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Conques-en-Rouergue, France: Conques-en-Rouergue is a commune in the department of Aveyron, southern France. It lies on the Lot river. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Conques, Grand-Vabre, Noailhac and Saint-Cyprien-sur-Dourdou. Wikipedia
Narbonne Cathedral, Narbonne, France: Narbonne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Narbonne, France. The cathedral is a national monument and dedicated to Saints Justus and Pastor. It was the seat of the Archbishop of Narbonne until the Archbishopric was merged into the Diocese of Carcassonne under the Concordat of 1801. Wikipedia
Sainte Cécile Cathedral, Albi, France: The Cathedral of Saint Cecilia of Albi, also known as Albi Cathedral, is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Albi. First built in the aftermath of the Albigensian Crusade, the grim exterior resembles a fortress, but the interior is lavishly decorated with art and sculpture, a very ornate choir screen, and walls in bright blues and golds, in the Toulousian or Southern French Gothic style. Wikipedia
Albi, France: Albi is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called Albigensians. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Albi. The episcopal city, around the Cathedral Sainte-Cécile, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2010 for its unique architecture. The site includes the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, dedicated to the artist who was born in Albi. Wikipedia
Collioure, France: Collioure is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Historically and culturally, the commune is in Roussillon, a former province of the kingdom of France, which existed from 1659 to 1790 and which covered the three vigueries of Roussillon, Conflent and Cerdanya. Collioure is a rural and coastal municipality. It is in the agglomeration of Saint-Cyprien. Wikipedia
Sanctuary of Rocamadour, France: The sanctuary in Rocamadour, also known as the Religious City of Rocamadour, is built against the cliffs above the medieval village and accessed from the village by a staircase called the Grand Escalier or by a lift (charge payable). The monuments in the sanctuary are together listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO...Rocamadour is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. It lies in the former province of Quercy. Wikipedia
Perpignan, France: Perpignan is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and the scrublands of the Corbières massif. It is the centre of the Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole metropolitan area. Wikipedia
Castillet, Perpignan, France: Le Castillet is a monument in the city of Perpignan which was alternately the city gate and state prison. Today it houses the Catalan Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions. It was also called at certain times Baluard. Perpignan France...The Castillet means small castle is an ancient fortification and city gate located in Perpignan. Wikipedia
Perpignan, France: Perpignan is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and the scrublands of the Corbières massif. It is the centre of the Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole metropolitan area. Wikipedia
Najac, France: Najac is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Najac station has rail connections to Toulouse, Figeac and Aurillac. Najac village is set along a ridge above a bend in the river Aveyron. In the earlier part of the 20th century the village had around 2,000 people but it suffered marked population decline as workers migrated to towns and cities. Several films concern the village and its surrounds, for example, La Vie Comme Elle Va. Wikipedia
Uzès, France: Uzès is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Originally Ucetia or Eutica in Latin, Uzès was a small Gallo-Roman oppidum, or administrative settlement. The town lies at the source of the Alzon river, at Fontaine d'Eure, from where a Roman aqueduct was built in the first century BC, to supply water to the city of Nîmes, 50 kilometres away. The most famous stretch of the aqueduct is the Pont du Gard, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which carried fresh water over splendid arches across the Gardon river. Wikipedia
Canal du Midi, Toulouse, Occitania, France: The Canal du Midi is a 240 km long canal in Southern France. Originally named the Canal Royal en Languedoc and renamed by French revolutionaries to Canal du Midi in 1789, the canal is considered one of the greatest construction works of the 17th century. Wikipedia
Sanctuaires Notre-Dame de Lourdes (Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes), Lourdes, France: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a Catholic Marian shrine and pilgrimage site dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes in the town of Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Wikipedia