Bastille Day
December 15, 2011
By France.com
This month, on the 14th of July, the French will celebrate their F
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Inexpensive Cell Phone Service for France
December 15, 2011
By France.com
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
Private radios have only been authorized in France since 1982. As with television, the number of private radios increased dramatically since then.
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
The churches of this era, inspired by Roman architecture (thus the name romanesque), are charaterized by round arches, barrel-vaulting and large walls, a simple but heavy style…
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
France is nonetheless extremely diverse: it concentrates a wealth of scenery, regional identities each with their own particular joie de vivre defined by cultural and historic differences.
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
During the Middle Ages the fortress style of the romanesque buildings was refined and improved by French masons and architects. The first Gothic buildings appeared in the late 12th with the rebuilding of the Basilica Saint Denis…
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
French society likes formality in many aspects of everyday life as obligatory handshaking or cheek kissing 😉
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
The Renaissance style refers to the style of the historic period primarily marked by King Francois I…
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December 15, 2011
By France.com
Modern French politics remain characterized by a Left/Right division of the country even though the border between the two has been recently blurred.
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December 15, 2011
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The exuberance of the Absolute Monarchy preponderant in the 17th century led to enormous baroque edifices…
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