UNESCO - France

Historic Site of Lyon - France– UNESCO World Heritage Site

The long history of Lyon, which was founded by the Romans as the capital of the Three Gauls in the 1st century B.C. and which has continue...

Palace and Park of Versailles - France– UNESCO World Heritage Site

The principal residence of the Kings of France from Louis XIV to Louis XVI, the Versailles palace, embellished by several generations of arc...

Chartres Cathedral - France– UNESCO World Heritage Site

Issue Year: 1944   Issue Year: 1963 Issue Year: 1979 Issue Year: 2011 Partly built starting in 1145 and reconstructed 26 years later after t...

Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley - France – UNESCO World Heritage Site

Issue Year: 1968  Issue Year: 1981 Issue Year: 2006 The Vézère Valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating to the palaeolithic era and 25...