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World heritage sites in France  Chartres Cathedral   Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay   Palace and Park of Versailles   Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley   Vézelay, Church and Hill   Amiens Cathedral   Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments   Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay   Palace and Park of Fontainebleau   Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange   From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the production of open-pan salt   Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe   Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve  Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy   Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)   Strasbourg – Grande île   Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims   Paris, Banks of the Seine   Bourges Cathedral   Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge   Canal du Midi   Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne   Pyrénées - Mont Perdu    Historic Site of Lyons   Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France   Belfries of Belgium and France Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion   The LoireValley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes  Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs   Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret   Bordeaux, Port of the Moon   Fortifications of Vauban   Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (added in 2010) Episcopal City of Albi (added in 2011) Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps:  Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland (added in 2011) The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape   Intangible cultural heritage (living heritage) in France  Aubusson tapestry   Maloya        The scribing tradition in French timber framing   Processional Giants and Dragons in Belgium and France   The Cantu in paghjella: a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica   (added in 2010) Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities   (added in 2010) Falconry, a living human heritage   (added in 2010) The craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making   (added in 2010) The gastronomic meal of the French Links • unesco: world heritage • world heritage cities • world heritage sites: pictures, from galenfrysinger.com • world heritage sites: other pictures, from galenfrysinger.com • unesco: intangible cultural heritage • a 144 page guide to 33 french sites inscribed on the unesco world heritage list, with criteria, description, maps and directions, glossary, architectural terms guide and illustrations Links in other languages                (4) (1) (1) Same category in a different destination Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Balearic islands (Spain) Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda (UK) Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canary islands (Spain) Cape Verde Cayman Islands (UK) Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Corsica (France) Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Crete (Greece) Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guadeloupe & St-Martin Guam (USA) Guatemala Guernsey/Jersey Guinea Guyana Haiti Hawaii (USA) Honduras Hong Kong (China) Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (south) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macau (China) Macedonia Madeira and Azores (Portugal) Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Martinique (France) Mauritania Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Netherlands Antilles & Aruba New Caledonia (France) New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico (USA) Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa Sardinia (Italy) Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Sicily (Italy) Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan & South Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos (UK) Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe