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

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to Lagny-sur-Marne, a medieval town on the outskirts of Paris. If history is not your thing, you can visit a small museum where neo-impressionists works are displayed. The pioneers of pointillism made their debut in this charming little town.

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Mon Lieu Préféré - La Place de la Bastille

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Au centre de la place de la Bastille trône la colonne de Juillet, à l’ancien site de la prison forteresse prise d’assault en 1789, début de la Révolution française. Mais tout autour vous y découvrirez le nouvel Opéra de Paris, un charmant petit port aussi et des quartiers très animés de jour comme de nuit.

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Français avec Nelly - Mon voyage au Vietnam - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly is not in Paris this time but in Hanoi, Vietnam! On her first day, she visits the famous Train Street and samples some delicious coffee.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Nous sommes en début de soirée
Caption 12 [en]: We're in the early evening

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Lionel - Le Musée du Calendrier de la Paix - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Jacqueline take us to the Moselle region in the little town of Schorbach, which is renowned for its pink sandstone sculptures and its Path of the Ten Covenants.

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Caption 42 [fr]: Et c'est aussi le début d'un... d'une randonnée pédestre.
Caption 42 [en]: And it's also the beginning of a... of a hiking trail.

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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 64 [fr]: Et on est au début du quinzième siècle.
Caption 64 [en]: And we're at the beginning of the fifteenth century.

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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 2 [fr]: [C'est-à-dire] qu'au début du...
Caption 2 [en]: [That is to say] that at the beginning of the...

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Lionel - Le musée de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The second room of the Joan of Arc museum is dedicated to the iconography of the saint, including a bronze sculpture by Prosper D'Épinay.

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Caption 35 [fr]: le début de l'année mille quatre cent douze.
Caption 35 [en]: the beginning of the year fourteen hundred twelve.

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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 20 [fr]: à partir de la fin du quinzième siècle, début du seizième
Caption 20 [en]: starting in the end of the fifteenth century, beginning of the sixteenth,

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Voyage en France - Médan - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Next to the Dreyfus Museum stands Emile Zola's house, which you can also visit. The famous writer financed his estate with the proceeds from his novels, and he even named the two towers he later added after two of his novels. He also hosted many of the biggest names in French literature and art.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Au début c'était un modeste refuge champêtre,
Caption 31 [en]: At first it was a humble rural refuge,

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Lionel - à la Citadelle de Bitche - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Cyril walks us through the underground passages where livestock was kept and troops were housed during the 1870-71 siege of Bitche.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Alors cela était le cas principalement au début.
Caption 20 [en]: So this was the case mainly at the beginning.

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Lionel - à la Citadelle de Bitche - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our tour of the citadel of Bitche deep in its underground passages, which contain a large well that dates from the Middle Ages.

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Caption 52 [fr]: au début du siège
Caption 52 [en]: at the start of the siege

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Lionel et Hamid - Le Parc de la Villette

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Hamid are in the Parc de la Villette in the northeast of Paris. The area has changed a lot and now boasts an IMAX theater, vast green spaces, game areas for children, and much more.

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Caption 14 [fr]: depuis le début des années quatre-vingt, qui...
Caption 14 [en]: since the beginning of the eighties, which...

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Along the banks of the Marne, Daniel gives us some more insight into the town of Nogent-sur-Marne, including a few real estate tips and a brief biography of Jean Sablon, a famous crooner of French chansons who was born in the town.

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Caption 25 [en]: He makes his debut in nineteen twenty-three in Paris,
Caption 25 [fr]: Il fait ses débuts en mille neuf cent vingt-trois à Paris,

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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 55 [fr]: C'est le début, mille cent quatre-vingt-quatre,
Caption 55 [en]: That's the beginning, one thousand one hundred eighty-four,

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Le saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte Antibes et ses environs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gérard will tell you about the history of Antibes, an ancient city with a fascinating past. One of the oldest cities in the region, it was built by the Phocaeans before Roman times.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Donc, euh... ça a été le début des...
Caption 21 [en]: So, uh... that was the beginning of the...

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