The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne. It is situated on a hill and dominates the banks of the River Aude.
With its castle and ramparts, the city seems straight out of a medieval fantasy novel.
It's the low temperature of mountain torrential waters that allows them to become saturated with oxygen as they flow over the falls.
They are then home to animals that are major consumers of dissolved oxygen, such as the larvae of a host of insects.
During floods, the torrent abandons the materials it transports. These form banks of gravel, sand and silt, which are then colonized by plants. The vegetation on these banks consumes some of the organic pollution in the water and protects the banks.
Le Gratin Mondain is a guest house in Noyers-sur-Serein, one of the most beautiful villages of France.
Noyers has retained much of its medieval appearance. Its heritage is not based on exceptional monuments, but on the unity of the various buildings, most of which were constructed between the 15th and 16th centuries, either within the fortified enclosure of the Bourg located in the meander of the Serein, or on either side of the causeway leading to the faubourg.
From the ancient fortifications of the medieval town, several fortified gates leading to the village and the ramparts remain, with 19 towers (out of the original 23).
At number 22 of Mstislav-Rostropovitch street in the new Clichy-Batignolles district of Paris, this “Unic” apartment building was designed by Chinese architect Ma Yansong in collaboration with French architect Christian Biecher.
Completed in 2019, it is 49 meters high and has 14 floors.
The undulating forms of the building are directly inspired by Asian culture terraces.
This picturesque seafaring village, known worldwide for its left wave that attracts many surfers every year, is located on the left bank of the estuary of the Mundaka ria, in the middle of the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, a natural area formed by large marshes and 12 km of large sandbanks that serve as a refuge for thousands of migratory birds.
Its privileged location makes Mundaka one of the favorite tourist destinations of the Biscayan coast.