Apr 29, 2015

Cards from France

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La Roque-Gageac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine, southwestern France.
Perched above the Dordogne River, the village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.



Notre-Dame de Paris (French for "Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral is a historic Catholic cathedral in Paris. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, and it is among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. 



The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It was named after the engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. 

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is an island commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre (0.6 miles) off the country's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. 
One of France's most recognizable landmarks, Mont Saint-Michel and its bay are part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites

The Esterel Massif is a Mediterranean coastal mountain range in the departments of Var and Alpes-Maritimes in Provence, south-east France.
The soil and rocks of the range are of volcanic origin, composed mainly of porphyry, which gives the hills a red color. The highest point of the massif is Mont Vinaigre (618 metres).
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