The Monument Tracker intuitive mobile applications reveal to you the history of monuments and places of interest around you, according to the alert distance that you set up (from 30 m to 1 000 m). During your walk, notifications on the surrounding monuments will appear automatically. « I’m not searching, I’m finding », a brilliant application to discover [...]
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Marseille on the move by Monument Tracker
City of art and culture, Marseille has many wonders to share with you. With its 26 centuries of existence, Marseille reveals in its landscape the remains of different past times. With Marseille on the move by Monument Tracker (in collaboration with the Tourist Office and Convention Bureau), discover 88 emblematic monuments of this city from [...]
Aix-en-Provence Monument Tracker – France
From 123 BC to date, the monuments testify. The story of Aix really began in the year 123 BC when the Romans dismantle Entremont, under the command of Proconsul Gaius Sextus. Salyens’ winners, the conquerors settle down on a shelf full of hot and cold sources. It is the birth of Aquae Sextiae. Quickly, the [...]
Arles Monument Tracker – France
Arles celebrated in 2011 the 30th anniversary of the entry of eight of its monuments in UNESCO World Heritage List. Arles is a town of art and history. The Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles and 65 acres of downtown are on the World Heritage List of UNESCO since 1981. So in 2007, archaeological excavations [...]
Nîmes Monument Tracker – France
Nimes focuses on historical monuments and takes you back in time. Nimes, Gallo-Roman city, is one of the finest architectural complexes of ancient relics to visit in the world. Built in the image of Rome, between seven hills, it is nicknamed the French Rome with its glorious past and the excellent state of preservation of [...]
Avignon Monument Tracker – France
An exceptional destiny to discover through historical monuments, listed facades, squares and streets. Occupied since prehistoric times, Avignon, the City of Popes, was at all time a cultural center and a crossroads of civilizations. Every period of its history is printed at the deepest of his architecture, in particular during its reign of capital of [...]