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Voyage dans Paris (40 episodes 46 videos)

Join Daniel on his tour of some of the most iconic sites in Paris (the Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Luxembourg Gardens), as well as its many esser-known treasures (La Cité Florale, the Asian Quarter, Mouzaïa).

Le Monde - Commune de Paris : les premières photos manipulées de l’histoire ? (2 videos)

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.

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Le saviez-vous? - Paris, capitale de France

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode you will learn how Paris officially became the capital in the sixth century under the reign of Clovis. Paris was not built in a day, and in many respects, Paris is still being built today as many significant events, past and present, are still defining the history of the city.

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Le Plan Voisin - Le projet fou auquel Paris a échappé

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Paris would be an entirely different city today if the architect Le Corbusier had carried out his ambitious project for the capital. But Minister of Culture André Malraux put a stop to this and set out to preserve the historic heritage of Paris by introducing a new law. Find out what Paris could have looked like in this video!

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Mathilde - Le métro parisien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Parisians can thank Fulgence Bienvenüe for their metro system, which is so efficient that many people use the names of the metro stations in favor of street names when giving directions. Some of the most interesting stations are Bir-Hakeim, overlooking the Eiffel Tower, and Arts et Métiers, with its old-fashioned industrial design. Some metro stations are a destination in themselves!

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Connaissez vous Yvette Horner, la reine de l'accordéon? Alors ne manquez pas de la découvrir dans cet épisode, ainsi que le joli port de Nogent-sur-Marne à l'est de Paris. Avec votre smartphone, vous pourrez aussi télécharger le QR code qui vous donnera tous les détails sur cette ville.

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol va vous faire découvrir une charmante petite ville à l'est de Paris, Nogent-sur-Marne. Vous y verrez le Pavillon Baltard, la passerrelle des Arts. Cette ville est aussi connue grâce à ses habitants comme Marie Curie ou Charles Trenet.

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Voyage en France - Le Mémorial de la France combattante - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol visits the Memorial of Fighting France on Mont Valérien, west of Paris. He reads us a moving message from an anonymous person who wrote a farewell letter to his family just before being executed by the Germans in 1942.

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Voyage en France - Poissy - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol nous fait visiter la ville de Poissy qui se trouve non loin de Paris, environ vingt kilomètres. Vous découvrirez l'ancien emplacement des Halles, la porte de Paris qui contrôlait le passage des marchandises et les ruines d'un ancien pont ainsi qu'un joli petit parc.

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Lionel L - La Bastille

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Paris mayor's office set up an outdoor exhibition at the Bastille recounting events that took place on the site of the famous prison. Most people know that the Bastille was stormed during the French Revolution of 1789, but not many people are aware of other important events that took place before and after the Revolution.

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Aldo - L'empoisonneuse du 2e

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Aldo nous emmène dans la rue Beauregard à Paris. Dans cette rue habitait la fameuse empoisonneuse Catherine Deshayes qui fut responsable de milliers d'assassinats de nourrissons. Elle fut brulée au bûcher par Louis XIV.

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Lionel L - La Butte aux Cailles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel L nous emmène dans le quartier sympa de la Butte aux Cailles où on se croirait dans un petit village. Mais non, vous êtes bien en plein cœur de Paris!

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Voyage en France - Chambourcy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Discover Chambourcy with Daniel Benchimol. Chambourcy is a small town on the outskirts of Paris that is full of charming surprises. An interesting garden called Le Désert de Retz will take you back through time with eclectic constructions reminiscent of extinct civilizations.

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Mathilde - Le cimetière du Père Lachaise

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Mathilde takes us to Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where some very famous people are buried. You'll find the graves of Jim Morrison, Guillaume Apollinaire, Honoré de Balzac, Beaumarchais, and Frédéric Chopin, to name a few. The cemetery attracts many visitors from around the world.

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Le saviez-vous? - Histoire du drapeau français

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Le drapeau français, bleu, blanc, rouge représente la royauté, le peuple et les couleurs de Paris. Le drapeau n'est pas seulement un symbole d'unité et de fierté mais aussi une source de tension car il représente aussi des minorités politiques contestées.

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