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The Sun Front Page: August 19, 1920

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The Sun Front Page: August 15, 1935

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Louis Antoine de Bougainville and his Voyage Around the World http://ift.tt/1Ey6CsP

Edvard Munch and the Munch Affair http://ift.tt/1vJswm4

Fog covers the top of the Eiffel Tower on June 2nd 2016. President Hollande has declared a state of natural disaster in the worst hit districts of France, after six weeks’ worth of rain fell in three days. Credit: Reuters/Jacky Naegelen

Inside the St Catherine’s Church in Honfleur, France. It is the largest surviving wooden chapel in France. It has a seperate bell tower. It was built in the 15th century and it replaced the former stone-built church, destroyed the Hundred Years’ War.

Reims after the First World War (1914-1918).
Notre-Dame de Reims après les bombardements de 1914-1918.

Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe: chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France, built 969 on a volcanic plug 279 ft high.

I can feel in my heart that 2015 is going to be a wonderful year for travel and I honestly can’t think of another time in my life where I’ve felt so excited and optimistic about the future. We live in a beautiful world that’s just waiting to be explored and this year, I plan on seeking out new destinations that will challenge my senses and help to propel my photography in new directions. I also plan on post-processing many new images from my five year working archive, like this one from the stunning Provence region of Southern France.

Naomi and I visited this area last July and we instantly fell in love with the seemingly endless lavender fields. From a photographer’s standpoint, it’s a composition and leading line paradise where the color combinations never cease to impress. From a travelers eye, it’s almost unbelievable that this place actually exists and that it’s fully accessible to anyone who wants to visit. The only guardians to these lovely rows of fragrant lavender are the millions of buzzing bees that fill the air with a soft harmonious hum.

On a side note, after being stung 4 times, this was also the trip where I confirmed that I’m not allergic to bees, thankfully. ;)

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#wonderful_places #discoverearth #ourplanetdaily #france #lavender #valensole

“La rose d’or” in Avignon. It’s a festival from 9th to 17th cent.
Hundreds reenactors come, this is the biggest event in the south of france.

Emmy DE *  Cartier Ballon Bleu 18k Yellow Gold Watch

artist-bouguereau:

Nymphs and Satyr, 1873,William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Medium: oil,canvas

William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French master who lived from 1825 to 1905.

Jeanne D'arc (Ruler) from Fate Series

browsethestacks:

Vintage Comic - Deux Aventures De Miss Hulk #01 (1980) (French)

this cow says this mousse is good

verygood

veryverygood

frenchhistory:

Modèle réduit de la Bastille

Œuvre exécutée dans un bloc de pierre provenant de la Bastille Anonyme vers 1789 - 1790 Pierre - 7 cm (H) x 95 cm (L) x 48 cm (P)S 503

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After the Storming, people immediately wanted to conserve souvenirs from it. Palloy, in charge of its demolition, encouraged it by creating “relics” from the material of the building. This kind of models, small reproduction of the Bastille, was sent in every département and exhibited for the patriotic fests

frenchhistory:

“The Storming of the Bastille”, Visible in the center is the arrest of Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay (1740-1789), Watercolor painting; 37,8 x 50,5 cm

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The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.

On the morning of 14 July 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The demonstrators had earlier stormed the Hôtel des Invalides to gather arms (29,000 to 32,000 muskets, but without powder or shot), and were mainly seeking to acquire the large quantities of arms and ammunition stored at the Bastille. 

The crowd gathered outside around mid-morning, calling for the release of the arms and gunpowder. The negotiations dragged on while, and the crowd finally decided to take the prison down and surged into the undefended outer courtyard. About this time gunfire began.

The firing continued, and the attackers were reinforced by mutinous gardes françaises and other deserters from among the regular troops, along with two cannons. Governor de Launay capitulated and the vainqueurs swept in to liberate the fortress at.

Ninety-eight attackers and one defender had died in the actual fighting. De Launay was seized and dragged towards the Hôtel de Ville. He was then stabbed repeatedly and fell, and his head was sawn off and fixed on a pike to be carried through the streets.

Returning to the Hôtel de Ville, the mob accused the prévôt des marchands  Jacques de Flesselles of treachery, and he was assassinated en route to an ostensible trial at the Palais-Royal.

nevillesamuels:

Bastille Day fireworks in Paris as seen from the Tour Montparnasse.

The Trocadéro is all lit up, with the Eiffel Tower as silhouette.

Photo:Yann Caradec - Flickr

aparisianlife:

14 juillet parade - and that’s François Hollande on the far left!

breesage:

Bastille Day on Flickr.

July 14th - Bastille Day in France.
Paris, Nation Station.
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