New France

Georges-Eugène Haussmann to modernise the city, the river Seine was the centre of commerce. This was until his boulevards became the new highways of the city. Haussmann’s renovation of Paris took place between 1853 and 1870, and saw buildings like the Passage du Clos-Bruneau be replaced, or covered by Haussmann buildings. He planned to create and expand an array of new avenues and boulevards, and did so at the cost of medieval buildings and ancient streets. Popular buildings and parks were…

members began to show temper, she would halt the conversation to allow the members to calm down. Social reforms was a central topic that was always being talked about, including the defence of civil liberties, free trade, and freedom of religion. France 's monarchical absolutism was criticized. The Catholic Church was also disparaged. Thinkers in the salons would challenge the church. For example, they would try to come up with logical explanations on why there are sea shells Mt Cenis in the…

The video is about Georges Pompidou center. At 1969 when Georges Pompidou became the president of France he aimed to build a culture center in the downtown of Paris that contain a vast library, art museum, design center, and institute of contemporary music. Therefore, he organized an architecture competition, and for the first time in France, the outlandish architects were allowed to participate. Between six hundred and eighty-one design, this design has been choosing. This design is by the two…

dream of seeing. Each monument I saw is imperative to France as well as the city of Paris. As an American, being in France was interesting experience not only because of the cultural differences. It was interesting because many of the monumental structures I saw were the models for monumental structures back in the United States. For example, the Arc de Triumph has a similar version called the Grand Army Plaza located in Brooklyn, New York. France is rich with history and cultural and it is…

The rising of the Bourgeoise not only signified a new state of equal individual citizenship but also introduced a new world order that focused more on the people’s needs rather than opinions of the first or second estate. With a new mindset and new-found liberty, came the French revolution led by Napoleon Bonaparte who not only dominated most of Europe but influenced collective sovereignty in his regime. However, Napoleon’s reign collapsed when Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia decided to…

As Napoleon continued in his campaign against Europe, he turned his sights to Switzerland. After his arrival, he successfully conquered Switzerland in 1798. His plans were to centralize the loosely governed country by imposing a constitution. In doing so he created the Helvetic Republic, a regime greatly disliked by Swiss natives. It is easy to reason that the regime was disliked since it was imposed by an invading country, but a big factor in the opposition was that the regime failed to…

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian College of Letters and Science Many people say that I am a member of the generation X, born just before the war, in a country that was right in the process of falling apart. Not long after I first saw the light of day, my country has changed several times its name, its anthem, geographical layout and national identity. I was waiting in line in the arms of my mother to get some milk, I have survived an awful authoritarian regime,…

are some essential traveling etiquette guidelines for traveling in France. Greeting Protocol Unlike Italians and some other nationalities, the French aren’t huggers, so they feel awkward being hugged. Don’t even shake hands, but surprisingly, they do like to be greeted by kissing close to the ear. The key is to not touch the cheeks.…

Claude Monet, a french painter, painted the Church at Varengeville, Grey Weather, in the year 1882, in the midst of his artistic career. Varengeville-sur-Mer is a small commune in the Seine-Maritime of the north-western region in France. The painting is oil paint on a modest sized canvas about 25 by 32 inches. This oil landscape hangs directly on the wall, at a horizontal orientation, and is in a simple ornate frame. Monet’s painting is currently located at the Speed Art Museum, in Louisville,…

“In late spring, 218 B.C., Hannibal marched through the Pyrenees toward Gaul (southern France) with more than 100,000 troops and nearly 40 war elephants.” Hannibal was a strong and powerful man. He won many fights and conquered cities. He was one of Carthage’s strongest and most famous generals. His father was Hamilcar Barca also a Carthaginian general. In Carthage, Hannibal held a lot of power, he was born into a Carthaginian military family and swore to show his hostility to Rome. He was the…