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"Le Moulin de Daudet". Here the poet Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) wrote his famous "Letters from my mill" and "The Goat of M. Seguin". The mill overlooks the hills of Provence and the town of Fontevielle.
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"Le Moulin de Daudet". Here the poet Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) wrote his famou...

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. The great French chemist and microbiologist discovered and developed various vaccines, among them that against rabies. 1885. Oil on canvas, 1,54 x 1,26 cm DO 1986-16
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Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. The great French chemist and microbiologi...

Professor Louis Pasteur's instruments: a glass balloon with swan's neck for his experiments to disprove the idea of a "spontaneous creation"; a glass bottle with the marrow of a rabbit infected with rabies, dried to increase the virus' virulence (1884).
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Professor Louis Pasteur's instruments: a glass balloon with swan's neck for his...

"Le pont-canal," a canal on a bridge across the Loire, 1881 … 1897. The construction was carried out by the Societe Eiffel and cost 2,864.526 Francs.
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"Le pont-canal," a canal on a bridge across the Loire, 1881 … 1897. The constru...

National Library, Paris: The Reading Hall. One of the first modern cast-iron constructions; the nine cupolas are supported by slim cast-iron columns. The National Library is an example of the new architecture of the Second Empire, similar to "Les Halles", the Food Market
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National Library, Paris: The Reading Hall. One of the first modern cast-iron c...

The Proust family's country house near Chartres. Poet Marcel Proust spent his childhood there and described the house in the first volumes of "A la Recherche du Temps perdu". Marcel Proust's room.
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The Proust family's country house near Chartres. Poet Marcel Proust spent his...

Charnel house of Douaumont. In February 1916, the Germans took the 19th century Fort of Douaumont; it was recaptured by the French in October. In 1932 the Charnel house was built in memory of the fierce fighting. It contains the remains of 400.000 soldiers.
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Charnel house of Douaumont. In February 1916, the Germans took the 19th century...

Room in the house of designer Jeanne Lanvin (1882-1938) in rue Barbet-de-Jouy in Paris. Interior decoration of her private room by architect Albert Rateau, (1920-22). The walls are covered with silk embroidered in the Lanvin workshops. The colour is "Lanvin blue".
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Room in the house of designer Jeanne Lanvin (1882-1938) in rue Barbet-de-Jouy in...

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...

Atomic Power Plant near Chatillon sur Loire. Two thirds of France's electric power are generated by atomic energy.
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Atomic Power Plant near Chatillon sur Loire. Two thirds of France's e...

Christian Dior fashions, designed between 1947 and 1957, among them the famous two-piece suit "Bar". These original designer clothes, reassembled in Dior's famous "Grey Salon," were the "New Look" clothes of the 1950s.
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Christian Dior fashions, designed between 1947 and 1957, among them the fam...

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...