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Like many parts of France, Provence has traditions that go back centuries. Many of them surround Christmas, the most important holiday of the year. Let’s ...

Let’s say you are driving on a French country road and find yourself stuck behind a slow driver. A very slow driver. “Can’t this guy ...

Monet’s painting of Ice Floes on the Seine at Bougival is a masterpiece in 50 shades of grey… It’s a delicious irony when an insult ...

Most people have heard of the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944, one of the decisive steps in the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. But ...

The mountainous region of Auvergne has long been one of the most overlooked destinations in France. Situated between Dordogne and Lyon, it boasts some of ...

Some artworks or artefacts can take you by surprise and leave you jaw-droppingly stunned. That is to say, you might take a passing glance at ...

Some of the greatest works of our culture, including those from literature and painting, can inspire our admiration, but also leave us feeling a sense ...

Wine has been made in Provence for a very long time. Grapevines were first planted in 600 B.C. by the Greeks who founded the city ...

With his silhouette of full-bent meerschaum pipe and deerstalker cap, Sherlock Holmes is one of the most recognized figures in popular culture. He has probably ...

Émile Friant is a French artist whose name is little known today. Yet he was a painter of immense and widely acclaimed talent in his ...