Street names, making sense of Paris
Whether referring to an occupation, a powerful figure or a famous battle scene, Paris street names tell the history of France and its capital. Heroic, polemical or even prosaic, they constitute a subjective memory written on the city's walls.
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- PARIS - HISTORY
- Street names, making sense of Paris
- Monday 01 September 2008
- Whether referring to an occupation, a powerful figure or a famous battle scene, Paris street names tell the history of France and its capital. Heroic, polemical or even prosaic, they constitute a subjective memory written on the city's walls.
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- GRAPHIC ARTS
- Aslan's pin-up girls conquer men and women alike
- Tuesday 25 March 2008
- Paris-based auction house Drouot is selling posters featuring French illustrator Alain Aslan's glamorous pin-up girls, attracting both male and female buyers.
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- ALCOHOL
- Absinthe back in style in Paris
- Monday 25 August 2008
- The beverage par excellence of French poets in 'La Belle Epoque', Absinthe is again hip in Parisian bars.
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- CLOTHING
- The corset fights back
- Saturday 23 August 2008
- The corset is nowadays back in the windows of women's shops after many years of absence. Perhaps no other item of clothing has driven so much passion over the years.
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- HERITAGE
- Fontainebleau, house of kings
- Friday 22 August 2008
- Fontainebleau, 60 kilometres south of Paris, was a popular hunting destination for French kings. Intimately tied up in French history from the 12th century, the chateau was built over 400 years, with each king who visited leaving his own mark.
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- TOURISM
- Eze, high up in Provence
- Thursday 17 April 2008
- The tiny village of Eze in Provence has one of the most well-known seaviews in the whole country. Every year, more than a million tourists come to visit the town, home to less than 20 residents.
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- HISTORY
- Arc de Triomphe, monument for fallen soldiers
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- The Arc de Trimphe, inaugurated in 1836 as a tribute to the Battle of Austerlitz under Napoleon, dominates the Champs Elysées. But the landmark has become a monument of remembrance of war's casualties.
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