Sapin de Noël bokeh on Flickr.
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Pont Neuf on Flickr.
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The Pont Neuf (French for “New Bridge”) is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris. Its name, which was given to distinguish it from older bridges that were lined on both sides with houses, has remained.
paris cafe on Flickr.
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i was trying to take a picture of the guy under the sign, without him knowing; but i was unsuccessful but i liked how the light seemed to focus on the red sign in the background.
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Château-Ville-Vieille is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France
The Alps (Italian: Alpi; French: Alpes; Occitan: Aups/Alps; German: Alpen; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian–French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The English name “Alps” was taken via French from Latin Alpes, which may be ultimately cognate with Latin albus (“white”). The German Albe, Alpe or Alp (f., Old High German alpâ, plural alpûn) in the singular means “alpine pasture”, and only in the plural may also refer to the mountain range as a whole.
necropolis in Roussillon France on Flickr.
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Languedoc-Roussillon (Occitan: Lengadòc-Rosselhon; Catalan: Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is one of the 26 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side. Llívia is a town of Cerdanya, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain, that forms a Spanish exclave surrounded by French territory (Pyrénées-Orientales département).
Louis Daguerre, father of photography.
Born 18th November, 1787.
He invented the daguerrotype, one of the embryonic forms of modern photography.
actually Nicéphore Niépce is the father of photography!
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it’s near Col d’Izoard (el. 2361 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France.
It is accessible in summer via the D902 road, connecting Briançon on the north and the valley of the Guil in Queyras, which ends at Guillestre in the south. There are forbidding and barren scree slopes with protruding pinnacles of weathered rock on the upper south side. Known as the Casse Desert this area has formed a dramatic backdrop to some key moments in the Tour de France, and often feature in iconic 1950s black and white photos of the race.
lav on Flickr.
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The lavenders (Lavandula) are a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region south to tropical Africa and to the southeast regions of India. The genus includes annuals, herbaceous plants, subshrubs, and small shrubs. The native range extends across the Canary Islands, North and East Africa, Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, Arabia and India. Because the cultivated forms are planted in gardens world-wide, they are occasionally found growing wild as garden escapees, well beyond their natural range. However, since lavender cross-pollinates easily, there are countless variations within the species. The color of its flowers has come to be called lavender.
toe mate on Flickr.
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Saint-Martin-de-Castillon
Le village de Saint-Martin-de-Castillon est un village perché des Monts de Vaucluse, en face de la montagne du Grand Luberon sur lequel une partie de la commune s’étend.
![One of America’s best known and most loved snack cakes[?] on Flickr.Via Flickr:
A Twinkie is a “Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling” popular in the United States and elsewhere in North America. It is distributed by Hostess, which is owned by Dallas-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation.
Twinkies are the brainchild of James A. Dewar, one of Continental’s bakers. Realizing that several machines used to make cream-filled strawberry shortcake sat idle when strawberries were out of season, Dewar conceived a snack cake filled with banana cream, which would be dubbed the Twinkie. During World War 2, bananas were rationed and Hostess was forced to switch to vanilla cream. This change proved so popular that Hostess never switched back to banana and still uses vanilla cream in Twinkies today.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mduy4lgDrh1qzwmjio1_500.jpg)
One of America’s best known and most loved snack cakes[?] on Flickr.
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A Twinkie is a “Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling” popular in the United States and elsewhere in North America. It is distributed by Hostess, which is owned by Dallas-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation.
Twinkies are the brainchild of James A. Dewar, one of Continental’s bakers. Realizing that several machines used to make cream-filled strawberry shortcake sat idle when strawberries were out of season, Dewar conceived a snack cake filled with banana cream, which would be dubbed the Twinkie. During World War 2, bananas were rationed and Hostess was forced to switch to vanilla cream. This change proved so popular that Hostess never switched back to banana and still uses vanilla cream in Twinkies today.
versailles on Flickr.
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The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles.
Arles, Provence-alpes-cote d’Azur on Flickr.
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Restaurant L’Amandier
34, Rue Porte de Laure
13200 Arles, France
+33 4 90 96 16 75
Vincent Van Gogh was a big fan of Arles
Starry Night over the Rhone (September 1888) is one of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings of Arles at night; it was painted at a spot on the banks of river which was only a minute or two’s walk from the Yellow House on the Place Lamartine which Van Gogh was renting at the time. The night sky and the effects of light at night provided the subject for some of his more famous paintings, including Cafe Terrace at Night (painted earlier the same month) and the later canvas from Saint-Rémy, The Starry Night.
Place de la République on Flickr.
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The Obélisque d’Arles (“Arles Obelisk”) is a 4th century Roman obelisk, erected in the center of the Place de la République, in front of the town hall of Arles, France.
Nazi propaganda on Flickr.
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Propaganda, the coordinated attempt to influence public opinion through the use of media, was skillfully used by the Nazi party in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler’s leadership of Germany (1933 to 1945). Nazi propaganda provided a crucial instrument for acquiring and maintaining power, and for the implementation of their policies, including the pursuit of total war and the extermination of millions of people in the Holocaust.
The pervasive use of propaganda by the Nazis is largely responsible for the word “propaganda” itself acquiring its present negative connotations
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Notre-Dame de la Garde is a basilica located in Marseille, France. This ornate Neo-Byzantine church is situated at the highest natural point in Marseille, a 162 m (532 ft) limestone outcrop on the south side of the Old Port. As well as being a major local landmark, it is the site of a popular annual pilgrimage every Assumption Day (August 15). Local inhabitants commonly refer to it as la bonne mère (“the good mother”).[1]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md2mbvWcQl1qzwmjio1_500.jpg)
Notre-Dame de la Garde on Flickr.
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Notre-Dame de la Garde is a basilica located in Marseille, France. This ornate Neo-Byzantine church is situated at the highest natural point in Marseille, a 162 m (532 ft) limestone outcrop on the south side of the Old Port. As well as being a major local landmark, it is the site of a popular annual pilgrimage every Assumption Day (August 15). Local inhabitants commonly refer to it as la bonne mère (“the good mother”).[1]
