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History by Periods, War and Peace, Revolutions.



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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Chateau de Coppet; bedroom of Mme. de Stael, famous writer and political opponent of Napoleon I.
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Chateau de Coppet; bedroom of Mme. de Stael, famous writer and political opp...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807 to 1818. Mme de Recamier was a frequent visitor.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807 to 1818. Mme de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The double staircase.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

La Vallee aux loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807-1818. Mme. de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The dining room.
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La Vallee aux loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807-1818. Mme. de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The bedroom.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807-1818. Mme de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The "Recamiere," divan on which J.-J. David painted Mme Recamier.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte d...

Street battle in front of Paris City Hall, 1830. "Les Trois Glorieuses" (the three glorious days, July 27, 28, 29) ended the brief Bourbon Restoration and established King Louis-Philippe's "July-Monarchy." Oil on canvas, 48,5 x 50 cm
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Street battle in front of Paris City Hall, 1830. "Les Trois Glorieuses" (the thr...

Chateau de Sache. In this room Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) wrote his famous novels "Le Pere Goriot" and "Le Lys dans la Vallee". Room and furniture have remained unchanged.
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Chateau de Sache. In this room Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) wrote his fa...

Chateau de Sache, where Honore de Balzac spent several weeks a year. The salon, with furniture and wall paper of 1803. Left: study of a head of Balzac by Rodin.
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Chateau de Sache, where Honore de Balzac spent several weeks a year. The salon,...

Capitulation of Abd-el-Kader (1808-1883) Abd-el-Kader, Sultan of Algeria since 1832, fought a "Holy War" against France. On December 23, 1847, he surrendered to General Lamoriciere. Oil on canvas
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Capitulation of Abd-el-Kader (1808-1883) Abd-el-Kader, Sultan of...

The "House of the Slaves" on the Island of Goree, Senegal. From here, slaves were shipped to America. The exit below the double staircase leads to the landing pier.
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The "House of the Slaves" on the Island of Goree, Senegal. From here, slav...

Chateau de Versailles: the "Salon des Dames" at the time of King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850), with the original furniture and (foreground) embroideries by Queen Amelie and her ladies.
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Chateau de Versailles: the "Salon des Dames" at the time of King Louis-Philippe...