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  • The Palais Royal and its garden (Paris)

    Long closed to the public, the Palais-Royal built by Richelieu has now regained its former function as a place for walking and entertainment. The Garden of the Royal Palace is at the center of a quadrilateral closed on all four sides:one side houses the Council of State, the Constitutional Council,

  • Place des Vosges (Paris)

    The Place des Vosges , in the Marais Parisien, former Place Royale is the most mythical and the oldest in Paris. It was a high place of festivals and tournaments until the death of Henri II in 1559. After this tragic accident, it was necessary to wait for the reign of Henri IV who made it again a ma

  • Palace of Versailles, its construction and its history

    The Palace of Versailles is a centerpiece of world heritage and one of the most visited historical monuments in the world, welcoming around 6.5 million visitors a year. Symbol of the power of the Sun King and of France in the Grand Siècle, Louis XIV realized his dream of stone, gold, greenery, water

  • Père-Lachaise cemetery, a place of history and memory

    The Père-Lachaise Cemetery is a cemetery located in the 20th arrondissement, in Paris, renowned for its many graves of famous people. It takes its name from the property of the Jesuits, acquired in 1626 and baptized Mont-Louis, where the Reverend Father François dAix de la Chaize, confessor of Louis

  • The Hôtel de Beauharnais, a prestigious residence

    Private estate and symbol of the Empire style, Hôtel de Beauharnais, located rue de Lille in the 7th arrondissement of Paris is the current residence of the German Ambassador to France. On the occasion of a private visit, Histoire pour tous, retraces all in image, the history of the magnificent hot

  • Guimet Museum (National Museum of Asian Arts, Paris)

    The Guimet Museum is the national museum of Asian Arts, devoted to the arts of the civilizations of the East and the Far East. Since 1945, it has also been the Asian department of the National Museums. Founded in Lyon in 1879 by the orientalizing industrialist Émile Guimet to promote oriental religi

  • Paris in the Middle Ages:history and heritage

    The city of Paris was founded around 250 BC on the Ile de la Cité by the Gallic tribe of the Parisii. At the time, it was a fortified town called Lutetia (Lutèce). In 52 BC, the city was conquered by the Romans, who gave it the name of Civitas Parisorium (Paris). Paris becomes the capital of the Fra

  • The Jean sans Peur tower (medieval Paris)

    In the heart of Paris, rue Etienne Marcel, stands one of the last still visible vestiges of medieval Paris , the Jean sans Peu tower r. An ostentatious mark of the Burgundian presence in the troubled Paris of the early 15th century, it is a must for anyone passionate about medieval history. It was b

  • Visit of the Luxembourg Gardens (Paris)

    If we benefit nowadays from the magnificent garden that is the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, it is thanks to Marie de Médicis and her Italian taste. Loving this quiet neighborhood, she decided to acquire a piece of land large enough to build a palace and a garden in the Fl

  • The Museum of Man (Palais de Chaillot, Paris)

    Founded in 1938 and located on Place du Trocadéro in Paris, the Musée de lHomme is intended to bring together everything that contributes to the natural and cultural definition of the human being. Retracing the evolution of man since his origins, the museum offers a circuit by geographical area wher

  • Discover the Gallo-Roman Gers

    The Gers is certainly a magnificent department, famous for the products of its soil and its sweetness of life. But, heart of Gascony, it is also renowned for the qualities of courage of some of its representatives such as the famous dArtagnan , character popularized by Alexandre Dumas, and native of

  • Carcassonne, a restored medieval city

    Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the medieval city of Carcassonne is a remarkable and unique example of a fortified city, with its castle, its towers and its long and powerful ramparts. The city has been the subject of exceptional restoration campaigns since the 19th century, mainly led b

  • The Lascaux Cave, treasure of parietal art

    The Lascaux Cave is famous for the masterpieces of Paleolithic art, among the most important ever discovered, which adorn its walls and ceiling. It was discovered in the Dordogne department near Montignac, when four children and a dog entered it for the first time in September 1940. On the walls app

  • Castle-Museum of communication (Angers)

    Located in the agglomeration of Angers, within the domain of Pignerolle, the Château-Museum of communication of Angers offers since 1992, an educational and interactive vision of the history of the means of communication . The innovations on display constitute a total of 1300 devices , including amo

  • The medieval town of Sainte-Suzanne

    Behind its ramparts and its keep which successfully challenged William the Conqueror, hides one of the Most Beautiful Villages in France , the small medieval town of Sainte-Suzanne . From the top of its rocky outcrop overlooking the Erve valley and located in the heart of the country of art and his

  • Carolingian Laula of Doué-la-Fontaine

    Doue-la-Fontaine is a commune in the department of Maine-et-Loire located southeast of Angers and southwest of Saumur. The territory has been occupied since the Neolithic era and is at the crossroads of several Roman roads, in particular the Angers-Poitiers road. In Carolingian times, Doué belonged

  • Joan of Arc Historial (Rouen)

    Nearly 600 years after the heresy trial of Joan of Arc, the city of Rouen opened the first space devoted to this trial, as well as that of his rehabilitation in 1455. Rouen has indeed, in the past, been the scene of the trial of one of the emblematic figures of the history of France, as well as his

  • Chambord Castle (Loire Valley)

    The largest castle in the Loire, the Château de Chambord built to the glory of François Ist consists of more than 400 pieces and more than 2000 works of art. The estate symbolizes the kings passion for hunting and wild nature. Consecrated historical monument in 1840 and ceded to the State in 1930,

  • The alignments of Carnac (Morbihan)

    The Carnac alignments count several thousands of megalithic monuments, menhirs, dolmens and tumuli, dating from the Neolithic and the beginning of the Bronze Age. Located in Morbihan, Carnac means the place where there are mounds of stones. It is a fascinating place, both for the beauty of the build

  • The Domain of Harcourt (Eure)

    The history of Domaine dHarcourt begins with the History of Normandy. In 911, the Treaty of Saint Clair sur Epte was signed between the King of France Charles the Simple and Rollo, a Norman leader who invaded France, giving birth to Normandy. According to legend, Rollo gave the territory of Harcourt

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