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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

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The Maestro recounts the events just before Ferdinand Magellan's untimely death in 1521, only a year after he discovered the passage that would allow him to circumnavigate the globe.

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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 - Vaucouleurs - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We go from Domrémy, where Joan of Arc was born, to Vaucouleurs, where her story really begins. She was called to defend France even though her hometown wasn't technically part of it.

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Caption 35 [fr]: justement, le passage de Jeanne de Domrémy à Vaucouleurs.
Caption 35 [en]: precisely, Joan's passage from Domrémy to Vaucouleurs.

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Lionel - Le musée de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We conclude our visit to the Joan of Arc museum with a look at Joan's influence through the ages. Did you know that the company that used Joan's image the most in advertising was Laughing Cow cheese?

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Caption 45 [fr]: Oui. -Et j'espère que vous garderez un bon souvenir de notre passage. -Tout à fait.
Caption 45 [en]: Yes. -And I hope that you will have a good memory of our visit. -Absolutely.

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Lionel - Le musée de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Nathalie take us to the Joan of Arc Museum, where you will discover many of her portraits. Interestingly, none of these portraits were made during her lifetime and nobody knows for sure what she looked like.

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Caption 45 [fr]: puisque, dans ce procès, ça atteste aussi du passage notamment de Jeanne à Vaucouleurs.
Caption 45 [en]: since, in this trial, it also attests to Joan's passage through Vaucouleurs, notably.

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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 8 [fr]: leur sont distribuées à leur passage.
Caption 8 [en]: are distributed to them along their path.

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Voyage en France - Compiègne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the third installment of Daniel's tour of Compiègne, he shows us the magnificent Saint Jacques Church, which happens to be a stop along the Way of St. James. He also takes us to some former salt warehouses and to a beautiful garden surrounded by medieval walls.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Rue des Lombards, un petit passage, une indication pizza-stromboli.
Caption 12 [en]: On Rue des Lombards, a small passageway, a pizza-stromboli sign.

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This new episode of "Il était une fois..." covers Cortés and the Aztecs. The story starts in 1519, when Ferdinand Magellan attempts to circumnavigate the earth. His ship makes it as far as Brazil.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Était-ce enfin le passage vers l'ouest?
Caption 21 [en]: Was this finally the passage to the west?

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Le Parc archéologique des Lozes à Aussois

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In an archaeological park in Aussois, you can find some fascinating, mysterious rock engravings dating from sometime between the Neolithic Period and the Iron Age. Do the "armed dances" carved in the rocks represent a battle or a ritual? The tour guide in this video speculates on their possible meanings.

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Caption 12 [fr]: elles témoignent d'une occupation humaine liée aux voies de passage vers l'Italie
Caption 12 [en]: they testify to a human occupation connected to the passageways toward Italy

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Nom d'une Rue - Impasse de la Grosse Bouteille

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Why is this dead-end street named after a big bottle? The local historian will reveal all.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Merci pour ce... petit passage historique.
Caption 31 [en]: Thanks for that... little historic passage.

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Le Journal - Le mur de Berlin s'écroule

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On the 9th of November, 1989, the wall that divided the German city of Berlin began to fall along with the East German state that built it. Claudia Rusch, a young Francophile, was one of the first to scramble over what remained of the divide, meeting up with a French friend on the western side. She’s recently recounted her story in a book, which is a best-seller in her native Germany.

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Caption 12 [fr]: qui se presse au premier point de passage ouvert.
Caption 12 [en]: that swarmed to the first open point of passage.

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