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This photo shows a burned-down house in Oradour-sur-Glane, France. After the massacre of 643 civilians by the SS 2nd panzer das Reich division on 10 June 1944, the whole village was set ablaze. As early as 28 November 1944, the Provisional...

Portrait of Henry IV, King of France and Navarre (1553–1610), oil on canvas by Frans Pourbus the Younger, early 17th century. Palace of Versailles.

A 15th century CE manuscript illustration showing the capture of John II of France (r. 1350-1364 CE) at the Battle of Poitiers in September 1356 CE. The battle was the second major victory for the English in the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453...

The Great Cameo of France is a five-layered sardonyx cameo divided into three levels which depicts members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, circa 23 CE. The Great Cameo of France is the largest cameo to survive from the ancient world. It...

A c. 1559 illustration of Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542-1567) and her first husband, Francis II of France (r. 1559-1560). National Library of France, Paris.

Signing of the Treaties of Alliance between the US and France in 1778, which led to France's entry into the American Revolutionary War. Reproduction of an oil on canvas painting by Charles Elliott Mills, c. 1900-1920. The original is in the...

A map of France in the 10th century CE.

Anne of Austria, Queen of France (1601-1666), oil on canvas portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting Anne in ornate dressing and a lace collar, c. 1625. Palace of Versailles.

A map showing the area of the Languedoc region of southern France and its major towns.

Château de Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France. The château was built from the 12th to the 16th century.