France

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Introduction¹

Dictionary

France : country of western Europe between the English Channel, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea; a republic; capital Paris area 248,5735 square miles (643,801 square kilometers) — Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north, Germany to the northeast, Switzerland to the east, Italy and Monaco to the southeast, Andorra and Spain to the south, and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. — Wikipedia

France (Encyclopædia Britannica)

France (The World Factbook, CIA)
France (BBC Country Profiles)

France (Wolfram Alpha)

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Inspiration

France 360° Videos (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Videos)

Discover France (Visit Europe, Official European Travel Website)

Introducing France (Lonely Planet, YouTube Video)
Travel Destinations in France (Lonely Planet, Website)

France Destinations (Frommer’s)

Travel in France (National Geographic)

Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in France (Atlas Obscura)

Paris is the capital and largest city of France. It is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union, the ninth-most populous city in Europe and the 30th most densely populated city in the world. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world’s major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the arts and sciences and its early adaptation of extensive street lighting, it became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. — Wikipedia

4 Famous Places of Paris in 360 (Amazing Places in 360, YouTube 360° Video)

Paris, France (Air Pano, 360° Tour)
Paris, France. (Air Pano, 360° Media)

Paris (360 Stories)

Introducing Paris (Lonely Planet, YouTube Video)

Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed “La dame de fer” (French for “Iron Lady”), it was constructed as the centerpiece of the 1889 World’s Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution. The tower is 330 metres (1,083 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. — Wikipedia

Eiffel Tower (Air Pano, 360° Tour)

Eiffel Tower, France (Google Maps Treks)

Eiffel Tower (Official Website)

Palace of Versailles (French: Château de Versailles) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the government of France and since 1995 has been managed, under the direction of the French Ministry of Culture, by the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. About 15,000,000 people visit the palace, park, or gardens of Versailles every year, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. — Wikipedia

Château de Versailles (Official Website)
Château de Versailles (Official YouTube Channel)

360° Virtual Tours (Château de Versailles, Official Website)

Gardens of Versailles (Official Site)
The Gardens of Versailles: A Living Work of Art (Virtual Tour, Gogle Args & Culture)

Fun in the Sun

Best Beaches in France (Google)
Best Beaches in France (YouTube)

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Preservation

France (World Heritage List, UNESCO)
List of World Heritage Sites in France (Wikipedia)

History

France (The History Guy, YouTube Playlist)

France (World History Encyclopedia)

Museum

Museums in France (Museums of the World)

Louvre, or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city’s 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. — Wikipedia

Louvre (Official Website)
Musée du Louvre (Official YouTube Channel)

Virtual Tours (Louvre, Official Website)

The Louvre Museum a 360° Experience (Escape Now, YouTube 360° Video)
Louvre Museum (360 Stories)

Musée d’Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d’Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum’s opening in 1986. It is one of the largest art museums in Europe. — Wikipedia

Musée d’Orsay (Official Website)

Musee d’Orsay (Media Collection, Google Arts & Culture)
Musee d’Orsay (360° Virtual Tour, Google Arts & Culture)

Musée d’Orsay (360 Stories)

Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France. Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demolition of the Palais de l’Industrie (Palace of Industry) to prepare for the Universal Exposition of 1900. That exposition also produced the adjacent Petit Palais and Pont Alexandre III. — Wikipedia

Grand Palais (Official Website)
Grand Palais (Official YouTube Channel)

Rmn-Grand Palais (Media Collection, Google Arts & Culture)

Grand Palais (360 Stories)

Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d’art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (lit. ’National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture’), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil, and the Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of Richard Rogers, Su Rogers and Renzo Piano, along with Gianfranco Franchini. It houses the Bibliothèque publique d’information (Public Information Library), a vast public library; the Musée National d’Art Moderne, which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe; and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research. Because of its location, the centre is known locally as Beaubourg. It is named after Georges Pompidou, the President of France from 1969 to 1974 who commissioned the building. — Wikipedia

Centre Pompidou (Official Website)
Centre Pompidou (Official YouTube Channel)

Virtual Exhibitions (Centre Pompidou, Official Website)

Centre Pompidou (360 Stories)