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Carnac Alignments, France
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Carnac Alignments, France

A section of the Carnac Alignments in north-west France. These granite stone menhirs were placed in long parallel lines sometime between 5,000 and 3,000 BCE. Their purpose was most likely as markers of processional ways...
Roman Baths at Gaujac, France
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Roman Baths at Gaujac, France

Remains of Roman baths at the Oppidum Saint Vincent (Gaujac, Gard, France), built between 20-25 CE.
Arches, Pont Du Gard, France
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Arches, Pont Du Gard, France

A detail of the Pont Du Gard Roman aqueduct, 1st century CE, Southern France.
War Memorial, Beaugency, France
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War Memorial, Beaugency, France

A photograph of the war memorial in Beaugency, France commemorating the fallen in the First World War (1914-18) and the Second World War (1939-45). Flowers are laid before the monument each 11 November, date of the...
The Nimes Aqueduct, France
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The Nimes Aqueduct, France

The Nîmes aqueduct, built to carry water from Uzès to Nîmes in France in the first century CE. It contains the spectacular Pont du Gard.
Hellenistic & Roman Agora of Athens
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Hellenistic & Roman Agora of Athens

Pericles’ agora of Athens flourished under Macedonian control. After Macedon was defeated by Rome, the Romans added to the district even before Greece was taken as a province and more so afterwards. The Roman version...
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (l. 1757-1834), more commonly known in the United States as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat, military officer, and politician. He...
Louis XVI, the Girondins, & the Road to Revolutionary War (1791-92)
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Louis XVI, the Girondins, & the Road to Revolutionary War (1791-92)

On 20 April 1792, King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) stood before the Legislative Assembly and, with a faltering voice, read a declaration of war against Austria, to the ecstatic delight...
Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (l. 1755-1793) was the queen of France during the turbulent final years of the Ancien Régime and the subsequent French Revolution (1789-1799). With the ascension of her husband Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792...
Battle of Agincourt
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Battle of Agincourt

The Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415 saw Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422) defeat an overwhelmingly larger French army during the Hundred Year's War (1337-1453). The English won thanks to the superior longbow, field position...
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