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- What the wall looked like before the mural was painted
- Wandering through Paris, I happened to run across a magnificent 16th Century church that I'd never heard of before
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Eustache,_Paris - View of Lyon from Fourvière Hill
- Tomb of Leonardo da Vinci (who lived in France during the last years of his life), Amboise
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/leonardo-da-vincis-tomb - There can never be too many photos of Sacre Coeur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur,_Paris - The source of the Seine River
- The Rhône River, Lyon
- The obligatory panorama from the top of the Eiffel Tower
- The 22 things that you can't take onto the Eiffel Tower
- The 'Flower Tree', Lyon
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-flower-tree-lyon-france - Statue of Vercingetorix - a Gaulish king who defeated Julius Caesar's forces near here in 52 BC
Later that same year, though, Julius Caesar won the rematch - making this area part of the Roman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercingetorix - Specialty regional poultry for sale (with head and feet attached)
- Saint-Nectaire is one of the many French towns that are famous for its cheese
- 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 - Saint-Jean-de-Losne