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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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The Countess Castiglione (Virginia Oldoini) 1837-1899, famous beauty and inofficial envoy of Italian King Victor-Emanuel, with mission to seduce Napoleon III and win him for the Italian cause. Canvas
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The Countess Castiglione (Virginia Oldoini) 1837-1899, famous beauty and inoffi...

The salon of Princess Mathilde, daughter of king Jerome and Queen Catherine of Wuerttemberg, at the rue de Courcelle in Paris, 1859. Oil on canvas.
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The salon of Princess Mathilde, daughter of king Jerome and Queen Catherine of W...

The dining room of Princess Mathilde, daughter of king Jerome, brother of Napoleon I, and Queen Catherine of Wuerttemberg, at the rue de Courcelles in Paris; 1854 Oil on canvas.
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The dining room of Princess Mathilde, daughter of king Jerome, brother of Napol...

Empress Eugenie, widow of Napleon III, and her son Eugene Louis, in exile in Chislehurst, Great Britain Eugene Louis died 1879, only 23 years old, in a tragic incident during the campaign against the Zulus.
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Empress Eugenie, widow of Napleon III, and her son Eugene Louis, in exile i...

"L'hommage a la France", mosaic in the choir of the basilica of Sacre Coeur church financed by public contributions meant to atone for the occupation of France during the War of 1870/71 and the horrors of the Commune. Size of the mosaic: 475 sq. meters.
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"L'hommage a la France", mosaic in the choir of the basilica of Sacre Coeur...

The "Mairie-Ecole," the combined school and town hall is a typical building of the laic, republican France of President Jules Ferry (1832-1893).Ferry was Minister of Education in various governments and introduced free, laic and compulsory primary education (1882).
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The "Mairie-Ecole," the combined school and town hall is a typical building of...

Alfred Dreyfus, bronze, Jardin des Tuileries. The French officer (1859-1935) from a jewish-Alsacian family was wrongly accused of espionage in 1894. His condemnnation and rehabilitation dominated French public opinion and political life for a decade.
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Alfred Dreyfus, bronze, Jardin des Tuileries. The French officer (1859...

Bronze statue of L‚en Blum (1872-1950) socialist politician and writer; he headed France's Popular Front government 1936/37, was arrested by the Vichy regime and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. After the Liberation he formed one more post-war government.
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Bronze statue of L‚en Blum (1872-1950) socialist politician and writer; he head...

Government House in Dakar, Senegal, today the Palace of the President of the Republic. French Colonial architecture of the 20th century.
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Government House in Dakar, Senegal, today the Palace of the President...

The German "Atlantic Wall"was a chain of fortifications that reached from the North Sea to the Channel and the Atlantic near Bordeaux. Today the ancient bunkers disappear in the dunes of the bathing resorts.
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The German "Atlantic Wall"was a chain of fortifications that reached from the No...

The Cross of Lorraine, a symbol of French resistance against the Germans, was put up in 1972 near Colombey- les-Deux-Eglises, where President Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) lived after retiring from public office.
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The Cross of Lorraine, a symbol of French resistance against the Germans, was...

Students' Revolt, May 1968. For almost four weeks, students, soon joined by workers, battled police and special units in the streets of Paris. Barricades went up and ten millions went on strike. The poster spoofs the police's regular evening raids.
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Students' Revolt, May 1968. For almost four weeks, students, soon joined by...