Archive for March 2015
Saint-Robert – Limousin – Beautiful French Village
Saint-Robert, renown for its fortified church part of a former priory founded by La Chaise-Dieu Abbey, and ranked among the Plus Beaux Villages de France
Read MoreRemembrance Ring – Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
The Remembrance Ring, a monument inscribed with 579.606 names of soldiers killed during WWI and inaugurated in 2014 to commemorate the Great War Centenary
Read MoreUzerche, la Perle du Limousin – Correze
Uzerche, a former major stronghold and influential medieval town perched on a spur overlooking a meander of the Vezere, known as the Pearl of the Limousin
Read MoreBHV Marais – Bazar-de-l’Hotel-de-Ville
Bazar-de-l’Hotel-de-Ville – BHV Marais, an iconic department store founded in 1855 near Paris city hall and bought in 1991 by the Galeries Lafayette Group
Read MoreNational Academy of Medicine – Rue Bonaparte – Paris
National Academy of Medicine, founded in 1820 by King Louis XVIII and located at no16 Rue Bonaparte, next to the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris
Read MorePalm Sunday – Dimanche des Rameaux in France
Palm Sunday or Dimanche des Rameaux in French, is the Sunday before Easter that commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus in Jerusalem
Read MoreLa Chapelle aux Saints – Neanderthal Grave Discovery
La Chapelle aux Saints, a small commune of Corrèze in the Limousin region where the burial ground of a 45,000 old Neanderthal adult was discovered in 1908
Read MoreTelephone Area Code system in France
Here is the list of the French Telephone Area Code system for land lines and the zones they apply to as well as the codes for mobiles and special numbers
Read MoreChateau de Pompadour – Marquise de Pompadour
Chateau de Pompadour, the chateau of the Marquise de Pompadour, Louis XV’s favourite, and a national stud farm where the renown Anglo-Arab breed was created
Read MoreTerritorial organization in France – Facts
Facts about the territorial organization in France from the historic Provinces, to the departments and the reduction of the number of regions from 22 to 13
Read MoreEglise Saint Malo – Ivignac la Tour
Eglise Saint Malo of Ivignac la Tour near Dinan, a Romanesque church rebuilt in the late 19th century and known for its unusual canted circular bell-tower
Read MoreFriday the 13th – Vendredi 13 – Lucky or Unlucky Day
Friday the 13th , or Vendredi 13 as the French call it, is linked to many superstitions and ancient legends, but is it a Lucky Day or Unlucky Day?
Read MoreChateau de Losse – Vezere Valley – Perigord
Chateau de Losse, a medieval fortress altered during the Renaissance, renown for its exceptional collections of 16th-17th century furniture and its gardens
Read MoreSaint Leon sur Vezere – Dordogne-Périgord
Saint Leon sur Vezere in Perigord Black, a medieval village nestled in a meander of the Vézère and ranked among the Plus Beaux Villages de France
Read MoreLouis Vuitton Foundation – Bois de Boulogne
The Louis Vuitton Foundation, an art museum and cultural centre funded by LVMH and located near the Jardin d’Acclimation in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris
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