Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In this tour of Joan of Arc's childhood home in Domrémy, you'll get to see the room where the iconic figure was born.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In the final part of Lionel and Roger's tour of the Domrémy basilica, you will discover a painting depicting Joan of Arc's tragic end at the stake.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Lionel takes us inside the Saint Joan of Arc Basilica, which contains several paintings depicting events in Joan's life.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Join Lionel and Roger in front of the Domrémy basilica dedicated to Joan of Arc. You will find out some more about her family, as well as a surprising fact about Roger's!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Lionel is with Roger in the town of Domrémy, the birthplace of Joan of Arc. You will discover the statue of the three saints who spoke to Joan at the age of thirteen and a half, as legend has it.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
In this video, you will discover the origins of the Christmas tree. This tradition dates back to Roman times, when people used to decorate their houses with conifer branches to celebrate the winter solstice.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
How did Napoleon conquer and then lose nearly all of Europe in a span of just fifteen years? Find out in the second part of this series.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
At its peak, under Napoleon, the French territory was three times as large as it is today thanks to the emperor's very successful military campaigns. What was his secret?
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The first massively photographed insurrection, the Paris Commune, which began on March 18, 1871, revealed the extraordinary power of images, both close to reality and subtly manipulated.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The Paris Commune was one of the first extensively photographed revolutionary movements. In its infancy, photography wasn't able to capture motion, but professionals from both sides understood the power of images and used them to convey their own visions of the events.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
In part 2 of this video on the disappearance of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, you will find out how the remains of his plane were located and retrieved from the bottom of the sea.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
In May 2000, Luc Vanrell discovered the P Thirty-Eight Lightning aircraft piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which was last seen on July 31, 1944. His colleague Philippe Castellano explains how the plane was identified.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nice's Jetée-Promenade is the site of a former casino by that name. Built on pilings over the sea, the original building was once a thriving casino attracting many tourists, especially British tourists who flocked to the Riviera.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Gérard explains the development of Antibes culminating in the creation of Sophia Antipolis, a kind of science park that changed the face of the city and created a traffic nightmare.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France, New Caledonia
New Caledonia is still part of France and has not gained its independence despite lenghthy negotiations between loyalists and separatists. Now that the Kanak population is a minority, independence seems unlikely. For more info on New Caledonia, check out these links: https://bit.ly/3cnZgzs, https://bit.ly/2EWfOBG, https://bit.ly/2SyqOrw.
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