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"La France par les petites routes". Le Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 25 March 2019; External links. Children's literature portal; Media related to Le Tour de la France par deux enfants at Wikimedia Commons Le Tour de la France par deux enfants (French)
La Boétie was born in Sarlat, in the Périgord region of southwest France, in 1530 to an aristocratic family. His father was a royal official of the Périgord region and his mother was the sister of the president of the Bordeaux Parliament (assembly of lawyers). Orphaned at an early age, he was brought up by his uncle and namesake, the curate ...
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ( / ləˈsæl /) ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist də la sal]; 1651 – 7 April 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth.
The first Tour de France was staged in 1903. The plan was a five-stage race from 31 May to 5 July, starting in Paris and stopping in Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, and Nantes before returning to Paris. Toulouse was added later to break the long haul across southern France from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
La Marseillaise. " La Marseillaise " [ a] is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled " Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin " [ b] ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine ").
Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. They were issued under the general title of Fables in several volumes from 1668 to 1694 and are considered classics of French literature. Humorous, nuanced and ironical, they were originally aimed at adults but ...
The Collège de France ( French pronunciation: [kɔlɛʒ də fʁɑ̃s] ), formerly known as the Collège Royal or as the Collège impérial founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ( grand établissement) in France. It is located in Paris near La Sorbonne. The Collège de France has been considered to be ...