Viviane Jenoc's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Viviane Jenoc

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Places visited in Aix-en-Provence, France

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Fête du Citron

Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

Anne Ewbank

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Aubagne, France

Little World of Marcel Pagnol

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

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Beaucaire, France

Mas des Tourelles

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

Added by Rafael Tonon

Musee du Compagnonnage

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

ThereAndBack

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Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France

Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

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Aix-en-Provence, France

Camp des Milles

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

Luke J Spencer

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Argonaute Submarine

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

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Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Christine Williamson

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Tower of Joan of Arc

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Monsieur Mictlan

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L'Atelier des Lumières (Workshop of Light)

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Added by daryleconners

Medici Column

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Dylan

Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

haniyarae

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Chez Christiane

BDSM, 1930s Style.

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Allison

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Paris Point Zero

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

EricGrundhauser

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Astronomical Clock of Lyon

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Allison

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Traboules Secret Passages

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Annetta Black

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The Heart of Voltaire

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Dylan

Le Louxor Palais du Cinema

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Laetitia Barbier

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Salvador Dalí Sundial

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Allison

Added by Allison

Musée des Arts et Métiers

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Added by mbison

Centre Pompidou

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Added by cinapelayo

Genoa Cathedral

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

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