Army. – With the law of April 18, 1936, the French military organization, already determined by the law of July 13, 1927, was modified and constituted as follows: 18 territorial…
The network of French national roads in 1933 was 80,000 km. (39,892 in 1922). The railway network had reached 44,000 km in 1934. An extensive electrification program is taking place…
Despite the intensified post-war geological research and some good news in the field of hydrocarbons, it cannot be said that, in general, the picture of French mineral wealth has changed…
The French is the national language of the France and official language of the territory of the nation and the overseas departments. As a mother tongue spoken it does not…
At the end of the 20th century, the French political scene was going through a phase of solid government stability. In the context of a Europe with a progressive majority,…
But in April 2002, in the first round of the presidential elections, persistent social tensions, the question of security (a central theme for a large part of public opinion, frightened…
At the turn of the first decade of the 21st century, the figure of Nicolas Sarkozy, president of the Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP) – the center-right party born…
According to Programingplease, France can be cited as an example of a state in which the population has a notable character of national unity, despite the diversity of the elements…
A country in balance between tradition and modernity Fourth world economic power – which also wants to remain great in international politics – France represents the cultural tradition of Europe…
Cinema was officially born in France: on December 28, 1895 the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière organized the first public and paid show of the Cinématographe Lumière at the Grand…
Criminal law and offenses. – Since August 26, 1789, in the Declaration of the rights of man and citizen, the revolution manifested its will to do away with the criminal…
France owes to its climate and its relief, if it is bathed by a large number of rivers, and if it possesses almost in every part the elements necessary for…
The art After World War II, the crisis of values in the old continent and the overwhelming imposition of American art and culture is matched in France by the search…
The commercial code and the merchants. – The Code de Commerce of 1807 was drawn up quickly, following the severe commercial crisis that had raged in France in 1805; it was directly…
According to Neovideogames, the French colonial empire, with its 10.6 million sq km. surface area and its 56 million residents (excluding mandates), comes in importance after the British one (for…
Climate. – The variety of climates in France depends on the geographical situation facing the ocean and the Mediterranean, on the extension of the territory up to the Rhine, that…
Aviation industry. – France intends to give aviation an ever greater development, so that the aeronautical industry can become one of the most important also in the field of exports….
According to Mathgeneral, the feudal world has left the gigantic ruins of its castles scattered in the countryside. Those of the Crusaders (Karitaena and Mystras near Sparta, the Krak of…
Judicial organization and competence. – According to Internetsailors, the French judicial system is founded on the principle of the separation of powers; but after the revolution this principle was not…
According to Hyperrestaurant, the Eighties began with the return of the left to the government, forty-five years after the Popular Front, but this time without that desire to change the…
In 1957 Claude Chabrol, critic of the “Cahiers du cinéma”, founded his own production company, and in the following years Les cousins (1958; I cousins) by Chabrol himself, Les 400…
A filmmaker deeply attached to Central European culture such as Max Ophuls lived in France his most fortunate season, with La ronde (1950; La ronde – The pleasure and love),…
The period of freedom and creative fruitfulness did not last long, and was interrupted by the Second World War; in June 1940, when the German troops arrived in Paris, film…
According to Ezinereligion, the Thirties opened, as in the rest of the world, in the name of the economic crisis marked by the collapse of the Wall Street Stock Exchange…
Chemical industries. – If iron pyrites (Saint-Bel, Rhône) and phosphates from North Africa and Picardy are added to the salt and potash, it will be seen that France possesses in…
At the turn of the 5th century. (for the previous artistic manifestations ➔ Gaul) there is a continuity of the construction methods of the Late Empire and typologies common to…
The 19th century According to Estatelearning, the cult of the ancient, carried out in an increasingly archaeological way during the Empire, raising triumphal arches and columns, and the perpetuation of…
From the 14th to the 16th century From the 14th century. realism begins to manifest itself with the first portraits (John the Good, Louvre; statues and portraits of Charles V…
In the decade 1949-59 French architecture still seems to be dominated by the overwhelming personality of Le Corbusier. There was no lack of architects from younger generations, and among the…
The territorial planning policy, which officially began in the 1960s, is based on new criteria and institutions at the level of inter-ministerial coordination and regional decentralization. According to Dentistrymyth, the…
At the beginning of the millennium, architecture in France has developed widely thanks to an urban policy at a national and local level that has promoted redevelopment programs ranging from…
According to Computergees, the great Gallo-Roman cities have been the subject of excavations even when a modern city has superimposed on them, and often the sad destruction caused by the…
a) Greek Gaul. – In Marseilles, the war destructions carried out by the Germans made it possible after 1945 to explore the Greek colony in the old port district. The Greek…
French theater, at the beginning of French theater history, as in many other European countries and cultures, stands the Latin spiritual play “Visitatio sepulchri” (Mary’s visit to the tomb of…
Highlights According to aristmarketing, Annecy is one of the French cities classified as cities of art and history and offers many attractions. The most important include in particular: The Saint-Pierre…
Pre and early history Archaeological finds in the area of what is now France suggest that people lived here 100,000 years ago. Several cave paintings have been preserved from the…