Movies in Paris: test your knowledge!
When it comes to cinema, Paris is never left out [...]
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05, 2014
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02, 2014
What’s your French thread™ story?
The immersion into the culture of the country, an exercise in ‘authentic’ listening comprehension, and finally the opportunity to combine the useful with the fun.
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02, 2014
Quelle est votre histoire française?
L’immersion dans la culture du pays, un exercice de compréhension orale ‘authentique’, et finalement l’occasion de joindre l’utile à l’agréable.
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11, 2013
Have you ever been curious enough to visit this building in Paris?
Visit of the Paris Institute of Astrophysics and the Paris Observatory with the Alliance Française de Paris Ile-de-France.
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11, 2013
Rencontre avec les Etoiles à l’Institut d’Astrophysique et l’Observatoire de Paris
J’avais toujours aperçu le dôme de l’Observatoire de Paris, près de la place Denfert Rochereau, et je connaissais son histoire, mais je n’avais jamais eu la curiosité de le visiter.
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10, 2013
“Je vis, je parle, je rêve en français.”
It was the warmest of French celebrations for the 130th birthday of the Alliance française Paris Île-de-France!
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04, 2013
The lost head of beloved French king, Henri IV
Severed from its body during the 1793 ransacking of the French kings’ sepulchres at St Denis Basilica, and after being detained by private owners for over two centuries, Henri IV’s head was finally found, identified and should soon be given a proper second burial to rest in peace for eternity – for good this time.
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02, 2013
My new French love interest: Paris, 1914 in color
In a world that was on the brink of being changed forever by war and globalisation, Kahn’s images document events such as the collapse of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires, as well as the daily life of people from countries as far away as Mongolia, Benin or Brazil.
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02, 2013
Uncovering secret Paris: revival of the Parisian passages
From the late 1700s till the mid-1800s, 100 or so Passages were built in Paris. Their demise was signalled by the first department stores and for the few which survived Haussmann’s remodeling of Paris, they were only the shadows of their former splendor.
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01, 2013
Two English books, a French setting and the number three
The title caught my attention (a famous quote by Rimbaud "Il faut réinventer l’amour") as well as the name of its protagonists: Victor Hugo, his wife Adèle and the renowned literary critic Charles Sainte-Beuve.
