After the Revolution of 1789, architecture in France found inspiration in classic Greek and Roman models. Both the Arc de Triomphe and the Arc du Carrousel are examples of the Napoleonic inclination for Classicism…
0 Read MoreThe Revolution ends in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris and was crowned First Consul at the age of thirty…
0 Read MoreFrance is the world’s second largest exporter of services and farm products and fourth largest exporter of goods…
0 Read MoreThe Renaissance style refers to the style of the historic period primarily marked by King Francois I…
0 Read MoreThe First World War erupted in 1914 in northeast France and after two years of German victories, fell into the horrors of trench warfare. The United States entered the war in 1917 and helped France to victory…
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0 Read MoreThe industrial expansion was not slowed by the war and continued at a fast pace. To commemorate the centenial of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower was constructed during the Universal Exhibition of 1889…
0 Read MoreLoiseau’s apparent suicide Monday shocked France, plunged the gastronomic world into mourning and raised a storm of condemnation from fellow culinary masters, who blamed all-powerful food critics for pushing the celebrated chef toward despair….
0 Read MoreFrench society likes formality in many aspects of everyday life as obligatory handshaking or cheek kissing 😉
0 Read MoreOver 61million foreign tourists in 1996, making France the number one worlwide destination!
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