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The Palace of Versailles: 5 things to know about the Sun King's palace

The Palace of Versailles celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2023. The Palace of Versailles, which was the residence of the kings Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI, was originally just a "hunting lodge, a small gentleman's castle" made of brick, stone, and slate, which Louis XIII, the ...

31
July
2007

The Friends Experience in Paris: an outing for fans of the cult series

eam of going to the other side of the small screen and walk in the sets of the series, you just have to go to the Parc des expositions de la Porte de Versailles. That's where the exhibition The Friends Experience has set up shop until January 22, 2023. More than just an exhibition, this event is ...

29
Nov
2022

The Little Story of France: 5 Things to Know About W9's Short Program

oan of Arc. • Philippe de Roche-Saint-Pierre and his wife Marie-Louise are bored in their castle since Louis XIV, the count's cousin, banished them from Versailles. • Renata Bonaparte, cousin of Napoleon, and her husband Jean Plancher run an inn in the suburbs of Paris. She is filmed in ...

01
Dec
2023

The Salon de l'agriculture: the largest farm in France in Paris

(SIA), more commonly referred to as the Agricultural Show, is the largest agricultural trade show in France. It is held each year at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center during the First Week of March. It is also a media event very much oriented towards the general public. Agricultural ...

02
Mar
2007

The World Tourism Fair in Paris

onials, conferences, folk dances... Practical information The World Tourism Fair will be held from March 14 to 17, 2024. Address Paris Expo Porte de Versailles - Pavilion 4 1, Place de la Porte de Versailles 75015 PARIS Access Metro: Porte de Versailles Hours From 10 am to 7 pm non-stop Closing a ...

15
Mar
2007

The Mont Saint Michel : a jewel between sky and sea

. Mont Saint-Michel is the most visited tourist site in Normandy and the third most visited site in France, after the Eiffel tower and the Palace of Versailles, because of its exceptional architecture and its bay. This site, classified as a historical monument in 1874, has been on the UNESCO World ...

23
Apr
2007

MuseumWeek: Museum Week on Twitter

over 520 museums around the world. This event includes 91 participating museums in France, 300 in England, and 70 in Spain! In France, the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, the Cité des Sciences, the Grand Palais RMN, the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d'Orsay, as well as the Musée du quai Branly an ...

25
Mar
2014

The Home Renovation Show: meet us at Paris Porte de Versailles.

A lounge for all your projects If you're looking to enhance your living space, don't miss the upcoming Home Renovation Fair at Porte de Versailles in Paris! Whether you want to renovate, expand, organize, or decorate your home, you'll find a wealth of ideas, advice, and solutions. This event, whi ...

10
Dec
2015

My connected schoolbag: an initiative for hospitalized children

e a first step towards recovery. A project initiated in 2014 Mon cartable connecté was conceived in 2014 and experimented in the pilot rectorates of Versailles and Nice in 2016, after the signing of an agreement with the Ministry of National Education. This beautiful initiative was deployed ...

02
Sep
2021

2021, the polar summer: a cultural season throughout France

le, La Rochelle, Lille, Lorient, Marseille, Metz, Montpellier, Nancy, Orleans, Reims, Rouen, Saint-Denis, Saint-Pierre, Sète, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Versailles. Each city is exhibiting two 4 x 3 metre photos signed by two great French nature photographers: the underwater photographer Laurent B ...

06
Sep
2021

Les Potagers de Julie : Julie Andrieu goes from the kitchen to the garden

ages. In a first sequence, Lola who is a professional vegetable grower teaches Julie the basics of growing vegetables from her vegetable garden in Versailles. This part of the program is an opportunity to learn more about eggplant, peas, tomatoes or potatoes ... In the second part, Julie Andri ...

22
Sep
2022

Electricity consumption: 5 things that really make a difference

reful with your electricity consumption, you have probably got into the habit of turning off the lights behind you when you leave a room (because 'it's not Versailles here', as a famous advert says ;-)) But have you thought about not leaving any electrical appliances on standby? Appliances on sta ...

30
Sep
2022

Road safety: a new yellow light for pedestrians.

iod of 2 years in the following 6 cities in France: • Metz • Nancy • Nantes • Nice • Strasbourg • Toulouse Note: the city of Versailles, which was initially supposed to participate in this experiment, has decided not to do so because it deemed the necessary devic ...

30
May
2023

Paris 2024 Olympics: how to rent your accommodation on Airbnb?

at a high price on Airbnb. Indeed, from July 26th to August 11th, 2024, visitors from all over the world will flock to Paris, as well as Châteauroux, Versailles, Lille, Marseille, or Bordeaux, to attend the Olympic events. The leading short-term rental platform estimates that prices for rentals co ...

21
Sep
2023

Paris 2024: 5 Things to Know About the Olympic Torch Relay

n French Guiana and the Millau Viaduct in Aveyron. This torch, a symbol of Olympism, will shine a spotlight on emblematic sites of our country, such as the Palace of Versailles in Île-de-France or Mont Saint Michel in Normandy. It will illuminate historical sites like the Lascaux caves and places ...

15
Jan
2024