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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate><image><title>exploriada.com</title><link>http://www.exploriada.com</link><url>http://www.exploriada.com/imgs/logo.jpg</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Parc Asterix Amusement Park (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/theme-parks/parc-asterix-amusement-park</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:06:49 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Parc Astérix is a theme amusement park in France, based on the stories of Asterix by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny and was opened in 1989.

It is especially well known for its large variety of roller coasters, and has begun incorporating rides and themes from historic cultures such as the Romans and the ancient Greeks. 

It is also home to the biggest wooden roller coaster in Europe!
With a stunning crash, Zeus lifts you up to ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4e01dc1c461be/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castle Of Montfort (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/castles-palaces-and-halls/castle-of-montfort</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:59:46 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Château de Montfort is a castle in the French commune of Vitrac in the Dordogne departement, part of the region of Aquitaine.

The castle clings to a promontory overlooking the Cingle de Montfort (Montfort Meander) on the Dordogne River. Its grandiose setting "aroused the envy of those who wished to rule Perigord" so that its history is a long series of battles and sieges. It was taken and razed to the ground by Simon de ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4df207664c257/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castle Of the Upper Charmois (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/castles-palaces-and-halls/castle-of-the-upper-charmois</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:44:11 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The renaissance castle is a private property of the  Bonnefoy family, who are animateurs of Saint Dagobert Circle. They are producers of the beer of Charmoy. ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4df20430ea258/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castle Of Flecheres (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/castles-palaces-and-halls/castle-of-flecheres</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:25:35 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fléchères is the largest castle open to visitors in the environ of Lyon.
Built in one go from 1606 to 1625 and preserved intact, it offers an exceptional picture of the life of the grandees of Lyon in the 17th century.

In 1632, the painter Pietro Ricchi, just arrived from Tuscany, here realised an astonishingly varied decor, which surpasses all those that are known in France from this period, for its quality, scale and state of conservation.

The ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4df200063d44f/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devil's Bridge Gorge (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/natural-wonders-caverns-and-parks/devils-bridge-gorge</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:29:21 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Visited as early as 1893 and fitted out to be accessible for most people, the DEVIL'S BRIDGE GORGES  offer the visitor a gripping picture of the power of erosion. The jagged profile of the sides and their shaded coulours give the whole site a weird appearance attenuated by the magnificent surrounding forests.

This defile, partly underground, gouged into very hard grey marble links surprisingly the Leman's Lake area and the CHABLAIS Massifs.

The shine of rocks ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4df0bfb265910/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ripaille Castle (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/castles-palaces-and-halls/castle-of-ripaille</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:48:15 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Built from the late fourteenth century, residence of the Counts of Savoy, the castle of Feast is located in the Chablais, a country that was attached to the eleventh century at the Savoy. Became the headquarters of the Order of St. Maurice, the residence welcomes religious communities until the Revolution. She is now a resident of approval.

History of Chateau of Ripaille
Built from the mid-fourteenth century, originally a wooden pavilion on a stone base in the ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4df08becb9391/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castle of Pupetières (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/castles-palaces-and-halls/castle-of-pupetieres</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:51:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The neogothic castle belongs to the Virieu family since its construction in the XIII century. It 's located in the Chabons community in the Bourbre valley, 5km from Virieu and 15km from Voiron. it is classified as a historic building in France since 1972.

At the beginning it was just a fortified hall, during the Revolution the family had been desinherited and they moved near Geneva. They came back in 1805 and found the castle in ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4def9c261c9ff/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castle of Roure (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/castles-palaces-and-halls/castle-of-roure</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:19:24 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Castle was built in XV century on a rocky hill to defend the ancien road which crosses the naural "Pont d'Arc". It is a focal point of local history: the wars of religion and the camisards revolution. On the border of Languedoc and Vivarais this place guarded the strategic passage into the Ardeches Gorge.

The castle belonged originally to the earl Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure who was protestant. During religious wars the duke of ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4def93256ff38/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temple Of Cheese (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/museums-and-galleries/temple-of-cheese</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:39:14 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[During a guided visit the cheese museum presents the first methods of milk transformation and how the women (called Fruitière) used to work the cheese. Several full-scale robots explain the realization of cheese from the cows milking to the production of a ‘fromage d'Abondance’. ...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gorges Du Fier (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/natural-wonders-caverns-and-parks/the-gorges-du-fier</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:11:02 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The River Fier, which trickles out of the lake through Annecy's picturesque canals, has cut a narrow crevice through the limestone rock at the Gorges du Fier.

The walk goes through a spectacular narrow canyon on a footbridge
affixed to the rock face 25 metres above the river. ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4ae427cb749bd/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnac Stones (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/pre-and-early-history/carnac-stones</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:38:44 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Carnac stones are one of the most extensive Neolithic menhir collections in the world. The site is located around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany and consists of alignments, dolmens, tumuluses and single menhirs. The more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany, and are the largest such collection in the world.

Local tradition claims that the reason they stand in such perfectly ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4abbcb43bdeef/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerouzere Castle (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/castles-palaces-and-halls/kerouzere-castle</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:47:46 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4ab7e6a7b26fb/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eiffel Tower (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/industrial-monuments-and-places/eiffel-tower</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:57:40 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Originally created as the centrepiece of Paris’ Exposition Universelle in 1889, in commemoration of the centenary of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower went on to become the centrepiece of the city itself and a global icon of France.

The tower that has become symbolic of Paris the world over weighs 10,100 tonnes (990 tons) and contains 18,000 pieces of iron, held together by 2,500,000 rivets. At 324m (888ft) high, it was, until 1929, the tallest ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4ac77f2f54a8d/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerjean Castle (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/castles-palaces-and-halls/kerjean-castle</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:59:57 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Formidable fortress and at the same time a stately home located in Finistère, Brittany. Rustic grounds covering 50 acres and a Renaissance fountain.

As a large 16th century manor it is outfitted with ditches and fore-works that included gun platforms for cannons. ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4ab69ea251400/</imgthumb></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mont Saint-Michel (France)]]></title><link>http://www.exploriada.com/places/place/tourist-attractions/historical-cities-and-towns/mont-saint-michel</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The rocky tidal island is oocupied by an abbey which was one of the first sites to obtain UNESCO World Heritage listing.
The worship of Saint Michel was introduced on the Mount in 708, and it became one of the most important places of medieval pilgrimage. Benedictines started building an abbey here in the 10th century.
At the foot of the abbey stands the village with its fortified enclosure - built on sand! The abbey is built ...]]></description><imgthumb>http://www.exploriada.com/thumb/jpg/4ab69fb5e64f8/</imgthumb></item></channel></rss>
