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jour de la Révolution — Revolution Day The other days, decades, and months were also serially numbered. On 24 October ( le 3 du 2e mois ; later: le 3 Brumaire ) of the same year, the poet Philippe-François-Nazaire Fabre, known as Fabre d'Églantine , made public his dislike of this naming convention ( "le premier jour de la première ...
Fête du Travail: 8 May: Victory Day: Victoire 1945: End of hostilities in Europe in World War II moveable: Ascension Day: Ascension: Thursday, 39 days after Easter Sunday moveable: Whit Monday: Lundi de Pentecôte: Monday after Pentecost (50 days after Easter), observed only in some businesses, see notes 14 July: National Day: Fête Nationale ...
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Le Tour du monde (Around the world) was created in January 1860 by Édouard Charton, designer of Le Magasin pittoresque, under the aegis of the Librairie Hachette : every six months, the weekly booklets sold through the network of railway stations, gathered in one volume, which was offered in bookstore.
From 1985 to 2003, Télé 7 Jours organized a French television production award (similar in nature to the Emmy Awards) called the 7 d'Or. [2] From 1996 to 1999, Benjamin Cuq worked as reporter for Télé 7 Jours. In 2007, Télé 7 jours was the fourth best-selling television magazine in France, behind Télé Z, TV Hebdo and TV Magazine.
Artisans du monde is a French network of local fair trade associations, currently the most important non-profit fair trade movement in France. The first associations were founded in 1974, and their number then increased to reach 170 today.
The Festival de Cornouaille (French pronunciation: [fɛstival də kɔʁnwaj]) is an annual festival taking place in Quimper in the Cornouaille region of Brittany, France. The festival begins on the third Sunday of July and lasts for one week. It has been held since 1923 and is one of the biggest cultural events in Brittany.
Phare du Monde ("Lighthouse of the world") was an observation tower planned for the 1937 World Fair in Paris, France.The Phare du Monde, advertised as a "Pleasure Tower Half Mile High" [1] was designed by Eugène Freyssinet, and was to be a 701-metre (2,300 feet) tall concrete tower with a light beacon and a restaurant on the top.