7 Sights in Agde, France (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Agde, France. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 7 sights are available in Agde, France.
Sightseeing Tours in Agde1. L'Éphèbe d'Agde
The Youth of Agde is a bronze statue discovered on September 13, 1964, on the bed of the river Herault on the south-eastern coast of France, by Denis Fanquerle and divers from the Agde Marine Archaeological Research Group. It is probably associated with an ancient Greek shipwreck.
2. Château Laurens
Château Laurens, also known as Villa Laurens, is a building built in Agde from 1898 by the collector Emmanuel Laurens (1873-1959). It is an eclectic building where Art Nouveau and Greek Revival sequences intersect, as well as large decorations from Egyptomania or Orientalism.
3. Buste de Claude Terrisse
Claude Terrisse, born in Agde in 1598 and died in the same city on 27 November 1673, was a sailor from Agatho, who was a privateer first in the service of Charles-Emmanuel of Savoy, then successively in the service of his son Victor-Amadeus I, Louis XIII and finally Louis XIV.
4. Église Notre-Dame du Grau
The church of Notre-Dame-du-Grau, formerly Notre-Dame-d'Aiguesvives, is a church located near the banks of the Hérault two kilometres south of Agde, at a place called Le Grau-d'Agde, in the French department of Hérault and the Occitanie region.
5. Chapelle Notre-Dame de l'Agenouillade
The Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-la-Genouillade or Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-l'Agenouillade is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the Grau-d'Agde district of Agde in the French department of Hérault and the Occitanie region.
Wikipedia: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Genouillade (FR), Website
6. Camp d'Agde
The Agde camp is a French internment camp created in 1939 on the territory of the commune of Agde (Hérault) to receive, from February from the Spanish Republicans who are refugee in France, at the end of the war of 'Spain.
7. Bataille de Camerone (Mexique)
The Battle of Camarón which occurred over ten hours on 30 April 1863 between the Foreign Legion of the French Army and the Mexican Army, is regarded as a defining moment in the Foreign Legion's history.
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