Paris, France has long been one of the Worlds leading cities. These photographs of Paris in the olden days take us back to a time when the Eiffel Tower had just been built to celebrate the Worlds Fair which was being hosted in the city. Alot has changed since them, and yet so much is [...]

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Construction of the Eiffel Tower

by admin on August 4, 2011

The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; [...]

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Le Flâneur – Stop Motion Paris

March 22, 2011

Composed completely of photographs. A project by Luke Shepard, a student at The American University of Paris. Location: Paris, France Camera: Nikon D90 Music: ‘Intro’ by The XX (thexx.info) Check out this interview for some background on the project: blogs.nationalgeographic.com/​blogs/​intelligenttravel/​2011/​03/​paris-in-2000-images.html Special thanks to Henry Farrow Miller.

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Strasbourg Astronomical Clock

February 28, 2011

The Strasbourg astronomical clock is located in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, Alsace, France. It is the third clock to make its home there and was built at the time of the first French possession of the city (1681–1870). The first clock had been built in the 14th century, the second in the 16th century, [...]

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Wine Map of France

December 2, 2010
map showing the main wine producing regions of France

Many visitors to France like to see a vineyard or visit the occasional wine chateaux for a little sampling of the local produce, while many wine enthusiasts make an entire visit planned around visiting the vineyards of their selected region. The map below shows the main wine-producing regions of France:

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Impressionism: French Art

November 29, 2010

Impressionism was a 19th-century French art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence in the 1870s and 1880s. The name of the movement is derived from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant), which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to [...]

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From France With Love

November 22, 2010

From France With Love: A collection of images of distinct French architecture, taken with a HDR camera.

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How to Count to One Thousand in French

November 12, 2010

Counting in French – 1 to 1,000,000 Even if you’ve only been studying French half-heartedly until now, you will probably have encountered lessons on French numbers. Most of us are pretty comfortable with un, deux, trois, quatre… so the following table will come as no shock to you! It represents the general way to form [...]

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Paris, France: Video Tour

November 5, 2010

Paris is the capital and largest city in France. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region. The city of Paris, within its administrative limits largely unchanged since 1860, has an estimated population of 2,193,031 (January 2007), but the Paris metropolitan area has a population of [...]

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French Colonial Houses

October 26, 2010
French Colonial Plantation Home

During the early 1700s, French colonists settled and built houses in an number of area’s of the USA, including the Mississippi Valley, especially Louisiana. An eclectic “Creole” house architecture evolved, combining building traditions from France, the Caribbean, the West Indies, and other parts of the world. Creole houses from the Colonial period were especially designed [...]

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