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  2. Coat of arms of France - Wikipedia

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    After the death of the last direct Capetian in 1328, the kingdom of France passed to the house of Valois through the Salic law, and Navarre passed to the house of Evreux through female line. 1376–1469 The arms of France Modern: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or, a simplified version of France Ancient 1469–1515 The arms of France Modern.

  3. National symbols of France - Wikipedia

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    The National Order of the Legion of Honour and the National Order of Merit; The Phrygian cap; Joan of Arc; Fleur-de-lis; Bleuet de France, the symbol of memory for, and solidarity with, veterans, victims of war, widows, and orphans, similar to the Commonwealth remembrance poppy.

  4. Symbols of death - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhism, the symbol of a wheel represents the perpetual cycle of death and rebirth that happens in samsara. [6] The symbol of a grave or tomb, especially one in a picturesque or unusual location, can be used to represent death, as in Nicolas Poussin's famous painting Et in Arcadia ego. Images of life in the afterlife are also symbols of death.

  5. 30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still ...

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    Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company Historians date the oldest photograph to 1826 France. At least that's the oldest one that we know of today. That's when Joseph Nicéphore Niépce started ...

  6. Category:Featured pictures of France - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Featured pictures of France" The following 200 files are in this category, out of 213 total. ... Death of Marat by David.jpg 4,045 × 5,205; 13.14 MB.

  7. Colette of Corbie - Wikipedia

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    While traveling to Nice to meet Pope Benedict, Colette stayed at the home of a friend. His wife was in labor at that time with their third child, and was having major difficulties in the childbirth, leaving her in danger of death. Colette immediately went to the local church to pray for her. The mother gave birth successfully and survived the ...

  8. Cockade of France - Wikipedia

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    The tricolor cockade became the official symbol of the revolution in 1792, with the three colors now said to represent the three estates of French society: the clergy (blue), the nobility (white) and the third estate (red). [2] The use of the three colors spread, and a law of 15 February 1794 made them the colors of the French national flag. [4]

  9. Category:Images of France - Wikipedia

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    Featured pictures of France (8 C, 213 F) M. Maps of France (2 C, 2 P) P. Images of Paris (1 C) Images of French people (2 C, 9 F) Political posters of France (2 P, 3 F)