France: Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle Ages. To reach Spain pilgrims had to pass through France, and the group of important historical monuments included in this inscription marks out the four routes by which they did so. Source:whc.unesco.org

Inscribed: 1998

Major monuments included are:

Amiens Cathedral-Received
Bourges cathedral
Mount St Micheal
Arles (Arleschamp)

The Romanesque church of Sainte-Foy at Conques

The church of Saint-Pierre at Moissac

The basilical church of Saint-Sernin in Toulouse-Received

The collegiate church of Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre

Village of Rocamadour

Postcard 1: Amiens Cathedral

Thanks to Laure

Postcard 2: Toulouse

Thanks to Ms Ulla