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  • Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, aerial view, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, ite of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514-22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, and Tour des Marques, the original medieval keep of the Marques family, on the river Cher, near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570-76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tour des Minimes and Louis XII wing at the Chateau d'Amboise, aerial view, a medieval castle which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, on the River Loire, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The chateau was rebuilt as a Gothic palace under Charles VIII and Renaissance and Italianate additions were installed under Francois I and Henri II. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ramparts and logis royaux of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon at dawn, aerial view, on the Vienne river, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. The building consists of 3 enclosures (Coudray, Milieu and Saint-Georges) separated by dry moats, and natural defenses on 3 sides with a ditch dug on the 4th. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument of the Dukes of Orleans seen from above, marble, 16th century, with effigies of Louis, Duke of Orleans, 1372-1407, Valentine Visconti his wife, and their sons Charles the Poet, 1394-1465, and Philip, 1396-1420, in the Chapelle Saint-Michel, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Statuettes of 24 saints and apostles stand in niches around the tomb, which was commissioned in 1502 by Louis XII and made by Italian artists. This tomb was originally in the Chapelle des Celestins in Paris. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vercingetorix Monument, sculpted by Aime Millet, 1819-91, and designed by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, erected in 1865 on the Western point of the oppidum of Alesia, aerial view, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. The monument was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III, celebrating Vercingetorix as a symbol of Gallic nationalism. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen gardens with summer foliage in the Renaissance gardens, restored 1908-18 by Joachim Carvallo, at the Chateau de Villandry, aerial view, on the river Loire near Tours in Indre-et-Loire, France. Much of the current building was built under Jean Breton who bought the existing medieval castle in 1532 and built the Renaissance palace. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Murray star shaped maze, designed by Adrian Fisher, in the grounds of Scone Palace, rebuilt 1802-12 by William Atkinson in late Georgian Gothic style, Perthshire, Scotland. The maze is planted with copper and green beech, after the Earl of Mansfield’s family tartan, Ancient Murray of Tullibardine, and is in the shape of a 5 pointed star from the Murray emblem. There was originally a church, then priory, then abbey on this site before it became a home. The palace is now open to the public. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Menhir de Champ-Dolent, a 9.5m high upright man-made Neolithic standing stone, the largest in Brittany, near Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. Legend states that the stone fell from the sky to separate 2 feuding brothers, and that when it finally sinks into the earth, the world will end. The menhir is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Omaha Beach, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France, aerial view of the waves lapping the orange sand. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parc Naturel des Ports with the Roques de Benet mountains, aerial view, Tortosa-Beseit, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Park was founded in 1995 and covers 60,000 hectares of varied landscape around the Els Ports massif south of the river Ebro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa del Poggio Imperiale, aerial view, a neoclassical Villa Medicea in Arcetri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Originally built in the 15th century, the villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century. It was enlarged in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It was the seat of the Educandato Statale della Santissima Annunziata 1865-2015. The villa forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parque Natural de Bardenas Reales, aerial view, an arid region of semi-desert eroded landscape, in the Ebro valley depression, in Navarre, Northern Spain. The area covers 42,000 hectares between Tudela and Carcastillo, featuring badlands created by the erosion of the clay, chalk and sandstone soils by occasional heavy rains and a strong wind called cierzo. The area is listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The oval Grand Salon with its dome can be seen in the centre of the South facade, and the chateau is surrounded by a rectangular moat and formal gardens. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau d'Usse, built 15th - 17th century in medieval and Renaissance style, aerial view, and French gardens designed by Andre Le Notre and Vauban in the 17th century, in Rigny-Usse, Indre-et-Loire, France. An existing ruined castle was rebuilt from 1440s by Jean V de Breuil and later rebuilt by Charles d'Espinay. The chateau is owned by the duc de Blacas and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peyrepertuse Castle or Chateau de Peyrepertuse, aerial view, a ruined Cathar castle in Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, Corbieres, Aude, France. This castle consists of a Lower Castle built by the Kings of Aragon in the 11th century and a High Castle built by Louis IX in the 13th century, joined by a huge staircase. Its name means pierced rock in Occitan and it has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona. It is one of the Five Sons of Carcassonne or Cinq Fils de Carcassonne and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tour de l'Horloge or clock tower at dawn, built 1200 by Jean sans Terre as the castle entrance, aerial view, at the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, on the Vienne river, Indre-et-Loire, France. On the left are the logis royaux or royal apartments, built c. 1370 by the duc d'Anjou, now restored. The chateau was founded in the 11th century by Theobald I, count of Blois. King Henry II of England lived and died here in the 12th century and the chateau has been out of use since the late 16th century. The building consists of 3 enclosures (Coudray, Milieu and Saint-Georges) separated by dry moats, and natural defenses on 3 sides with a ditch dug on the 4th. It is listed as a historic monument and part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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