DATELINE950,000-80,000 B.C. Homo Erectus(400,000 B.C. Discovery of Fire) 80,000-30,000 B.C.Neanderthal 33,000-10,000B.C. Homo SapiensCro Magnon Man 4,000-2,500B.C. Neolithic Revolution 2,500-50 B.C. Celtic Domination in Gaul Where to see Prehistoric France? Mostly in Brittanny and in the Southwest of France. We recommend:The French film:The Quest for Fire The first humans found in France, known as Homo Erectus, [...]
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France in Figures
Over 61million foreign tourists in 1996, making France the number one worlwide destination!
Renaissance Era
The Renaissance style refers to the style of the historic period primarily marked by King Francois I…
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Internet ‡ la French
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Prehistory
The Celts, emerging from Central Europe, settled in Germany and Gaul as early as 2500 B.C. They started to work with iron to make tools and weapons, and lived in well organized societies until 125 B.C., when the Roman Empire began its in the South of Fran
Baroque Era
The exuberance of the Absolute Monarchy preponderant in the 17th century led to enormous baroque edifices…
Minitel
Started in the early eighties by the government’s own France Telecom, the Minitel has become the standard for France’s online services…
Antiquity
During the 2nd century AC, Romans brought Christianity into Gaul and by the third century, the power of the Roman Empire had begun its decline….
Neoclassicism Era
After the Revolution of 1789, architecture in France found inspiration in classic Greek and Roman models. Both the Arc de Triomphe and the Arc du Carrousel are examples of the Napoleonic inclination for Classicism…