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Beynac-et-Cazenac (French pronunciation: [bɛnak e kaznak]; Occitan: Bainac e Casenac) is a village located in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.. The medieval Château de Beynac is located in the commune.
Belgium: Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie, created in 1994 and comprising 31 villages; [4] Canada: Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec, created in 1997 and comprising 40 villages; [5] Italy: I Borghi più belli d'Italia, created in 2001 and including 361 villages; [6] Japan: The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan, created in ...
Since 2000, the president of the association has had a seat on the Conseil national du tourisme (National Tourist Board). [5] Since 7 July 2012, Les Plus Beaux Villages de France has been part of the international association Les Plus Beaux Villages de la Terre ("The Most Beautiful Villages of the World").
An aerial view of the village of Percé, Quebec, and its famous rock, taken from Mont-Sainte-Anne. The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec (French: Association des plus beaux villages du Québec, pronounced [asɔsjasjɔ̃ de ply bo vilaʒ dy kebɛk]) is an association created in 1997 by Jean-Marie Girardville and inspired from similar associations in France, Belgium, and Italy.
Lussan (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Luçan) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.
Perched on a rock, the town is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association due to its rich and varied heritage: two abbeys, a castle, many old hamlets, several hundred dry stone huts (bories), several windmills and water-mills, fountains, wash houses, and bories, a type of basin chiseled in ...
Called "the village in the sky of Provence" (le village dans le ciel de Provence), Tourtour overlooks a large part of Provence from the town of Fréjus along the Mediterranean coast in the east to the Montagne Sainte-Victoire, a favorite subject of the painter Paul Cézanne, in the west.
Minerve has been selected as one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The Most Beautiful Villages Of France"). Historically, the village has been the capital of the Minervois wine region. The main bridge leading into the village is closed to all passenger vehicles not owned by residents of Minerve.