It features two-, three- and four-storey residential blocks characterised by long French windows, red and grey bricks, and pilasters or half-columns. All of which evoke Paris’s flair for fashion. Resembling the architecture of southern France, the traditional yellow buildings have a timeless air to them to complement the surrounding areas.
There are more than 40,000 historical buildings in France.
Over 300 kinds of cheese are part of the French cuisine.
French inventions include the hot air balloon, the parachute and the airship.
No other country has won so many Nobel prizes for literature.
