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Eiffel Tower viewed from the Alexandre III Bridge.
(Photo by Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Eiffel Tower at night.
(photo by F. Eberhardt /MAE)

Versailles

French Air Force’s Patrouille de France team flying over the Castle of Versailles.
(photo courtesy of the French Ministry of Defence)

Paris

Salon d’Horloge in the Foreign Minister’s Official Residence.
(photo by C.Stefan /MAE)

French National Railways’ TGV high-speed train. (photo courtesy of SNCF)

Paris

The National Assembly.
(photo by F. de la Mure /MAE)

Centre Region

Castle of Chambord in Autumn.
(photo: Y-J.Chen /MAE)

Paris

The Sainte Marie Madeleine Church.
(photo : Y-J. Chen / MAE)

Paris

The Petit Palais Museum, re-opened in the spring of 2006 after several years of renovations.
(photo: Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

The Arc de Triomphe de Carrousel, in front of the Louvre Museum.
(photo: Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Seine-et-Marne Department

The Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle (17th. century) which inspired the construction of the Castle of Versailles.
(photo: Y-J.Chen /MAE)

Paris

The Alexandre III Bridge.
(photo: Y-J.Chen /MAE)

Hauts-de-Seine department

The Grande Arche in the Western outskirts of Paris.
(photo : F. de la Mure /MAE)

Paris

Place de la Concorde and Arc de Triomphe viewed from the Gardens of Tuileries.
(photo: Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Orsay Museum, formerly a train station.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Savoie

Children practicing sailing on Lac du Bourget.
(photo: Y-J.Chen /MAE)

Paris

Arc de Triomphe on the Place Charles de Gaulle-Etoile.
(photo: Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Inside of the Galerie Lafayette department store.
(photo: Y-J.Chen /MAE)

Paris

Entrance of the Hotel Matignon, Prime Minister’s Residence.
(photo: F. de la Mure /MAE)

Paris

Restaurant of the Orsay Museum.
(photo : Y-J. Chen / MAE)

Galerie des Glaces in the Versailles Castle after it’s renovation in 2005.
(photo : C. Stefan /MAE)

Paris

Montmartre viewed from the Orsay Museum.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne

The Macon wine country.
(photo : CDT71/Michel Horiot)

Rhône-Alpes Region.

Winter in the mountains of Haute-Savoie.
(photo: N. Chabard /MAE)

City of Toulouse in the Midi-Pyrénées Region.

Château de Castries at Montpellier.
(photo courtesy of Mairie de Montpellier)

Nantes

Passage Pommeraye, a shopping mall at Nantes.
(photo courtesy of Mairie de Nantes)

Bordeaux

Tramway on the Pont de Pierre.
(Photo courtesy of Alstom)

Paris

Notre-Dame Cathedral seen from the Institut du Monde Arabe.
(photo : Y-J.Chen /MAE)

Paris

The Simone-Beauvoir Bridge (spring 2006) spanning across the Seine River between Bercy Parc and the National François Mitterrand Library.
(photo by Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

The Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

The National François Mitterrand Library shaped as 4 open books.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Galerie Vivienne, a shopping mall.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Normandy

In a street of Rouen, city where Joan of Arc was executed.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Haute-Savoie

A canal in the old town of Annecy.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Millau, Aveyron

The brand-new Viaduc de Millau, world’s highest bridge, runs near the old town of Millau.
(photo: F. de la Mure /MAE)

Midi-Pyrénée Region

Farmhouse in a field of red poppies in Tarn-et-Garonne.
(photo by J/Maume/CG82)

Lorraine Region

Fields in Moselle.
(photo by Jean-Claude Troncy - CDT)

Palaiseau

Girl student practicing horsemanship at the elite School of Polytechnique.
(photo courtesy of Polytechnique)

Normandy Region

Château Gaillard in the Eure Department, built in 1197 by Richard the Lion Heart of England.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Opera Garnier.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Inside the Grand Palais, built in 1900 for the Paris Universal Expo and now used as venue for various exhibitions.
(photo : F. de la Mure /MAE)

Paris

Hôtel des Invalides.
(photo : C. Stefan /MAE)

Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne

Cows in front of the Courcheval Tower in Beaubery,
(photo : CDT71/Michel Troncy)

Paris

Café-terrace at the Louvre Museum.
(photo: Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Hôtel de Ville (Paris City Hall).
(photo: Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Hôtel des Invalides viewed across the Alexandre III Bridge.
(photo: Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

The Alexandre III Bridge over the Seine River.
(photo : Y-J. Chen /MAE)

Paris

Statue of Joan of Arc on rue Rivoli, near the Louvre Museum.
(photo : Y-J. Chen / MAE)

Paris

The new tramway in Paris in service since December 16, 2006.
(photo : F. de la Mure /MAE)

The Nympheas of Claude Monet at the Orangerie Museum in Paris

(Photo: Y-J. Chen/MAE)

St Eustache Church at les Halles, Paris.

(Photo: Y-J. Chen / MAE)

Les Estables at Mont Mezenc (Haute-Loire, région Auvergne).

(Photo : F. de la Mure)

Members of the Académie Francaise waiting to welcome the Pope. (Aug. 2008)

(Photo by A. Arraou/MAEE)