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Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, reine de France et ses enfants - Google Art Project.jpg 23,427 × 30,000; 241.67 MB Lucy Arbell as Queen Amahelli in Massenet's Bacchus, wide view.jpg 1,804 × 2,688; 2.34 MB
The war confirms France as the dominant continental power and Bourbon strength over the Habsburgs. 1668: 2 May: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: end of the War of Devolution. France obtains Lille and other territories of Flanders from Spain. 1678: Treaties of Nijmegen: A series of treaties ending the Franco-Dutch War.
Clarence H. White: New York City, United States Platinum print [s 1] Storyville Portrait: 1912 E.J. Bellocq: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [s 1] Une Delage au Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France de 1912: 1912 Jacques-Henri Lartigue: Dieppe, France Large Format This photo depicts René Croquet , with his riding mechanic. [j] [36 ...
Image credits: Downey, Jack,, photographer. Many of us love using black-and-white filters on our photos today, but back in the day, that was the only option! Imagine a world where every photo was ...
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul . Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls , Aquitani and Belgae .
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The Gallic rooster (French: coq gaulois, pronounced [kɔk ɡolwa] ⓘ) is a national symbol of France as a nation, as opposed to Marianne representing France as a state and its values: the Republic. [ citation needed ] The rooster is also the symbol of the Wallonia region and the French Community of Belgium .
To a large extent, modern France lies within clear limits of physical geography.Roughly half of its margin lies on sea coasts: one continuous coastline along "La Manche" ("the sleeve" or English Channel) and the Atlantic Ocean forming the country's north-western and western edge, and a shorter, separate coastline along the Mediterranean Sea forming its south-eastern edge.