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  • Historic fortified city of Carcassonne
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    Historic fortified city of Carcassonne

    Summary There had been fortifications on the hill where Carcassonne now stands since pre-Roman times. In its current form, it is the epitome of fortified […]

    Posted on 29/04/2013

  • Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
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    Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps

    Summary The series off 111 pile-dwelling archeological sites, out of the 937 known to exist in Alpine and sub-Alpine regions in six European countries, comprises […]

    Posted on 29/04/2013

  • Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
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    Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island

    Summary The shield volcanoes, cirques and boulder walls of Reunion Island are in the central zone of the Réunion National Park. The property covers an […]

    Posted on 29/04/2013

  • Mont Saint Michel and its bay
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    Mont Saint Michel and its bay

    Summary On a rocky islet between Normandy and Brittany, surrounded by vast mudflats with one of the most spectacular tides of the world, rises “the […]

    Posted on 29/04/2013

  • Provins, town of mediaeval fairs
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    Provins, town of mediaeval fairs

     Summary The historic fortified town of Provins in Champagne is an outstanding and authentic example of a town where fairs were held during the Middle […]

    Posted on 29/04/2013

  • Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
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    Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion

    Summary The Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion is a wine-growing district north-east of Bordeaux (Gironde, France) covering an area of 7,847 hectares and eight communes. Its current […]

    Posted on 29/04/2013

  • Pont du Gard
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    Pont du Gard

     Summary Situated in south-east France, the Pont du Gard, built in the mid-1st century, is the major element of a 50-km-long aqueduct which supplied the […]

    Posted on 29/04/2013

  • Palace and park of Fontainebleau
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    Palace and park of Fontainebleau

    Summary Set at the heart of a large forest in the Île-de-France, Fontainebleau had been a royal hunting lodge since the 12th century. It was […]

    Posted on 24/04/2013

  • The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-cultural landscape
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    The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-cultural landscape

     Summary The landscape of the high terraces of the Causses has been shaped by agro-pastoralism over a period of three thousand years. During the Middle […]

    Posted on 24/04/2013

  • Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
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    Bordeaux, Port of the Moon

    Summary The historic centre of this port town is an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created during the Age of the Enlightenment whose values persisted […]

    Posted on 24/04/2013