Crowned Virgin and child flanked by two angels, in front of the Rose window, Western facade, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Marais Poitevin, near Coulon, western Loire, Poitou Charentes, France, Europe

Man with alembique spirit still, Western Loire, France, Europe

Man pushing wheelbarrow in the salt pans near Guerande in Western Loire, France, Europe

Vigneron near Nantes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Hotel Senechal on Rue Gambetta in the island's principal western town. Ars en Re, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Exterior of Chateau Rochecourbon and colourful flowerbeds in formal gardens, near Saintes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Chateau Montreuil Bellay, near Saumur, western Loire, Loire Valley, France, Europe

The Passion of our Lord on the western facade of Our Lady of Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, Europe

Busy Rue de L'Engin on popular Thursday market day at this pretty south western bastide town, Eymet, Bergerac, Dordogne, France, Europe

Portrait of a French eel fisherman on his bicycle looking at the camera, with fish traps behind, at the Lac de Grand Lieu in Western Loire, France, Europe

Busy Place Gambetta and the popular Thursday market in this south western historic bastide town, Eymet, Bergerac, Dordogne, France, Europe

Busy Rue de Temple on popular market day at this pretty south western historic bastide town, Eymet, Bergerac, Dordogne, France, Europe

Pont St. Martin, western Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

Life of the Virgin Mary, St. Anne portal, Western facade, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Place Gambetta on popular Thursday market day in this south western historic bastide town, Eymet, Bergerac, Dordogne, France, Europe

Portrait of two French men standing looking at the camera, one holding a basket of grapes, vignerons, near Nantes, western Loire, France, Europe

Man shovelling salt into a wheelbarrow in the salt pans near Guerande in Western Loire, France, Europe

Vignerons near Nantes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Scenes from the Old and New Testaments on the arches of the western front of Our Lady of Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, Euorpe

Sculptures on the western facade of Notre Dame la Grande church, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

Vendee, Ile d'Olonne, western Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

Muscadet grapes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Western facade, Saint-Riquier abbey church, Saint-Riquier, Somme, France, Europe

Chateau Gonier, River Mayenne, Western Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

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Captive Western gorilla, gorilla gorilla. Female and baby and adolescent in La Vallee Des singes, Poitou - Charentes France. More info: Status, critically endangered due to loss of habitat, hunting and infectious disease.

View through the Rue Merciere to the Our Lady's Cathedral, View through the Rue Merciere to the western facade and north tower of the Our Lady's Cathedral Cathedrale Notre-Dame, Rue Merciere, Strasbourg, Alsace, France

Girl standing on large rocks, Liamone Beach, Western Corse, France

Notre Dame la Grande church, Western facade, Chemins de Saint-Jacques, Via Turonensis, Poitiers, Dept. Vienne, Région Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

View through the Rue Merciere to the Our Lady's Cathedral, View through the Rue Merciere with a pavement cafe to the western facade of the Our Lady's Cathedral Cathedrale Notre-Dame, Rue Merciere, Strasbourg, Alsace, France

Western facade of Notre Dame cathedral, Day of Judgement, Amiens, Dept. Somme, Picardie, France, Europe

Train Jeanne Tramway du Mont Blanc rides through the forest Haute-Savoie France

Final station Le Nid d'Aigle of Tramway du Mont Blanc with train Haute-Savoie France

The Castle is famous for its Calvados , Le Breuil en Auge , Calvados , Normandy , France , Europe

Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex) on the edge of a cliff, Lac Blanc, Mont Blanc, France, Europe

Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), cock, animal portrait, mating, captive, France, Europe

Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), cock, animal portrait, mating, captive, France, Europe

Mountain hut Restaurant Chez la Tante backed by the enormous mountain Mt. Blanc Haute-Savoie France

City view , Le Treport , Seine-Maritime , Normandy , France , Europe

Cardboard figure promotes for a Cider bar , Honfleurs , Calvados , Normandy , France , Europe

Western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) male basking in the sun in the brush. Bas-Rhin, Collectivite europeenne d'Alsace, Grand Est, France, Europe

Half-timbered house with a thatched roof , River Veules , Veules-les-Roses , Seine-Maritime , Normandie , Frankreich , Europa

The Castle is famous for its Calvados , Le Breuil en Auge , Calvados , Normandy , France , Europe

Western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) male basking in the sun in the brush. Bas-Rhin, Collectivite europeenne d'Alsace, Grand Est, France, Europe

City view , Le Treport , Seine-Maritime , Normandy , France , Europe

Barre des Ecrins 4.102 m, Glacier Blanc, Provence-Alpes-Cote de Azur, Hautes-Alpes, France

FRA, France, Normandy: Mot western point of Normandy, Cap de la Hague. St.Germain des Vaux. Lighthouse Goury.

Vieux Bassin , Honfleurs , Calvados , Normandy , France , Europe

Sign of the delicacy restaurant Le Pave d'Auge , Beuvron en Auge , Calvados , Normandy , France , Europe

Statue of Notre-Dame des naufrages (Mother of God of the castaways) at the Pointe du Raz Beg ar Raz, rocky cape, end of Cap Sizun in the west of the commune of Plogoff, department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Statue of Notre-Dame des naufrages (Mother of God of the castaways) at the Pointe du Raz Beg ar Raz, rocky cape, end of Cap Sizun in the west of the commune of Plogoff, department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Statue of Notre-Dame des naufrages (Mother of God of the castaways) at the Pointe du Raz Beg ar Raz, rocky cape, end of Cap Sizun in the west of the commune of Plogoff, department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Station of Tramway du Mont Blanc St. Gervais les bains Haute-Savoie France

Picturesque houses at the seaside , Mers-les-Bains , Somme , Picardie , Frankreich , Europa

FRA, France, Normandy: Mot western point of Normandy, Cap de la Hague. St.Germain des Vaux. Lighthouse Goury.

Pointe du Raz Beg ar Raz, rocky cape with the offshore lighthouses Phare de la Vieille and Tourelle de la Plate, end of Cap Sizun in the west of the commune of Plogoff, department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Group is hiking one after another on grass covered mountains Mont Joux Haute-Savoie France

Atlantic Ocean at sun set. Fisherboats . Normandy , France , Europe

Three women are hiking on grass covered mountains Mont Joux Haute-Savoie France

Porspoder (Breton: Porspoder) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

View of train tracks leading to Gare Vaugirard, Falguiere and Moulin de la Vierge neighborhoods in Paris seen from Montparnasse Tower, France

Early morning frost on the banks of the Lake Ter, Lorient; Breton: An Oriant, is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

Sculptures in the Western fauade of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Strasbourg, France

Organ and western rose window in Notre-Dame d'Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, Somme, France

Western fauade of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Strasbourg, France

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Plage Darone sandy beach with umbrellas & bathers & clear water, France

France, Brittany, Isle de Sein, Memorial commemorating the 128 islanders who fled imminent Nazi occupation by fishing boat to join the Free French Forces in England in 1940.

Roman aqueduct from high vantage point on the western side showing three tiers of continuous arches spanning river, Pont du Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, UNESCO World Heritage Site, France, Europe

Citadel walls with palm Old Town, France

France, Brittany, Pointe de Pen-Hir, Les Tas de Pois, Pile of Peas, islets off the Pointe de Pen-Hir on the Presqu'ile de Crozon.

Bathers & sandy beach with St Florent old town in distance, France

France, Brittany, Isle de Sein, Phare Saint-Corentin, Lighthouse.

Western Barbastelle;Barbastella barbastellus) in flight emerging from a cave in Calvados, Normandy. France

Battle of Western buzzards (Buteo buteo) in snow, France

Western Marbled White, Gorges de l'Ardèche France

Battle of Western buzzards (Buteo buteo) in snow, France

Western buzzard (Buteo buteo) in flight, France

Western Lowland Gorilla, Monkey Valley France