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Anne "Annette" Boutiaut Poulard (15 April 1851 – 7 May 1931), one of the Mères of France, was known as Mère Poulard (Mother Poulard), and was a cook and innkeeper in Mont-Saint-Michel, France. She was noted for her omelette creation, the Omelette de la mère Poulard , which became a specialty of the region, and for her hospitality.
The English word hotel developed a more specific meaning as a commercial building accommodating travellers; modern French also uses hôtel in this sense. For example, the Hôtel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde was built as an hôtel particulier and is today a public hotel. In French, an hôtel de ville or mairie is a town hall and not a
Saint-Jean-le-Thomas (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ lə tɔmɑ]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. [ 3 ] It is a small beach town located on Normandy, close to "Le Mont Saint Michel"
A Matter of Resistance (French: La Vie de château) is a 1966 French romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, Philippe Noiret and Henri Garcin. [1] Set on the coast of Normandy in the summer of 1944, it received the Louis Delluc Prize in 1965.
My Life in Versailles (French: La Vie de château) is an animated short film directed by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H'Limi. Released in 2019, it won the jury prize [1] at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival the same year.
The building is usually attributed to the architect Jean Androuet du Cerceau. [2] The site was chosen to give access to the Place Royale - today the Place des Vosges. The Marais was then an especially fashionable area for the high nobility ; the construction of the Hôtel de Sully fits in a larger movement of monumental building in this part of ...
Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, 2008. The Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel is a famous five star luxury resort hotel, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. The hotel obtained the "Palace de France" distinction, granted by the government for its excellence in service in 2011.
Engraving of the hôtel de Beauvais from Jean Marot's L'Architecture française On August 26, 1660, King Louis the XIV and his new wife Maria-Theresa made a triumphal entry into Paris, stopping at the Hotel de Beauvais to salute Beauvais, who stood on the protruding balcony that overlooked the street.