What cities would you consider the design/art/architecture capitals of france?

Question

and why?

besides paris of course...

Answer 1

Avignon (middle age architecture)

Bar le duc (renaissance period architecture in the ville haute area)

Laon (middle age period architecture in the ville haute area)

Strasbourg

Colmar

Metz

Dijon

Versailles (classical architecture)

Bordeaux

Toulouse (brick architecture)

Carcassonne (middle age architecture)

Auxerre

Beaune

Lyon

Chambéry

Answer 2

Hi, France is  very old, its history is rich from 2500 years ago,  and more, architecture, antiques, historic monuments exist in each city, to get an idea, you have to read and learn geography, nobody can tell you what to focus on, it's up to you to make the choice. Each city taken individually is a masterpiece, Paris is wonderful, story of France from many centuries, certainly the capital of arts (antic and modern), Welcome in France.

Answer 3

Question not clear - mean city of high beauty, beside Paris ?

                                  or cities where those things are taught ?