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Monument aux Girondins

Monument aux Girondins (The Girondins Monument) is a dramatic fountain statue in Bordeaux which commemorates the…

Basilica of St Denis

The Basilica of St Denis (Basilique Saint-Denis) in Paris, France is a cathedral basilica named after France’s patron saint. In fact, the place where Basilica of St Denis stands is believed to the site where Saint Denis, also known as Saint Dionysius, was buried after his death in around 275 AD, making the then abbey church a place of…

Agincourt Battlefield

Agincourt Battlefield near the town of Azincourt, France was the site of a fierce clash between English and French forces during the Hundred Years’ War…

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery is a World War I cemetery on the site of the Battle of Belleau Wood, which took place from 1 June to 26 June 1918…

The Lightbox

The Lightbox gallery and museum in Woking is one of the most exciting cultural spaces in the South East. Three stunning galleries host a huge range of exhibitions, changing…

Charterhouse Priory

Coventry’s Charterhouse is one of only two Carthusian Monasteries in the UK with any significant remains and the only one with any intact interiors. The main buildings are the Prior’s House and Refectory completed around 1417, housing fine examples of medieval and Elizabethan wall paintings. The Prior’s House has uniquely been little altered…

Alesia

Alesia is an archaeological site on Mount Auxois in the Côte-d’Or and the place where Roman emperor Julius Caesar won his decisive victory over the Gauls in 52 BC. By this time, much of southern France was already within the Roman Empire, having been annexed in around the second century BC, but other regions were still holding out…

Ambrussum

Northeast of the French village of Lunel, where the Via Domitia crossed the Vidourle River, lies the ruins of Roman Ambrussum…

Ampitheatre of the Three Gauls History

The Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls, translated as “Amphithéâtre des Trois Gaules”, was an early first century amphitheatre in Lyon…

Arch of Germanicus

The Arch of Germanicus (Arc de Germanicus) is a Roman era arch in Saintes which was constructed…