Category Archives: History

Guide Tour of the Old harbour of Genoa, Italy

The Old harbour (Porto Antico) of Genoa is the heart of the city, a modern area in a thousand-year-old city, the junction point between the sea and the historic center. Porto Antico is the soul of the historic center and the largest square on the Mediterranean, it is the always…

Guide Tour of the Old harbour of Genoa, Italy

Review of Natale di Roma (Birth of Rome) 2022, Italy

The biggest festival of ancient rome in the world, Natale di Roma (Birth of Rome) in Italy, held on April 21 2022. Birth of Rome 2022 had 150,000 spectators in total in the 4 days of events. 9 different nations represented among the reenactors who came from all over the…

Review of Natale di Roma (Birth of Rome) 2022, Italy

Look back of the Roaring Twenties in Paris, the Années folles of France

The Années folles (means “crazy years” in French) was the decade of the 1920s in France. The term “Années folles” or “Roaring Twenties” retrospectively designate the European urban exuberance of the years following the First World War. After the First World War, Paris experienced ten years of effervescence (from 1920…

Look back of the Roaring Twenties in Paris, the Années folles of France

Guide Tour of the Palais-Royal district, Paris, France

The Palais-Royal district is a high place for tourism and commerce, also for culture with the proximity of the Louvre museum and the Opéra Garnier. Quartier Palais-Royal is dominated by the Palais Royal, and contains the larger part of the busy cosmopolitan Avenue de l’Opera. Discover Palais Royal gardens that…

Guide Tour of the Palais-Royal district, Paris, France

Guide Tour of the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France

The 1st arrondissement of Paris, Also known as the arrondissement of Louvre, is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. The 1st arrondissement is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city. A…

Guide Tour of the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France

Guide Tour of Carnavalet Museum, Paris, France

The Musée Carnavalet is the Parisian municipal museum dedicated to the history of Paris from the origins of the city to the present day. Located in the Marais district at No. 23 rue de Sévigné in Paris, in the 3rd arrondissement, it presents collections on various themes: memories of the…

Guide Tour of Carnavalet Museum, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Musée des Archives Nationales, Paris, France

The Musée des Archives Nationales is a state museum of French history operated by the Archives Nationales. The museum features exhibitions drawn from the collections of the government archives and aims to provide document-based perspective on France’s history and the evolution of French society. The National Archives Museum introduces: on…

Guide Tour of Musée des Archives Nationales, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France

The Hôtel de Ville is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération in the 4th arrondissement. It has been the headquarters of the municipality of Paris since 1357. It serves multiple functions, housing the local government council, since 1977 the…

Guide Tour of Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France

History of Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral is one of the most iconic monuments in Paris and France. The cathedral is linked to many episodes in the history of France. Built in the 12th century,, its construction spanned approximately two centuries. modified in the 18th century then restored in the 19th century, it…

History of Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Napoleon at Fontainebleau, Château de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France

Fontainebleau experienced a particularly sumptuous period under the First Empire (1804-1815), during Napoleon I’s visits (1804, 1807, 1809, 1810), which were full of political and family events, the Emperor’s deep attachment to the palace was confirmed. A new lease of life given to the palace, which had been stripped of…

Napoleon at Fontainebleau, Château de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France

Haussmann’s renovation of Paris

Haussmann’s renovation of Paris was a vast public works program commissioned by Emperor Napoléon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. It included the demolition of medieval neighborhoods that were deemed overcrowded and unhealthy by officials at the time; the building of…

Haussmann’s renovation of Paris

Guide Tour of the Latin Quarter of Paris, France

The Latin Quarter of Paris is an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. The area’s many cafés and restaurants are laid-back and welcoming; they are filled with Parisians, students and tourists. A historic…

Guide Tour of the Latin Quarter of Paris, France

French Senate,Luxembourg Palace, Paris, France

The Luxembourg Palace is located at 15 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The Palais du Luxembourg was built as a residence for former Queen of France Marie de’ Medici in 1625. Built in the Italianate style, and inspired by Florence’s Pitti Palace. Since 1958 it has…

French Senate,Luxembourg Palace, Paris, France

Review of 350th anniversary of the National Opera of Paris in 2019, France

In 2019 the Opéra National de Paris celebrates the 350th anniversary of its founding with a gala. In ten dates from May 8, 2019 with a grand gala evening that brings together the big names in music, opera and dance. The opportunity to evoke the turbulent history of the great…

Review of 350th anniversary of the National Opera of Paris in 2019, France

Guide Tour of Bastille area, Paris, France

Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris, a symbolic place of the French Revolution. At the time, the square was occupied by the Bastille Prison, which was a symbol of absolute power in the Ancien Régime. After the prison was destroyed after the revolution, the castle’s bricks were…

Guide Tour of Bastille area, Paris, France

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