pompeian neo-classical decor, glass roof, and original gallery and rotunda.

Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine

The Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine is an architectural museum in the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. It is a public establishment under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture, devoted to French architecture, built heritage, and contemporary creation.

Salle Le Peletier

Salle Le Peletier was an opera house in Paris that housed the Paris Opera from 1821 until it was destroyed by fire in 1873. Designed by François Debret, it was built on the site of the garden of the Hôtel de Choiseul on rue Lepeletier.

Marly Horses

The Marly Horses are two symmetrical Carrara marble sculptural groups by Guillaume Coustou the Elder, made between 1743 and 1745. They depict rearing horses being restrained by charioteers and were commissioned for the Marly watering basin.

Archives nationales

The Archives nationales are France’s national archives, created by decree of the Constituent Assembly in 1790. They preserve archives of the central organs of the French State, with headquarters in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and additional holdings in Paris.

Nice Cathedral

Nice Cathedral is the main Catholic place of worship in Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes department. Located at Place Rossetti in the historic center, it was built in Baroque style in the 17th century and designated a minor basilica in 1949.

Rue de Vaugirard

Rue de Vaugirard is a street crossing the 6th and 15th arrondissements of Paris. At 4.3 kilometres long, it is the longest street in Paris intra-muros and has 407 building numbers.

St-Martin-des-Champs Priory

St-Martin-des-Champs Priory is a former Catholic abbey and priory in Paris. Founded in 1059 and entrusted to the Cluniacs in 1079, it became an important medieval dependency with royal protection, donations, and extensive possessions.

Musée des Augustins

The Musée des Augustins is an art museum in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, housed in the former convent of the Augustins. Opened in 1795, it holds important collections of painting and sculpture and reopened in 2005 after nearly six years of work.

Hôpital Saint-Louis

Hôpital Saint-Louis is an Assistance publique–Hôpitaux de Paris hospital in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. Founded by Henri IV in the early 17th century, it combines historic buildings with a modern hospital complex.

P4 Laboratory - Jean Merieux

P4 Laboratory - Jean Merieux is a high-security medical laboratory in Lyon’s Gerland district, on avenue Tony Garnier. Inaugurated in 1999, it is located in the Inserm Cervi tower near the ENS of Lyon premises and was financed by the family of Jean Mérieux.

Guimet Museum

The Guimet Museum is the musée national des Arts asiatiques in Paris, at 6 place d’Iéna. Founded by Émile Guimet, it was inaugurated in 1889 and presents one of the most complete collections of Asian arts worldwide.

Sainte-Marie Lyon

Sainte-Marie Lyon is a coeducational private school under contract. It teaches students from kindergarten to Bac+3 and is spread across five sites, including three in Lyon, one in Meyzieu, and one in the Porte de l’Isère area.

Musée Gustave Moreau

Musée Gustave Moreau is a national museum at 14 rue de La Rochefoucauld in Paris’s 9th arrondissement, set in the former studio of the symbolist painter Gustave Moreau. It preserves and presents his work and studio environment.

National Theatre of Nice

The National Theatre of Nice is a centre dramatique national created in 1969. It was installed in buildings designed by Xavier Carnoy, later moved to the Promenade des Arts, and planned a partial move to the former Saint-François convent in Vieux-Nice.

Well of Moses

The Well of Moses is the surviving lower part of a calvary once set in a well at the centre of the grand cloister of Champmol. Created for Philippe II de Bourgogne, it is now in the park of the specialized hospital center of Dijon.

Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre

Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre is a medieval church on the left bank of the Seine in Paris’s Quartier Latin, on rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre in square René-Viviani. It has been entrusted to the Greek Melkite Catholic Church since the end of the 19th century and is assigned to the Byzantine rite.

Halle aux Grains

The Halle aux Grains de Toulouse is a concert hall in the city center of Toulouse. Built in 1861 as a grain market, it was later converted into a performance venue and is known for its acoustic quality.