LOR4250913: France, Pays de la Loire province, Department of Loire Atlantique (44), Nantes. Modern symbol of the city, the Brittany Tower offers a modern architecture between the traditional old buildings of Nantes. The Tour de Bretagne can be seen almost from everywhere around the city. Photography Florent Lamontagne / Bridgeman Images
LOR4250916: France, Lorraine province, Department of Meuse (55), Bar le Duc (Bar-le-Duc). First World War 1914-1918. The famous road of the first world war going to the front named “” The Sacred Way””” started from Bar Le Duc. Thousands of taxis (Taxi de la Marne) were used to send soldiers to the front because of the lack of military vehicles. Photography Florent Lamontagne / Bridgeman Images
PCT4270104: Spoulga de Bouan (Ariege, Midi Pyrenees, Pays Cathare): remains of a 14th century troglodyte castle belonging to the Lord of Chateau-Verdun (Chateau Verdun), last refuge of the heretics Albigeois chased by the Inquisition. At the beginning of the 21st century, an anonymous hand traces on the rock wall of the latter refuge a fresco of silhouettes and ochre painting, evoking this dramatic episode of the history of the South. Photo by Patrice Cartier, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4289232: Toulouse (31 - Haute-Garonne - Midi-Pyrenees) - Basilique St Sernin (Saint Sernin, Saint-Sernin): The gem stands of the collaterals. The nave is framed by two collaterals of decrowing height, but unlike the nave vaulted in barrel, the bas-cote are vaults dõaretes - religious architecture - Romanesque art - Photo Patrice Cartier -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images