The fortified medieval city of Carcassonne
The fortified medieval city of Carcassonne
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- Benh LIEU SONG ( Flickr )
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France
Carcassonne travel guide
Centre-Val de Loire travel guide
Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley
Château de Chambord
- Creator
- Hernán Piñera from Marbella
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 2.0
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Château de Chenonceau spanning the River Cher
Château de Chenonceau
- Creator
- Ra-smit
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 3.0
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Amboise and its château above the Loire
Amboise
- Creator
- W. Bulach
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc travel guide
Chamonix in its Alpine valley below Mont Blanc
Chamonix and Mont Blanc
- Creator
- Murray Foubister
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Aiguille du Midi above the Chamonix valley
Aiguille du Midi
- Creator
- Christian David
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Mer de Glace above Chamonix
Mer de Glace
- Creator
- Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY 2.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Clermont-Ferrand travel guide
Clermont-Ferrand and its dark stone cathedral
Clermont-Ferrand and its dark stone cathedral
- Creator
- Florian COLLIN
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 4.0
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Colmar travel guide
Half-timbered houses beside the canal in Colmar
Petite Venise
- Creator
- Rolf Kranz
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 4.0
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Vineyards around Eguisheim near Colmar
The Alsace wine country
- Creator
- AlineRockstud68
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 4.0
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Vineyards and an Alsace village near Colmar
The Alsace wine country
- Creator
- M.Strīķis
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 3.0
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Corsica travel guide
Bonifacio's citadel above white sea cliffs in Corsica
Bonifacio
- Creator
- Pierre Bona
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY 3.0
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Red rock formations in the Calanques de Piana in Corsica
Calanques de Piana
- Creator
- Myrabella
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 3.0
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Corte's citadel in the mountain interior of Corsica
Corte
- Creator
- Dega180
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC0
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Corte travel guide
Corte's citadel in the mountain interior of Corsica
Corte
- Creator
- Dega180
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- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC0
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D-Day Landing Beaches visitor guide
The Normandy coast at Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach
- Creator
- Mike McBey
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY 2.0
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- Cropped, resized and converted to WebP for the original France destination release.
Épernay travel guide
Champagne houses along Avenue de Champagne in Épernay
Épernay
- Creator
- Krzysztof Golik
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped, resized and converted to WebP for the original France destination release.
Èze Village from Nice
Stone buildings and hillside lanes in Èze village
Stone buildings and hillside lanes in Èze village
- Creator
- Gitidi
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Downloaded at source resolution for editorial display; no compositional changes.
Nice old town and the Promenade des Anglais beside the Mediterranean
Nice and the Baie des Anges
- Creator
- Tobi 87
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Èze visitor guide
Stone buildings and hillside lanes in Èze village
Stone buildings and hillside lanes in Èze village
- Creator
- Gitidi
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Downloaded at source resolution for editorial display; no compositional changes.
Nice old town and the Promenade des Anglais beside the Mediterranean
Regional context for planning this destination.
- Creator
- Tobi 87
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 3.0
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Colourful buildings in the old town of Nice
Regional context for planning this destination.
- Creator
- Zairon
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Fontainebleau travel guide
The Palace of Fontainebleau and its historic courtyard
The Palace of Fontainebleau and its historic courtyard
- Creator
- Neil Rickards
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY 2.0
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France travel guide
The Eiffel Tower seen from the Trocadéro in Paris
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
- Creator
- Ajith
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Lavender fields across the Provence countryside
Lavender country in Provence
- Creator
- Marek Gehrmann
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
The white cliffs and sea arch at Étretat in Normandy
Étretat
- Creator
- Mathieu Chollet - MChollet
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
French Riviera travel guide
The Mediterranean coast around Èze on the French Riviera
The coast around Èze
- Creator
- Dennis G. Jarvis
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Menton's old town and harbour on the French Riviera
Menton
- Creator
- Berthold Werner
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- Public domain
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Antibes old town and Port Vauban on the French Riviera
Antibes and Port Vauban
- Creator
- Новиков Евгений Александрович
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Grand Est travel guide
Strasbourg Cathedral above the historic centre
Strasbourg Cathedral
- Creator
- Ji-Elle
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Half-timbered houses beside the canal in Colmar
Petite Venise
- Creator
- Rolf Kranz
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
The west façade of Reims Cathedral
Reims Cathedral
- Creator
- Provence13
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Île-de-France travel guide
The Eiffel Tower seen from the Trocadéro in Paris
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
- Creator
- Ajith
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
The Louvre courtyard and glass pyramid in Paris
The Louvre courtyard
- Creator
- Benh LIEU SONG ( Flickr )
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sacré-Cœur Basilica above Montmartre in Paris
Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre
- Creator
- Giò Terra ( Terragio67 )
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Loire Valley travel guide
Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley
Château de Chambord
- Creator
- Hernán Piñera from Marbella
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Château de Chenonceau spanning the River Cher
Château de Chenonceau
- Creator
- Ra-smit
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Amboise and its château above the Loire
Amboise
- Creator
- W. Bulach
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Lyon travel guide
The Saône entering central Lyon with Fourvière above the river
The Saône and Fourvière
- Creator
- Aldg692VX
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Historic buildings and a narrow street in Vieux Lyon
Vieux Lyon
- Creator
- 4net
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
A central square on Lyon's Presqu'île
The Presqu'île
- Creator
- Acediscovery
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Marseille travel guide
Marseille's Vieux-Port with Notre-Dame de la Garde above
The Vieux-Port
- Creator
- Sandro Agénor
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
A street in Marseille's Le Panier district
Le Panier
- Creator
- Mike is Michi
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Limestone cliffs and blue water in the Calanques near Marseille
The Calanques
- Creator
- Amanda Hinault
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Mont-Saint-Michel travel guide
Mont-Saint-Michel rising above its tidal bay
Mont-Saint-Michel
- Creator
- Fjaubert
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
The cloister inside Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey
The abbey cloister
- Creator
- Benh LIEU SONG ( Flickr )
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Mont-Saint-Michel seen from the walkway across the bay
Approaching Mont-Saint-Michel
- Creator
- Hammondtravels
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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Montpellier travel guide
Historic buildings around central Montpellier
Historic buildings around central Montpellier
- Creator
- Andreas Sandberg
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mulhouse travel guide
Place de la Réunion in the historic centre of Mulhouse
Place de la Réunion in the historic centre of Mulhouse
- Creator
- Unknown creator
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
Nice travel guide
Nice old town and the Promenade des Anglais beside the Mediterranean
Nice and the Baie des Anges
- Creator
- Tobi 87
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Colourful buildings in the old town of Nice
Vieux Nice
- Creator
- Zairon
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Nice seen from Castle Hill above the coast
View from Castle Hill
- Creator
- Miccaela
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Normandy travel guide
The white cliffs and sea arch at Étretat in Normandy
Étretat
- Creator
- Mathieu Chollet - MChollet
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Historic waterfront buildings around Honfleur harbour
Honfleur
- Creator
- René Cortin
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Normandy coast at Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach
- Creator
- Mike McBey
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY 2.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine travel guide
Place de la Bourse beside the Garonne in Bordeaux
Place de la Bourse
- Creator
- Nataloche
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Stone façades around Place du Parlement in central Bordeaux
Place du Parlement
- Creator
- Marc Ryckaert ( MJJR )
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Saint-Émilion surrounded by Bordeaux vineyards
Saint-Émilion
- Creator
- JLPC
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Occitanie travel guide
The Capitole and its square in central Toulouse
Place du Capitole
- Creator
- FrDr
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.
Pont Neuf crossing the Garonne in Toulouse
The Garonne and Pont Neuf
- Creator
- M.Strīķis
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Cropped and resized for responsive WebP delivery.