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Bordeaux, France

Bordeaux Statue of Liberty

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.
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Bordeaux, France

Miroir d'eau

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
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La Teste-de-Buch, France

La Dune du Pilat

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.
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Etsaut, France

Chemin de la Mâture

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.
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France / Spain

Pheasant Island

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.
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Lourdes, France

Basilica of St. Pius X

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.
Added by Brittmark
Sers, France

Pic du Midi Observatory

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.
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Asque, France

Gourgue d'Asque

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
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Ordino, Andorra

St. George Icon Museum

Extensive Orthodox icon collection in Andorra.
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Collioure, France

Notre-Dame-des-Anges

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.
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Ansignan, France

Pont-Aqueduc d'Ansignan

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.
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Vals, France

Église Notre-Dame de Vals (Church of Our Lady of Vals)

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.
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Carcassonne, France

La Cité Médiévale de Carcassonne

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
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Creissels, France

Millau Viaduct

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
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Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France

Société des Caves de Roquefort

The world's most famous cheese caves.
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Albi, France

Albi Cathedral

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
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Toulouse, France

Church of the Jacobins' Little Crushed Man

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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Valence-sur-Baïse, France

Flaran Abbey

A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.
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Cahors, France

Pont Valentre

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
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Saint-Julien-des-Points, France

Skite Sainte Foy

Cloistered comestibles are served with style at this French Orthodox monastery.
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Beaumont, France

Beaumont's Black-Market Wine

Thanks to a clever legal loophole, this mountainside wine shop sells a hybrid cuvée that's been outlawed for nearly a century.
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Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France

Pont d'Arc

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."
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Risoul, France

Plan de Phazy

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.
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Aigues-Mortes, France

Salin Aigues-Mortes

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
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