No, Joan of Arc was not a shepherdess, no she did not die on a great pyre in Rouen, no she was not called d’Arc, but Joan the Virgin. To put an end to the fake news of the 15th century that our historians have been indiscriminately repeating ever since.
Claude Vautrin’s latest book, Sept voyages initiatiques, published by Kaïros*, takes us to distant lands where the visible world and the invisible sphere meet. Journeys to better understand others and, therefore, to better know oneself. A must read.
… and the French-speaking world, from March 14 to 22, 2020. It is a celebration of the French language in all its diversity.
The Ecole de Nancy has left us an exceptional legacy, including the Villa Majorelle, now owned by the City of Nancy.
Presented at the Deauville Festival and produced by actress Geena Davis, Tom Donahue’s documentary is devoted to parity in cinema.
The Chinese coronavirus in Wuhan province reminds us that contagious diseases have always decimated populations. A quick reminder of the main epidemics.
The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust was established to commemorate the liberation of the Nazi camp of Auschwitz.
January 22nd is the historic day of Franco-German friendship, the date of the signing of the Elysée Treaty and the Treaty of Aachen in 2019.
Special Prize of the Deauville Festival, the film by Carlo Mirabella-Davis is as disturbing as it is aesthetic.
Exhibition open from 9 January to 17 April 2020 from Monday to Friday from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5.30pm. Saint- Just Le Martel (87590 ) Admission 3 €.
As of today, Paris Musées offers more than 100,000 digital reproductions of works from the collections of the museums of the City of Paris in Open Content (free and unrestricted access) in high definition.
According to an Ifop poll unveiled on 7 January 2020 by DNA, 68% of Alsatians want the European Community of Alsace (CEA) to become “a real region, outside the Great East”.
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