The Wonders Of Europe

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The Wonders Of Europe

With almost 3 million visitors a year, Mont Saint-Michel is, after the monuments in the Paris region, the most visited site in France. Set in a spectacular bay, this granite islet has always fascinated people, before becoming a major place of pilgrimage in the Christian West.

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Season 2
The year is 27 BC. After years of struggle for power, Caesar Augustus is now master of the Roman Empire. But this is just the beginning of an epic journey that will seal the fate of the Eternal City and see the birth of a legendary monument: the Pantheon of Rome.
Every year, nearly seven million visitors flock to admire the Eiffel Tower, the most visited entrance fee-paying monument in the world. It has become an icon not just of Paris but of all France. Behind its extraordinary fame is the wild story of a crazy project.
After a two-month fight, the emperor Napoleon III has been defeated by Prussia. The Germans are only 250 kilometres from Paris. Convinced that this failure is God's punishment, a group of ardent Catholics makes a promise to each other- should the capital be spared, they would build a gigantic basilica dedicated to the Sacr...
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