1077 – Bayeux Cathedral, Basse-Normandie, France
Bayeux is best known to British and French visitors for the Bayeux tapestry,
Bayeux is best known to British and French visitors for the Bayeux tapestry,
The cathedral of Notre-Dame of Laon dates from the 12th and early 13th centuries.
After the first cathedral of any great substance burnt down in 1020,
The Notre-Dame de Reims is the Cathedral of Reims, where the kings of France were once crowned.
Sited on an island in the middle of the river Seine,
The magnificent St Gatien Cathedral was built between the 12th and 16th centuries in a medieval and later renaissance gothic.
This 13th century church was built on the site of an earlier building –
The castle has been modified throughout its history. Around 1050, it did not resemble a defensive fortress but a large agricultural domain.
Originally constructed at the end of the 14th century, the only remaining vestige of that era is the square tower on the south facade,
The royal Château de Chambord is the largest castle in the Loire Valley,