Country · 5 places dug
The history of France
43 digs · 464 sourced records · last reviewed 16 October 2026
Strata has dug 5 places in France — Paris, Bezannes, Rodez and more: 43 spots of ground, 464 sourced records, from deep time to the modern era. Each place below is a page of its own, assembled from what happened on particular ground there, with every record linked to its source.
Places dug in France
The history of ParisA straight royal line gathers singers, surrealists and circuses — Paris grew from a besieged island fortress in the Seine into a capital rebuilt by kings, revolutionaries and Haussmann's planners alike. 39 digs404 records The history of BezannesThe merchant they called Champagne Charlie — Bezannes, near Reims, is a place where champagne trade and the wider world have repeatedly met. 1 dig
26 records The history of RodezRenaissance merchant's house — Rodez grew around ground once held by the counts of Armagnac, on which a wealthy merchant raised a Renaissance townhouse near Place de l'Olmet in the early sixteenth century. 1 dig
16 records The history of VersaillesAn explosion tore through the château's left wing — Versailles grew around the palace where the French court lived from 1682 until the Revolution of 1789. 1 dig
15 records The history of Le Mesnil-AmelotA royal road to Flanders became an airport's edge — Le Mesnil-Amelot lies on Eocene and Oligocene rock of the Paris Basin, a place once marked by a royal coach road toward Reims and Flanders, and now by the edge of an airport, where a jet-age hotel and a high-speed rail station beneath Terminal 2 have reshaped the ground. 1 dig
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