Known simply as "La maison dans la Loire" (literally the House in the Loire), the three-storey building looks like the...
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The world-famous writer Jules Verne died of diabetes at the age of 77 on March 24, 1905, in Amiens, France,...
In World War I, the battle of Verdun was a really brutal battle that lasted from February 21 to December...
The Créac'h lighthouse, in Breton Tour-tan ar C'hreac'h (translated as Tour-tan: lighthouse and C'hreac'h: promontory) is a lighthouse in the...
"Further west than the west", Ouessant is the westernmost island in Finistère, a department of France in the extreme west...
The Cemetery of Père-Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris. Many famous people are buried there and Jim Morrison, Molière,...
This lighthouse proudly stands at the end of Le Môle Saint-Louis, Sète’s pier. The jetty, 650 metres long, was the...
Located in the outer city district of Simmering, Wiener Zentralfriedhof, or Vienna Central Cemetery, is one of the largest cemeteries...
Patron saints. Every Italian town has one and a local public holiday for celebrating their heavenly protector. In some italian...
Located on Pointe Saint-Mathieu in Plougonvelin, around Brest in Finistère, Saint-Mathieu lighthouse was built in 1835 among the ruins of...
In Belgium exists an old saying that say people who are willing to get their hands dirty can often make...
The biggest land, air and seaborne invasion the world has ever known was launched on this day, June 6 1944....
On the west coast of the European continent, at Brittany's tip, Finistère's string of lighthouses shine as unshakeable witnesses to...
The Channel Tunnel, or “Chunnel,” linking England and France,was officially opened on this day, in a ceremony presided over by...
Historic records show that on this day, April 29, 1887, Georges Bouton “won the world’s first motor race”. But it...
On this day, March 30, 1282 Sicilians decided that they had had enough and in a brutal uprising known as...
Ramesses II is often considered the greatest pharaohs of ancient Egypt: he reigned for over 60 years and his achievements...
André Zucca (1897-1973) was a French photographer and Nazi collaborator, popular thanks to his work with the German propaganda magazine...
A short distance from Paris is the Orthodox Cemetery Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, which houses many Orthodox Russians who died and were buried...
Ms. Jeanne Louise Calment was born in Arles (France) on February 21, 1875, a year before the battle of Little...
For most of us are normal to see historical photographs in black and white, due to the diffusion of monochrome...
In medieval France a few different type of story was told as an alternative to the fairy tales or the...
The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques, translated as the Cemetery of the Dogs and other Domestic Animals, in...
You are not allowed to visit Pheasant Island, which lies near the Atlantic Ocean terminus of the French-Spanish border. But...
Just to the north of Paris, under the flight path of the Charles de Gaulle airport, lies the remains of...
Even if it might seem bizarre to modern observers, animal trials were commonplace public events in medieval and early modern...
If we think of France, we probably think of the magic of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, the scents of Provence,...
“Vive les Saintes Maries! Vive la Sainte Sara!” The celebrant on the altar, with the garment embroidered with the symbols...
These limestone grottoes, located in Savonnières, France, in the heart of Touraine, turns everyday objects into stone and were used...
Beyond the many stories that have built the city of Paris, the French capital also contributed to scientific innovations. Indeed,...
