Today is the first Sunday of Advent, a time of waiting and preparing for Christmas. Advent lasts for four weeks, starting on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Lighting ... Read more!
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Today is the first Sunday of Advent, a time of waiting and preparing for Christmas. Advent lasts for four weeks, starting on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Lighting ... Read more!
The motto of the City of Paris is a Latin phrase “Fluctuat nec mergitur”, which has been used since at least 1358. Fluctuat nec Mergitur Paris’ Coat of ... Read more!
This year the Christmas holidays take place from Saturday 19 December 2015 to Sunday 3 January 2016 included. Christmas is a joyful time when children (and grown-ups alike!) ... Read more!
When we woke up this morning there were no words to describe what had just happened in our beautiful city overnight. Today French President François Hollande called a ... Read more!
In 2015, the window display of the Galeries Lafayette are based on “a Christmas from another planet” with its lots of robots, Jedi, imperial troops, R2D2 and Stormtroopers ... Read more!
Here is the Top 10 list of the most visited museums in Paris (2014), attracting several million visitors each year. According to the Paris Tourist Office there are exactly ... Read more!
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental statue by Auguste Bartholdi situated against the cliff underneath the castle of Belfort. It symbolises the heroic resistance of the French army besieged in Belfort during ... Read more!
The Lion of Belfort is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Bartholdi that stands below the castle of Belfort in Franche-Comté (north-eastern France). Paris also has its Lion de ... Read more!
Last month it was revealed that Line 14 of the Paris Métro has carried a record number of passengers since its inauguration. When Line 14 of the Paris métro ... Read more!
There are fourteen cemeteries within the limits of the City of Paris, some of them are world-famous and historic graveyards, such as Père-Lachaise. The cemeteries of Paris were ... Read more!
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