Chartres Cathedral Enjoy a walk through one of the most beautiful and historically significant cathedrals in all of Europe, the high point of French Gothic art with numerous stained glass windows and ather masterpieces. UNESCO World Heritage listed site
See the annual Traditional Costume Parade - Arles Défilé Folklorique at the Arles Festival - Les fêtes d'Arles in the city of Arles the heart of the Camargue, France
The Apocalypse Tapestry is a large medieval set of tapestries commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou, and woven in Paris between 1377 and 1382. It depicts the story of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation by Saint John the Divine in colourful images, spread over six tapestries that originally totalled 90 scenes. Now in a special museum at the Château d'Angers enjoy a walk through of the Musée de la Tapisserie.
The Cathedral of Saint Lazarus of Autun. Roman Catholic cathedral in Autun and a national monument of France. Famous for its Romanesque sculptures by Gislebertus. It is a magnificent display of Romanesque Art and Architecture. Autun Cathedral The sculptures created by Gislebertus successfully integrate biblical iconography relating to the new and old testament's with ease and amazing artistic ability. The size and quality of the tympanum of the Last Judgment, and the lintel of the Temptation of Eve are impressive and exquisitely detailed pieces of art.
Vézelay Abbey - Abbaye Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay - is a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Vézelay in the east-central French department of Yonne. It was constructed between 1120 and 1150. The Benedictine abbey church, now the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Saint Mary Magdalene), with its complex program of imagery in sculpted capitals and portals, is one of the great masterpieces of Burgundian Romanesque art and architecture. Relics of Mary Magdalene can be seen inside the Basilica. The church and hill at Vézelay were added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 because of their importance in medieval Christianity and outstanding architecture.
