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The church of Oradour-sur-Glane where 349 women, as well as all but one of the children present that day in the village, were cruelly murdered on 10 June 1944 by soldiers of the Waffen SS Das Reich division. The...

A panoramic view of Fontevraud Abbey near Chinon, France. The abbey was founded in 1101 CE by Robert of Arbrissel (c. 1045 – 1116 CE). The abbey was the burial place of several English monarchs, including King Henry II...

Château de Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France. The château was built from the 12th to the 16th century.

A photograph of members of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France during the Phoney War. Taken in January 1940. (Imperial War Museums)

A section of the Carnac Alignments in north-west France. These granite stone menhirs were placed in long parallel lines sometime between 5,000 and 3,000 BCE. Their purpose was most likely as markers of processional ways...

A photograph of the war memorial in Beaugency, France commemorating the fallen in the First World War (1914-18) and the Second World War (1939-45). Flowers are laid before the monument each 11 November, date of the...

A detail of the Pont Du Gard Roman aqueduct, 1st century CE, Southern France.

The Roman temple (Maison Carré) of Nimes, France, built 19-16 BCE.

The title page of Reflections on the Revolution in France, first published in 1790 and written by Edmund Burke (1729-1797), the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker.

Remains of Roman baths at the Oppidum Saint Vincent (Gaujac, Gard, France), built between 20-25 CE.