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Ajaccio (Ajaccio)– the capital, largest city and port of Corsica, located on the western coast of the island, on the shores of a bay of amazing beauty, where the river Gavrona flows. Ajaccio is surrounded by majestic mountains, the tops…
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The Gallic oppidum Lutetia (Lutecia) on the Île de la Cité, also called Lutetia Parisiorum as the capital of the Celtic Parisii, was founded in 52 BC. Conquered by the Romans. Then the Roman city was built on the left…
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Today’s cityscape of straight boulevards, integrated by uniform development, which run into squares and monumental buildings, was created by Haussmann under Napoleon III. The most important innovations were the north-south traffic axis from the Gare de l’Est to the Observatoire…
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The cityscape of Paris is determined by the course of the Seine and the historical north-south axis that cuts the river at right angles at the Île de la Cité. The “Grands Boulevards” encompass the old town center, the three-part…
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Administrative and cultural institutions In addition to the highest state authorities and foreign embassies, many international organizations have their headquarters here (UNESCO, OECD, etc.); also Catholic Archbishop, Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Churches in Europe, Union of Protestant Churches in…
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Marseille [mar sεj], the most important port city in France, with 862 000 residents, second largest in the urban area city in the country (the metropolitan Marseille is 1.6 million residents to Paris and Lyon in third place).Marseille is located…
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Urban structure The main features of medieval differentiation have been preserved to this day. The decision-making center of the economy, which is also a representative and tourist district, is located in the 1st, 2nd and 9th arrondissement. Most of the…
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Paris [French pa ri], the capital and largest city of France, within the administrative boundaries of the department of “Ville de Paris” 105 km 2, (2016) 2.2 million residents in the urban settlement area 11.4 million residents. Paris is 34…
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Chaîne des Puys (World Heritage) In the heart of the French Massif Central, a relic of mountain formation in the Middle Paleozoic (around 350 million years ago), lies the Auvergne, one of the youngest volcanic landscapes in Europe. The volcanoes…
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With the Climats, UNESCO pays tribute to a French wine-growing landscape and its centuries-old culture in the Burgundy region. The Climats are precisely demarcated, small-scale vineyards that stretch over 60 kilometers on the slopes of the Côte de Nuits and…
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