Viaduc de Millau
Le viaduc de Millau The Millau viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Tarn valley, in the Aveyron department, in France. Carrying the A75, it provides the junction between the Causse Rouge and the Causse du Larzac by crossing a gap 2,460 meters long and 343 meters deep at the highest point, in a high […]
Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide
Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide Fontfroide Abbey is a Cistercian abbey located on the territory of the commune of Narbonnea, in the department of Aude in France. Initially a Benedictine abbey (1093), it became part of the Cistercian order between 1144 and 1145. In the second half of the twelfth century, it received significant land donations […]
City of Aigues Mortes
City of Aigues Mortes Aigues-Mortes, in Occitan Aigas Mòrtas, is a French commune of Petite Camargue, located at the southern tip of the Gard department, in the Occitanie region. Exposed to a Mediterranean climate, it is drained by the Vidourle, the Canal du Rhône à Sète, Canal le Vistre and by two other rivers. Included […]
City of Cap d’Agde
City of Cap d’Agde Collioure is a French commune located on the Mediterranean coast of the Pyrénées-Orientales department. On the historical and cultural level, the town is in Roussillon, a former province of the kingdom of France, which existed from 1659 until 1790 and which covered the three vigueries of Roussillon, Conflent and Cerdagne. Exposed […]
City of Collioure
City of Collioure Collioure is a French commune located on the Mediterranean coast of the Pyrénées-Orientales department. On the historical and cultural level, the town is in Roussillon, a former province of the kingdom of France, which existed from 1659 until 1790 and which covered the three vigueries of Roussillon, Conflent and Cerdagne. Exposed to […]
City of Grande Motte
City of Grande Motte La Grande-Motte, which is characterized by a great architectural homogeneity, whose most visible elements are the buildings in the shape of pyramids, obtained on January 19, 2010, the label “Heritage of the 20th century”, awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Communication. La Grande-Motte is an urban and coastal town with […]
City of Beziers
City of Béziers Located on the banks of the Orb, Béziers is, with 78,683 inhabitants in 2020, the second most populated municipality in the Hérault after Montpellier and the fifth in the Occitanie region. It is the central city of the agglomeration which has 94,022 inhabitants in 2020 and its area of attraction, 198,254 inhabitants […]
City of Montpellier
City of Montpellier Since the 1990s, Montpellier has experienced one of the strongest demographic growths in the country. Its urban area has experienced the highest demographic growth in France since the year 2000. Montpellier is, by population, the seventh largest municipality in France and the third French municipality on the Mediterranean axis. It is the […]
City of Sete
City of Sete It is sometimes nicknamed the “Venice of Languedoc” for its canals crisscrossing the city center, its island location between sea, pond, canals and graus, clinging to Mont Saint-Clair and connected to Marseillan by a long lido, the whole contributing to make Sète a popular resort. Finally, its fishing port and its various […]
Écluses de Fonseranes
The 9 Locks of Fonseranes The ladder of locks has eight ovoid-shaped basins (specific to the Canal du Midi), and therefore 9 allowing a difference in level of 21.50 m to be overcome, over a length of 312 m. In the 19th century, when it was decided to abandon the crossing in the bed of […]