Scattered around the town of Carnac on the south coast of Brittany are hundreds of stones dating back further than Knossus, the Pyramids, Stonehenge or the Egyptian temples of the same name at Karnak, that constitute Carnac as Europe’s most important prehistoric site.
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Grotte de Peche Merle in the Cabarets area is home to some of the finest prehistoric cave paintings in South West France. The area is incredibly rich in history and has been called “the cradle of civilisation”. Remains of Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon people have been found in the region, a civilisation dating back between 16 and 20 thousand years ago.
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The Battle of the Somme is famous not for its military success but for the very opposite; on 1 July 1916, the first day of the offensive, 58,000 British troops were lost (20,000 of whom were killed) as they ‘went over the top’ in a massive assault on German lines. This grotesque figure remains a one-day record.
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In February 1888 one of the world’s most famous artists came to Arles to be inspired by the bright skies of Southern France.
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Mexico is made up of thirty one states in addition to a Federal District, which is the country’s capital.
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