Architecture in France

This crumbling, graffiti-covered mansion sits tantalizingly within reach of the proletariat who frequent a public park.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.