- Château de Chenonceau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chenonceau https://www.amusingplanet.com/2017/12/chateau-de-chenonceau-chateau-built.html - Château de Chenonceau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chenonceau https://www.amusingplanet.com/2017/12/chateau-de-chenonceau-chateau-built.html - Château de Cheverny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Cheverny - Château de Chambord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord - La Rochelle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rochelle#Tourism - Amboise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amboise - La Rochelle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rochelle#Tourism - Another famous local - the mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is unusual in that it's made of black volcanic rock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clermont-Ferrand - On top of 'Puy de Dôme', there's an impressive-looking array of 21st Century communication equipment...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puy_de_D%C3%B4me - 14th-century bridge over the Gave de Pau river, Orthez
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gave_de_Pau - Saint-Nectaire
Coincidentally, my photo is almost the same as the one on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Nectaire,_Puy-de-D%C3%B4me - No, not a drone photo; a photo from the top of a church tower - in Saint-Émilion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89milion - Clermont-Ferrand is dominated by this 4,800' extinct volcanic cone - 'Puy de Dôme'
(part of a large chain of volcanic cones in this area) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puy_de_D%C3%B4me - Château de Chambord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord