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C'est au VIIIe siècle que fut créé dans la vallée de l'Orbieu l'abbaye de Lagrasse, laquelle, sise aux marches espagnoles du royaume carolingien, joua un rôle particulièrement important.

Built at the peak of Gothic architecture, the fortifications of Aigues-Mortes is a remarkably well preserved military structure.

The ribbed vaults on the carved capitals, the gargoyles, the refined decor of the Tower of Constance, in contrast to the power of the defensive system of the curtain walls.

From the ramparts or from the dungeons’ terrace, you will monument2discover a breath taking sight on the Camargue and the salt marshes whose colours alternate between blue and purple.

Cette cité fortifiée du XIIIe siècle fondée par Edouard 1er d'Angleterre a vu une trentaine de ses constructions classées monuments historiques. Elle apparaît comme la plus pure des bastides. Ses trois portes s'ouvrent sur des rues bordées de maisons ocres et blanches où tout est harmonie, jusqu'aux dimensions des façades, les mêmes pour ces ravissantes habitations.

Located at the heart of the regional nature reserve of Morvan, in Burgundy, the celebrated hill at Vézelay and its famous Roman basilica have been listed as world heritage sites by Unesco since 1979.

Shortly after its foundation in the 9th century, the Benedictine abbey of Vézelay acquired the relics of St Mary Magdalene and since then it has been an important place of pilgrimage.

St Bernard preached the Second Crusade there in 1146 and Richard the Lion-Hearted and Philip II Augustus met there to leave for the Third Crusade in 1190.