Among the Loire castles , Blois is probably one of the most original. Indeed, his singular story allows us to discover three distinct architectural styles:Flamboyant Gothic, Renaissance and Classical. The castle is also famous for its remarkable Grand Staircase, built in the middle of the François I
Aix-en-Provence , it is not only the student city par excellence of the 21st century where life is good. It is also a city with an undeniable historical heritage, a rich and eventful history. The first beginnings of Aquae Sextiae , the Roman town, to the city of Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola , Aix was
Since its opening in 2014, the Musée des Confluences in Lyons is always full, despite the controversy over its cost of construction and its futuristic appearance. With four rooms for permanent exhibitions and three inaugural temporary exhibitions, the museum has an atypical architecture. An Atypic
The City of Vienna conceals a rich historical heritage, its location, at the confluence of the Rhône and the Gère, at the convergence of the axes of circulation between the Alps and the central massif, and its hilly topography offering promontories, have made it a place of human settlement. from pro
A sort of secret passages, the word traboule is a typical word from Lyon. Amable Audin, historian and archaeologist breaks it down into “trans-ambulare” which literally means “to pass through”. Old Lyon, well restored, retains a special character with its traboules which form veritable labyrinths. T
Located in the heart of the Cirque dEstre in southern Ardèche, the cave decorated with Vallon Pont dArc known as Chauvet Cave is one of the jewels of Ardèche heritage. Discovered in 1994 by three speleologists, it has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and now has a Lascaux-type restit
Name of Zeus! you exclaim as you enter Maison Mantin , because here you are propelled more than a hundred years back, in 1905, in the house of a high official of the Third Republic who made the choice to end his life as a scholarly bourgeois surrounded by his collections in an atypical mansion on th
On the road to vacation, or stuck on National 7? Enjoy a moment of relaxation at the Château de Tournon . Perched on a rock, the Château de Tournon, whose origins date back to the 9th century, is one of the most beautiful castles in northern Ardèche. The buildings remaining today, and which you can
The European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim , territory of the Celtic and Gallo-Roman civilization, is located on the Franco-German border, in Moselle. Indeed, in antiquity, the Roman Empire extended, at its peak, over a large part of Europe, including present-day East Germany. Today, th
The city of Lyon , former capital of the Three Gauls bearing the name of Lugdunum during antiquity, is a metropolis located at the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône, in the Rhône-Alpes region. The city enjoys a privileged geographical location, between the Mediterranean and the North, and at the
Each year on the evening of December 8 marks the Festival of Lights inLyon . During this event spread over four days, the former capital of the Gauls sees several million visitors coming from all over the world to visit the illuminated city. Although this popular event was originally dedicated to th
Located 10 kilometers south of Blois, Château de Cheverny is the most magnificently furnished of the Loire castles, and one of the most beautiful architectural achievements of the Louis XIII style. It remains today one of the rare castles of the Loire to belong to the same family since the XVIIth ce
D n the South of France, Arcs-sur-Argens , “Leis Arc in Provençal, is a small town in the Var, a member of the Dracénoise Agglomeration Community. This small Provençal town with undeniable charms contains within it a dense and captivating history, as well as a small jewel:its medieval village, calle
Gingham is a city in the center of France, capital of the district of the department of Allier, whose history is too often reduced to its government, Marshal Pétain and collaboration. When we evoke it on an economic-tourist level, the city becomes synonymous with spa treatment and care, beauty produ
Located above the Gardon, near Nîmes, the Pont du Gard is the highest of the Roman aqueducts and one of the greatest achievements of Roman architecture in France. Great monument classified as a Major Monument in 1840 by Prosper Mérimée, registered as a Historic Monument since 1913, admitted to the U
The Vercors Park is a grandiose territory located in the heart of Dauphiné, vertigo of cliffs, breath of lofty plains, dark forests and clearings of light. Six natural regions make up this magnificent and unique country. To the north the Quatre Montagnes, to the northwest the Coulmes, to the west th
The Great War saw a succession of battles, each more deadly than the next:the Marne, the Sum , the Chemin des Dames... However, the name of Verdun retains a particular resonance. The Battle of Verdun , its hell, an endless struggle, which led to a victory acquired at the cost of unimaginable sacrifi
The Museum of the Battle of Woerth-Frœschwiller presents the visitor with a unique collection of uniforms, headdresses, ammunition, weapons and even engravings on the 1870 war. of the bitterness of the combats which opposed the French of Mac Mahon to the Germans of Frederic-William of Prussia. M
Blois . When we think of it, we think above all of its royal castle, a magnificent example of the evolution of French architecture from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Nevertheless, Blois is also an old town which has seen more than 1000 years of French history pass and whose rich built heritag
Riquewihr , ancient medieval city , is a small town located between the Vosges and Alsace, in the heart of the vineyards, ranked among the “most beautiful villages in France”. Flowered in summer with the traditional geranium, it adorns itself with its decorations during the Christmas period to welco
Some of the earliest legal codes were formulated in the ancient Middle East. The Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Elamites, Hurrians, Kassites, and Hittites all had their own laws. Among them, the Code of Hammurabi is perhaps the best known, but there have been many earlier codes of law. The firs
Claimed by Algiers, France was to return 36 skulls of Algerian insurgents killed in the 19th century, during colonization and kept at the Musée de lHomme. So far, she has handed over 24. Prehistoric and historical skulls preserved in the anthropological collections of the Musée de lHomme, in Par
A team of archaeologists has managed to precisely date the construction of a paved street discovered under Jerusalem:it would have been traced around the year 30, during the mandate of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. View of the Temple Mount, within the walls of Jerusalem. In almost half a cen
Subject of an exhibition in Clermont-Ferrand, the excavations of the site of Montels III in Cébazat brought to light a vase of wine infused with hemp within a tomb. Decryption of the importance of this discovery and these practices with Matthieu Poux, professor of archeology at the University of Lyo