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A 15th-century Renaissance house on Rue de Turenne,A 1930 private villa in the quarter whereA block away the Allées de Tourny wereA few lanes away, the 11th-century Chouara tanneriesA minute from the door, Orson Welles spentAn 18th-century palace on the lane of theBase sous-marine, Bordeaux, FranceBasilique Saint-Michel, Bordeaux, FranceBuilt in 1565 on the ramparts of theChefchaouen was founded in 1471 as a mountainÉglise Notre-Dame de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FranceFrom Rue Camille Saint-Saëns the hotel looks straightHoused in the 1766 home of architect JeanLa Basilique de l'Immaculée-Conception, Lourdes, FranceLa cathédrale orthodoxe Saint-Nicolas, Nice, FranceLa colline du Château, Nice, FranceLa coupole rose du Negresco, Nice, FranceLa fontaine du Soleil, Nice, FranceLa Grotte de Massabielle, Lourdes, FranceLa procession mariale aux flambeaux, Lourdes, FranceLa source miraculeuse et les fontaines/piscines de Lourdes,La Sucrière, Lyon, FranceLa Vieille Charité, Marseille, FranceLe Château fort de Lourdes, Lourdes, FranceLe Cours Saleya, Nice, FranceLe Fort Saint-Jean et la tour du RoiLe jardin Albert 1er, Nice, FranceLe Mur des Canuts, Lyon, FranceLe Vieux-Port et le Grand-Saint-Antoine, Marseille, FranceLes cryptes de l'abbaye Saint-Victor, Marseille, FranceLes fresques du Cours Julien, Marseille, FranceLes traboules du Vieux Lyon, Lyon, FranceNotre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille, FranceOccupies the 1863 first head office of thePalais Gallien, Bordeaux, FrancePère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, FrancePlace Bellecour, Lyon, FrancePlace de la Bourse et le Miroir d'eau,Place des Terreaux, Lyon, FrancePorte Cailhau, Bordeaux, FranceRue de la Râpe sits at the footRue du 4 Septembre runs through the QuartierRue du Bœuf hides Lyon's most famous trabouleRue Roger Radisson crosses the summit of FourvièreSaint-Louis's oldest hotel (1850) was the legendary stopoverSteps from Place d'Armes, the parade ground whereSteps from Place des Terreaux and Bartholdi's thunderingTangier's oldest guesthouse sits in the Kasbah lanesThe 17th-century house stands on Rue du Pacha,The Ainay district grew around a 12th-century RomanesqueThe Cimiez hill above was the Romans' CemenelumThe Cours Saleya just outside bursts every morningThe Croix-Rousse plateau was the 'working hill' ofThe Esplanade des Quinconces next door is oneThe guesthouse leans on the Kasbah walls besideThe hotel faces the Théâtre des Célestins, andThe hotel is built into a 15th-century towerThe hotel is stitched together from 18th-century housesThe hotel keeps the painted-glass shopfront of oneThe hotel looks onto the Fontaine de laThe hotel occupies a genuine 17th-century real-tennis courtThe hotel rises over the 17th-century Dauphine BatteryThe palais stands at Bab Marrakech, the landwardThe pedestrian Rue de France threads the NewThe riad's derb sits inside Bab El Ksour,The Saint-Pierre quarter is medieval Bordeaux's tangle ofThe street and its gate take their nameThis 17th-century pasha's palace hides off Talaa Kebira,This corner of old Bordeaux sits inside theThis is the house where Josephine Baker livedThis narrow lane sits a minute from theVictor Lustig, the con man who sold the