Archive for November 2015
Villes et Villages Fleuris – Basic Facts
The label Villes et Villages Fleuris aims at improving people’s quality of living via the creation of green spaces respecting environment and biodiversity
Read MorePlus Beaux Villages de France – Basic facts
Most Beautiful villages in France, a label created in 1982 to protect and promote French villages historical, cultural and architectural heritage
Read MoreRue Cremieux – Discover bucolic Paris
Rue Cremieux, a village street located near Gare de Lyon in Paris, and bordered with English style 2-story terraced cottages painted in different colours
Read MoreFrench School Holidays – Up-to-date Calendar
Updated French School Holidays calendar, for each of France’s three zones, for the academic years 2016-17 and 2017-18, and a reminder for 2015-16
Read MoreBeaujolais Vineyard – Wine Appellations
Beaujolais Vineyard is one of 16 great French vineyards, it spreads over 19,000 hectares along the river Saône and between the towns of Macons and Lyon
Read MoreBeaujolais Nouveau – Basic facts
Beaujolais Nouveau, a primeur wine obtained from Gamay N grape variety and produced exclusively in the AOC Beaujolais and Beaujolais-Villages vineyards
Read MoreMaginot Monument – Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Maginot Monument, a memorial to the minister of War who fought at Verdun as a patrolman and had a fortifications line built along France’s eastern borders
Read MoreDouaumont – Destroyed village – Verdun WWI
Douaumont, a village entirely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun, never rebuilt, declared ‘Dead for France’ and kept in its war state as a Memorial
Read MoreFleury-devant-Douaumont – Destroyed village – Verdun WWI
Fleury-devant-Douaumont in the Meuse, a village that was completely destroyed during WWI, but was never rebuilt and kept in its war state as a memorial
Read MoreFort of Douaumont – Battle of Verdun – WWI
The Fort of Douaumont was built 1885 and disarmed in 1915 as outdated, but remained a target for the Germans due to its central position on the Verdun front
Read MoreBayonet Trench in Douaumont – Verdun WWI
Bayonet Trench near the Douaumont Ossuary, a Memorial to the French soldiers buried alive in their trench on June 12, 1916 during the Battle of Verdun
Read MoreAbri 320 – Underground shelter Douaumont – WWI
Abri 320, built in 1891, located at the foot of the Douaumont Ossuary – National Cemetery and used as a command post and underground shelter during WWI
Read MoreDouaumont Ossuary and Cemetery – Verdun – WWI
Douaumont Ossuary and National Cemetery were open on the site of the Battle of Verdun to receive the remains of 146,142 soldiers who died there during WWI
Read MoreSacred Way – Voie Sacree – Verdun – Meuse
The historic Sacred Way – Voie Sacree was the main communication road to the front and the logistics and strategic center of the Battle of Verdun during WWI
Read MoreVerdun Citadel in Meuse – Lorraine – WWI
Citadel of Verdun, a major garrison town located near the German border, and the epicentre of the battle of 1916, one of the deadliest battles of WWI
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