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Best French Monuments

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Palace of Versailles1734

The worldwide ranking generated by 675 votes

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Palace of Versailles1734

Mont Saint-Michel1726

Sacré-Cœur1684

Château de Chambord1630

Louvre Museum1628

Château de Chantilly1625

Cité de Carcassonne1612

1606

Château de Cheverny1603

#10

Lascaux IV1602

#11

Fontenay Abbey1592

#12

Château de Pierrefonds1592

#13

Palais des Papes1580

#14

Château de Sully-sur-Loire1573

#15

Domaine National de Saint-Cloud1572

#16

Château de Chenonceau1544

#17

Place Stanislas1540

#18

Notre-Dame Cathedral1535

#19

Sénanque Abbey1533

#20

Fort La Latte1524

#21

Palais Idéal1524

#22

Sainte-Chapelle1521

#23

Château de Beynac1520

#24

Fort Boyard1519

#25

Château d'If1519

#26

Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Lourdes1518

#27

Les Invalides1516

#28

Palais Garnier1512

#29

Château d'Azay-le-Rideau1512

#30

Amphitheatre of Lyon1509

#31

Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey1506

#32

Château de Vincennes1496

#33

Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg1494

#34

Citadel of Besançon1493

#35

Roman Theatre of Orange1488

#36

Panthéon1487

#37

Cordouan Lighthouse1474

#38

1468

#39

Fort de Brégançon1465

#40

Pont du Gard1462

#41

Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière1460

#42

Basilica of Saint-Sernin1457

#43

Conciergerie1450

#44

Château d'Amboise1445

#45

Millau Viaduct1429

#46

Reims Cathedral1419

#47

Chartres Cathedral1415

#48

Château de Blois1405

#49

Arena of Nîmes1403

#50

Arc de Triomphe1402

#51

Cluny Abbey1399

#52

Tour de la Chaîne (La Rochelle)1393

#53

Citadel of Bonifacio1384

#54

Tour Saint-Nicolas (La Rochelle)1372

#55

Château de Castelnaud1369

#56

Eiffel Tower1352

#57

Hospices de Beaune1318

#58

The Rock of Monaco1265

What the community says

Rank your favorite French monuments and landmarks. Vote on the Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Versailles Palace, and many other iconic treasures.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.