France at its most beautiful: Images from the end of the 19th Century show how the country's most famous landmarks appeared 100 years ago

Stunning pictures from the end of the 19th Century show some of the most famous landmarks in France. They include the Eiffel Tower (left) shortly after it was built next to the La Grande Roue, a 328ft Ferris wheel built for the Exposition Universelle world exhibition at Paris in 1900

The collection includes this image from between 1890 and 1900 of Mont Saint-Michel, an island commune half a mile off the coast of Normandy near St Malo. Today the island is one of France's most recognisable landmarks, visited by more than 3 million a year

One of the pictures shows the spectacular Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles built in the late 1600s as part of King Louis XIV of France's third building campaign of the Palace

La belle vie: Images also capture families enjoying the beach at high tide in the seaside resort of Trouville in Normandy

Spectacular: This colourful picture shows the Latona Fountain, in the Gardens of Versailles, which lies in the Latona Basin between the Chateau de Versailles and the Grand Canal. The top tier features a statue of the goddess Latona

While many of the pictures showed museums, palaces and landmarks, others showed France's breathtaking natural beauty. This image from between 1890 and 1900 shows the spa town of Cauterets in the Pyrenees

The world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris prior to the construction of the modern, glass Louvre Pyramid. Now the world's largest museum, it is a central landmark in the city containing some 38,000 objects and attracting 7.3 million visitors in 2016

Paris is not the only city documented in the collection of pictures. They also show Marseille on the south coast and this cable railway

The colour pictures also show the Pantheon in the Latin Quarter in Paris. It was once a church but now serves as a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens

The images also capture the famous market squares in France, including this scene in Toulouse, capital of France’s southern Occitanie region

The collection includes this picture of a horse and carriage pulling up to Cluny Museum in Paris. Today, the museum, in the 5th arrondissement of the city, holds the six Lady and the Unicorn tapestries

Stunning: This picture shows the sun setting over the Chateau de Duingt in the alpine town of Annecy in southeastern France

People sit outside the Source de L'Hopital in Vichy, central France, as a policeman stands at the entrance to the natural spring

Another stunning shot shows the Notre Dame de Bon Secours (left) and Joan of Arc's monument (right) in Rouen, Normandy

Holidaymakers stroll down the wooden promenade by the beach in Trouville on the Normandy coast sometime between 1890 and 1900

Another image shows people on the steps of the vast Madeleine Church in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army

The collection also captures scenes from the Exposition Universelle of 1900 - a world's fair held in Paris to celebrate the achievements of the past century

Landmark structure: Another image shows the Eiffel Tower against a glowing sunset with a man standing at its base

Other pictures show Napoleon's tomb inside the Hôtel national des Invalides in Paris France. The building contains museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France

Natural beauty: Sweeping green fields and country lanes are shown in this image of the countryside near Vichy in central France

Another picture shows people walking around the grounds of the Palace of the Grand Trianon in Versailles, west of Paris

This was the scene in St Malo on the northern French coast at the end of the 19th Century. Today it is a hub for cross-channel ferries

Trouville in Normandy, France was a popular holiday destination even in the late 19th Century. Holiday-makers are pictured walking on the beach

The pictures captured some of the medieval towns in France including, Thiers a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France

An overhead picture shows the commune of Le Tréport in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-eastern France

Ornate: Pictures show the chamber of Empress Josephine in the spectacular Grand Trianon chateau in Versailles