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France has 56 World Heritage Sites (47 cultural, 7 natural, 2 mixed), the 3rd most in the world. Hover over or tap a dot to see its name; click a name in the list to show it on the map. Listed by year of inscription.
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay Mont-Saint-Michel is a rocky islet between Normandy and Brittany in France, set in vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides. It carries a Gothic Benedictine abbey dedicated to the archangel St Michael and a village at its foot, and is known as the 'Wonder of the West'.
- Chartres Cathedral Chartres Cathedral stands south-west of Paris in France. Rebuilt within about 26 years after the fire of 1194, it marks the high point of French Gothic art, with a pointed-arch nave, finely sculpted porches and a large amount of 12th- and 13th-century stained glass.
- Palace and Park of Versailles The Palace of Versailles, south-west of Paris, was the principal residence of the French kings from Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors and landscape designers, it was for over a century a model of royal residence in Europe and influenced palace and garden design elsewhere.
- Vézelay, Church and Hill Vézelay in Burgundy, France, has a Benedictine abbey founded in the 9th century that became an important place of pilgrimage after acquiring relics of St Mary Magdalene. St Bernard preached the Second Crusade here, and the Romanesque church on the hilltop remains its centre.
- Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley The Vézère valley in the Dordogne, south-western France, contains 147 Palaeolithic sites and 25 decorated caves, including Lascaux. It is of great interest for anthropology and the history of art, with an exceptionally rich record of prehistoric life.
- Palace and Park of Fontainebleau The Palace of Fontainebleau stands in a vast forest in the Île-de-France and was used by the kings of France from the 12th century. In the 16th century François I enlarged and decorated the medieval hunting lodge, making it a key place for the arrival of Renaissance art in France.
- Amiens Cathedral Amiens Cathedral in Picardy, northern France, is one of the largest classic Gothic churches of the 13th century. It is notable for the coherence of its plan, its three-tier interior elevation and its fine sculpture on the façade.
- Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange Orange lies in the Rhône valley in southern France. Its Roman theatre, with a façade 103 m long and built between AD 10 and 25, is one of the best preserved of the great Roman theatres, and the nearby triumphal arch is a fine example of its kind.
- Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments Arles in southern France shows how an ancient city adapted to medieval European civilisation. It has impressive Roman monuments, including the arena, the theatre and the cryptoporticus, and later Romanesque buildings such as the church of Saint-Trophime.
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay Fontenay Abbey in Burgundy, eastern France, was founded by St Bernard in 1119. Its church, cloister, refectory, dormitory, bakery and ironworks survive and illustrate the Cistercian ideal of a self-sufficient monastic community.
- From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, near Besançon in eastern France, were designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux and begun in 1775 under Louis XVI, one of the first major achievements of industrial architecture. The property also includes the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and illustrates open-pan salt production.
- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy Nancy in Lorraine, north-eastern France, was developed by Stanislas Leszczynski, a king without a kingdom who became Duke of Lorraine. Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance form a linked ensemble and an early, typical example of a modern capital built by an enlightened monarch in the 18th century.
- Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe The Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe in west-central France contains many murals of the 11th and 12th centuries in remarkable condition, and is known as the 'Romanesque Sistine Chapel'.
- Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve On the west coast of Corsica, France, this site lies within the Regional Natural Park of Corsica and includes the porphyry rock mass of the Scandola peninsula, the Calanche of Piana and the Gulf of Girolata. It has outstanding scrubland vegetation, nesting seabirds and a dramatic coastline.
- Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) The Pont du Gard in southern France was built shortly before the Christian era to carry the roughly 50 km Nîmes aqueduct across the Gard river. Designed by Roman architects and hydraulic engineers, the three-tiered bridge is both a technical and an artistic achievement.
- Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt Strasbourg lies on the Rhine in north-eastern France. The original property is the Grande-Île, the historic centre organised around the cathedral, and the extension adds the Neustadt, the new town built from 1871, reflecting the meeting of German and French urban and architectural traditions.
- Paris, Banks of the Seine This property covers the banks of the Seine in Paris, from the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower and from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais. The evolution of the city can be read along the river, with Notre-Dame and the Sainte-Chapelle as Gothic masterpieces and Haussmann's urban transformation also visible.
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims Reims in north-eastern France has a cathedral that is a masterpiece of 13th-century Gothic art, notable for its advanced building techniques and the harmony of sculpture and architecture. The property also includes the former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and the Palace of Tau, and the cathedral was the traditional coronation place of French kings.
- Bourges Cathedral Bourges Cathedral in central France, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art, admired for its proportions and the unity of its design. Its tympanum, sculpture and stained glass are also celebrated.
- Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge Avignon in southern France was the seat of the papacy in the 14th century. The Palais des Papes, a fortress-like building decorated by Simone Martini and Matteo Giovanetti, dominates the city, which also has the episcopal ensemble, ramparts and the Avignon Bridge.
- Canal du Midi The Canal du Midi is a network of navigable waterways about 360 km long in southern France, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic route through 328 structures such as locks, aqueducts, bridges and tunnels. Completed in the late 17th century, it is one of the most remarkable feats of civil engineering of modern times.
- Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne Carcassonne in southern France stands on a hill fortified since pre-Roman times. Its castle and massive double ring of walls are an outstanding example of a medieval fortified town, and were extensively restored in the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc.
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu This mountain landscape spans the border between France and Spain around Mont Perdu, a limestone massif rising to 3,352 m, and covers about 30,639 ha. Its cirques, canyons and high pastures preserve a traditional Pyrenean pastoral way of life.
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France These sites in France mark the routes that medieval pilgrims had to cross to reach Santiago de Compostela in Spain, and include important churches, hospitals, bridges and other buildings. They show the pilgrimage's influence on medieval France and form part of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela.
- Historic Site of Lyon Lyon in south-eastern France was founded by the Romans in the 1st century BC as the capital of the Three Gauls and has played a major role in Europe's political, cultural and economic life ever since. Its historic site includes Roman remains, medieval quarters and silk-working districts.
- Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion The Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion in Aquitaine, south-west France, is where the Romans introduced viticulture, and it grew in the Middle Ages on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. Churches and monasteries stand among vineyards that have been cultivated continuously.
- Belfries of Belgium and France Belfries are symbols of civic independence and power in northern European towns from the late Middle Ages. This series covers dozens of belfries in Belgium and northern France, in styles ranging from Gothic to Baroque.
- The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes This stretch of the Loire Valley in central France, from Sully-sur-Loire to Chalonnes, is a cultural landscape of historic towns and villages, great châteaux and farmland shaped over centuries. It shows long interaction between people and the river, and the spread of Renaissance ideas and design in France.
- Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs Provins, south-east of Paris in France, is a fortified medieval town in the former territory of the Counts of Champagne. It bears witness to the early organisation of international trade fairs and the wool industry, and its upper town with ramparts and towers survives.
- Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret Le Havre, on the English Channel in Normandy, France, was heavily bombed in the Second World War. Its centre was rebuilt from 1945 to 1964 to a plan by a team led by Auguste Perret, and is an outstanding example of post-war reconstruction and the use of reinforced concrete.
- 카르파티아산맥과 유럽 여러 지역의 고대 및 원시 너도밤나무 숲 유럽 18개국에 흩어진 너도밤나무 숲으로 이루어진 국가 간 연속 유산이다. 마지막 빙하기가 끝난 뒤 유럽너도밤나무는 몇몇 피난처에서 대륙 전역으로 퍼졌으며, 이 숲들은 지금도 이어지는 그 생태 과정을 보여준다.
- Bordeaux, Port of the Moon Bordeaux, on the Garonne in south-west France, is known as the Port of the Moon for the crescent shape of the river. It is inscribed as an inhabited historic city, an urban and architectural ensemble created in the Age of Enlightenment whose values continued into the 20th century.
- Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems This serial site of six marine clusters surrounds New Caledonia, a French archipelago in the Pacific, and represents the main diversity of its coral reefs and associated ecosystems. It is one of the three most extensive reef systems in the world, with very rich marine life.
- Fortifications of Vauban The property comprises 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along France's western, northern and eastern borders, designed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), military engineer to Louis XIV. They are the finest examples of his work and influenced military architecture in Europe and beyond.
- Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island This property on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean, a French overseas territory, coincides with the core of La Réunion National Park and covers about 40% of the island. It includes two adjoining volcanic massifs, dramatic cirques and ramparts, and a rich endemic flora and fauna.
- Episcopal City of Albi Albi, on the Tarn river in south-west France, has an old city that reflects the culmination of a medieval architectural and urban ensemble. It includes the Old Bridge, the Saint-Salvi quarter, and the Bishops' Palace and Sainte-Cécile Cathedral built of red brick.
- The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape The Causses and the Cévennes cover about 302,319 ha in the south of central France, a mountain landscape of plateaus and deep valleys. The property shows how Mediterranean agro-pastoral systems have adapted to their environment over centuries, including traditional transhumance.
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps This serial property comprises 111 small sites around the Alps, on lake shores and in wetlands, with the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements. Dating from about 5000 to 500 BCE, they preserve everyday objects and organic material that are a key source on early farming societies in the Alpine region.
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin In northern France, this property of 109 separate components over more than 120,000 ha was shaped by three centuries of coal extraction, from the 1700s to the 1900s. Its mining pits, miners' housing, railways and slag heaps are an important testimony to the European coal industry.
- Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave lies on a limestone plateau of the Ardèche in southern France and contains the earliest known and best-preserved figurative drawings in the world, dating back to the Aurignacian period, over 30,000 years ago. Its animal images are a major testimony to Palaeolithic art.
- The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy The Climats of Burgundy are precisely delimited vineyard parcels on the slopes of the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, south of Dijon in eastern France. Each differs in geology and exposure, and they reflect a long winemaking tradition and naming system.
- Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars Located in the Champagne region of France, the property includes hillside vineyards, houses and cellars where the method of making sparkling wine by secondary fermentation in the bottle was developed from the early 17th century and industrialised in the 19th. It illustrates the production process and history of Champagne.
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement This transnational serial property comprises 17 works by Le Corbusier in seven countries: Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland. They reflect the new architectural ideas of the 20th-century Modern Movement and its spread across the world.
- Taputapuātea Taputapuātea on Ra'iātea Island, French Polynesia, lies at the centre of the Polynesian Triangle, the last part of the globe to be settled by humans. The property includes two forested valleys and a lagoon area, with a ceremonial complex that was a religious and political centre for Polynesian societies.
- Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena In central France, this property comprises the long Limagne fault, the alignment of the Chaîne des Puys volcanoes and the inverted relief of the Montagne de la Serre. It is an emblematic segment of the West European rift system and illustrates continental rifting and associated volcanism.
- French Austral Lands and Seas The French Austral Lands and Seas lie in the southern Indian Ocean and include the Crozet Archipelago, the Kerguelen Islands, Saint-Paul and Amsterdam islands and some 60 small sub-Antarctic islets. Remote from human activity, they are major habitats for seabirds and seals, and their marine and terrestrial ecosystems remain largely intact.
- The Great Spa Towns of Europe This transnational serial property consists of 11 spa towns in seven European countries, including Baden bei Wien, Spa, Mariánské Lázně and Bath. From the 18th to the 20th century they developed buildings and parks designed for therapy, leisure and social life.
- Cordouan Lighthouse The Cordouan Lighthouse stands on a rocky shoal in the Atlantic at the mouth of the Gironde estuary in south-west France, in an exposed environment. Built of white limestone, begun in the late 16th century and rebuilt in the 18th, it is an important example of lighthouse engineering and maritime history.
- Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera Nice lies on the Mediterranean at the foot of the Alps, near the Italian border in southern France. Making the most of its mild climate, it developed from the late 18th century as a winter resort, and its seafront promenade, hotels and villas reflect this form of urban development.
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) These sites lie along the Western Front of the First World War, which ran for some 700 km from the North Sea to the Franco-Swiss border. The series comprises 139 cemeteries and memorials in Belgium and France that commemorate those who died in the war.
- The Maison Carrée of Nîmes The Maison Carrée stands in Nîmes in the Occitanie region of southern France. Built in the 1st century AD in the Roman colony of Nemausus, it is one of the earliest Roman temples connected to the imperial cult, remarkably well preserved and influential on later temple architecture.
- Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique Mount Pelée and the Pitons du Carbet in northern Martinique, a French Caribbean island, are inscribed for their volcanic processes and forest types. The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée is considered the deadliest volcanic event of the 20th century and was of great importance to the history of volcanology.
- Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands The Marquesas Islands lie in the South Pacific, in French Polynesia, and are inscribed as a mixed cultural and natural property. People arrived by sea around the year 1000 CE and developed a distinctive civilisation, and the islands preserve many stone structures within a remarkable natural setting.
- Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan The megaliths of Carnac and the shores of Morbihan in Brittany, France, form a dense concentration of monuments built in the Neolithic period, roughly 5000-2300 BCE. The standing stones, tombs and alignments are carefully set in relation to the local landscape, and are among the most important prehistoric megalithic sites in Europe.
- Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944 The property has six component parts along about 80 km of the Normandy coast of France, comprising Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches and Pointe du Hoc. They are directly associated with the Allied landings of June 1944, a turning point of the Second World War in Europe.
- Royal Capetian Fortresses of Languedoc The property comprises eight fortified sites in Languedoc, France: the castle and ramparts of Carcassonne, and the fortresses of Aguilar, Lastours, Montségur, Peyrepertuse, Puilaurens, Quéribus and Termes. They form a core part of the defensive system created by the Capetian kings as they extended their power southwards in the 13th century.