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Paris, Banks of the Seine
Aitia France - 17-Feb-25
Hasn't everything already been said about this WHS? In fact, 2 events took place in 2024 that are worth looking at Paris again (and nothing to do with the Olympics!). First of all, the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris in December 2024. On the headlines of the media around the world, many of us have seen these images of Notre-Dame fully restored
Read OnEnclos paroissiaux du Finistère (T)
Aitia France - 09-Feb-25
The parish enclosures of Finistère were added very recently to the French indicative list, and this nomination file should be put forward soon by France (perhaps 2029?). It was entrusted to a former French Minister of Culture, residing in Brittany, who contributed to the successful inscription of the city of Nice in 2021.
One might wonder why France chose a bid focused once again on Christian architecture. In fact, this choice is more judicious than it seems.
First, these parish churches are very original. Modest in size but very decorated, they are made up of several elements: a decorated monumental porch, a surrounding wall, with a monumental entrance and an "échalier" (to prevent animals from accessing this sacred space), a sculpted calvary, and an ossuary.
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- France
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- Paris, Siena, Grotte ornée Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
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- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (T)
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte (T)
- Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère (T)
- Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France (T)
- Ensemble of Phanom Rung, Muang Tam and Plai Bat Sanctuaries (T)
- Hangar Y (T)
- La Camargue (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
- Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (T)
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire: Nimes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducs, via Domitia (T)
- Les villes bastionnées des Pays-Bas du nord-ouest de l'Europe (T)
- Levadas of Madeira Island (T)
- Massif du Mont Blanc (T)
- Massif du Mont-Blanc (T)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales, Meudon (T)
- Phra Prang of Wat Arun Ratchawararam: The Masterpiece of Krung Rattanakosin (T)
- Rade de Marseille (T)
- Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)
- Via Francigena in Italy (T)
- Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape (T)
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