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: Intermediate
France
Daniel Benchimol takes us to Médan, a small town to the north of Paris. In addition to a few fifteenth-century landmarks, this town attracted famous poets and writers. Among those writers was Émile Zola, although in this video, he's featured in another capacity that might surprise you.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Cyril and Lionel end our visit to the citadel by showing us where the officers of the garrison slept. And why not take them up on their invitation to visit the citadel in person during your future travels?
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Lionel takes us to a bakery, not the modern kind, but one located beneath the citadel of Bitche. The four giant ovens could each bake five hundred rations a day to feed up to two thousand soldiers!
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.
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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The village of Saint-Valentin lives up to its name, as it is an attraction for couples from all over the country on Valentine's Day. People come to get a special lovers' certificate issued by the mayor himself.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
You will discover in this video the great history of Bitche, a medieval city in the east of France. Its citadel, an important line of defense in the Thirty Years' War, was rebuilt on the ruins of a castle dating back to the twelfth century.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Josephine Baker was inducted into the Pantheon in recognition of her outstanding service during World War Two. Yet scholars have only just begun to study her contributions to the war effort.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Josephine Baker, the legendary singer, actress, and cabaret dancer, played a very active role in World War Two in France. Using her celebrity as a cover, she helped with counterintelligence efforts during the French Resistance.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Patrice and Sophie exchange their views on artificial intelligence, its advances, its dangers, and its advantages.
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.
Are you sure you want to delete this comment? You will not be able to recover it.