Year: 2010

The Osmothèque

Discover The Osmothèque in Versailles, France: Perfume museum and library.

Le Cyclop

Discover Le Cyclop in Milly-la-Forêt, France: Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

Pic du Midi Observatory

Discover Pic du Midi Observatory in Sers, France: This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

Musee Robert Tatin

Discover Musee Robert Tatin in Cossé-le-Vivien, France: A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

Doctor Charcot’s Library

Discover Doctor Charcot's Library in Paris, France: The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

Pont de la Concorde

Discover Pont de la Concorde in Paris, France: This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

La Maison Picassiette

Discover La Maison Picassiette in Chartres, France: A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

Cimetiere de Picpus

Discover Cimetiere de Picpus in Paris, France: The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral

Discover Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral in Clermont-Ferrand, France: A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

Astronomical Clock of Lyon

Discover Astronomical Clock of Lyon in Lyon, France: For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Grande Galerie de l’Évolution

Discover Grande Galerie de l'Évolution in Paris, France: Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Cave of Lascaux

Discover Cave of Lascaux in Montignac, France: Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art.".

Paris Sewer Museum

Discover Paris Sewer Museum in Paris, France: The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Musée Carnavalet

Discover Musée Carnavalet in Paris, France: A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 260 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 474 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 499 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 633 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 135 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 167 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 96 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 166

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