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Lionel - Liverdun le Haut

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our walk around the little town of Liverdun, perched on a rock spur near the Moselle river. Françoise tells us about its collegiate church and the legend of Saint Euchaire.

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Lionel Brigeot est à Verdun dans le nord-est de la France à l'occasion du centenaire de la bataille de Verdun, qui a eu lieu bien entendu à Verdun. Suivez Lionel en haut des marches de la victoire, symbole de la ville.

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: La Côte Fleurie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Notre sympathique guide Daniel Benchimol nous emmène aujourd'hui à Tourgéville, Houlgate, Dives-sur-mer et nous fait escalader le mont Casiny au haut duquel vous jouirez d'une vue panoramique sur la Manche et la côte normande!

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Jamy Epicurieux - La drôle d'histoire des JO (Jeux Olympiques) - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the final episode of this series, find out how the Olympic flame ritual started, what the medals were made of for the Tokyo Olympics, and many other interesting facts.

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Caption 49 [fr]: Plus vite, plus haut, plus fort.
Caption 49 [en]: Faster, higher, stronger.

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Le saviez-vous? - L'utilité des zeppelins français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia discusses the various ways zeppelins were used in the twentieth century, as well as what led to their downfall.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Ils étaient silencieux et avaient la capacité de voler assez haut en altitude.
Caption 35 [en]: They were silent and had the capacity to fly quite high in altitude.

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Lionel - La maison de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We conclude our tour of Joan of Arc's birthplace with a look at the very spot where she heard divine voices for the first time. You don't want to miss this!

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Caption 29 [fr]: Vous avez tout en haut,
Caption 29 [en]: You have at the very top,

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Le saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte le développement moderne d'Antibes - Part 1

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.

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Caption 14 [fr]: a vu se développer énormément la... la ville vers le haut.
Caption 14 [en]: saw the huge development of the... the city upward.

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Lionel - La Place de la Fontaine de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to Liverdun with Lionel. The town features a lot of houses with gerbières, or hayloft windows, through which people would hoist sheaves of wheat.

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Caption 42 [fr]: et cinq mètres de haut,
Caption 42 [en]: and five meters high,

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Lionel - La Place de la Fontaine de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The village of Liverdun has an interesting fountain with a huge underground reservoir that collects water from the nearby Moselle River. In the Middle Ages, people used the religious statues on the village's street corners to orient themselves.

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Caption 47 [fr]: et cinq mètres de haut.
Caption 47 [en]: and five meters high.

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Lionel - L'Office de tourisme de Liverdun

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is in Liverdun, a small town in the Lorraine region that dates at least to Roman times. Burial grounds called tumuli have been discovered in the area around the Moselle river, which loops around the town.

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Caption 24 [fr]: un mètre trente de haut.
Caption 24 [en]: one and a half meters high.

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Lionel - L'église de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Françoise talks to Lionel about the Church of Liverdun. Built in 1184, the church is distinctive for its two superimposed doorways: an original Romanesque one, and a Baroque one added in the eighteenth century.

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Caption 16 [fr]: est toujours en place sur à peu près deux mètres de haut.
Caption 16 [en]: is still in place at about two meters high.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la Chandeleur - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia continues her series on the feast of Candlemas, which in France is centered around the crêpe. Due to its round shape and golden color, the crêpe was a symbol of the sun in pagan times.

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Caption 27 [fr]: il fallait les faire sauter le plus haut possible
Caption 27 [en]: you had to flip them as high as possible

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Lionel - La Cathédrale de Toul - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Still in Toul, Lionel takes a closer look at the Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Toul. Its construction started in the thirteen hundreds and was completed around 1495.

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Caption 10 [fr]: et bien sûr, avec deux tours tout en haut qui sont extraordinaires
Caption 10 [en]: and, of course, with two towers at the very top that are extraordinary

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Voyage en France - Compiègne - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel introduces the charming town of Compiègne and its magnificent City Hall. In the City Hall building, you'll find the Bancloque, a fourteenth-century bell that still rings today with the help of three automated figures called jacquemarts that "poke" the bell on the hour. And make sure to stop by the burger kiosk on your way out of the city for a delicious, locally sourced treat!

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Caption 12 [fr]: résonne encore de nos jours du haut du beffroi.
Caption 12 [en]: still resounds today from the top of the belfry.

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Aztecs are apprehensive about the arrival of the white men. It is a bad omen. Spanish conqueror Cortés is appointed Captain and will be heading toward new territories.

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Caption 49 [fr]: Un nabot pas plus haut que ça... me faire ça à moi?
Caption 49 [en]: A gnome no taller than this... do that to me?

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