Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc. It is separated into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. The folk etymology -- involving a châtelaine named Carcas, a ruse ending a siege and the joyous ringing of bells ("Carcas sona") - though memorialized in a neo-Gothic sculpture of Mme. Carcas on a column near the Narbonne Gate, is of modern invention. The fortress, which was thoroughly restored in 1853 by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.[1] The name can be derived as a hyperbole of name Carcas. Similarly in Italian language, there are derived names like Castellino (little castle) - Castello - Castellone (big castle), or Ombrellino (small umbrella) - Ombrello - Ombrellone (large umbrella). A double 's' in the name appears for phonetic reasons, otherwise as a self standing 's' it would be pronounced as 'zFirst signs of settlement in this region have been dated to about 3500 BC, but the hill site of Carsac -- a Celtic place-name that has been retained at other sites in the south -- became an important trading place in the 6th century BC. The Volcae Tectosages fortified the oppidum. Carcassonne became strategically identified when Romans fortified the hilltop around 100 BC and eventually made it the colonia of Julia Carsaco, later Carcasum (the process of swapping ...
Tags :Carcassonne, France, Unesco, World, Heritage, Site, travel, viaggiatore.net, holidays

Versailles is a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre. Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, 17.1 km (10.6 mi) from the centre of Paris, the commune of Versailles is the préfecture (administrative seat) of the Yvelines department. According to the 2006 census, the population of the city is 89490 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94145 in 1975. Versailles is historically known for numerous treaties such as Treaty of Paris (1783), which ended the American Revolutionary War and the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War IThe etymology of Versailles is clear that the argument tends to privilege the Latin word versare, meaning "to keep turning, turn over and over",[1] expression used in medieval times for plowed lands, cleared lands (lands that had been repeatedly "turned over"). This word formation is similar to Latin seminare ("to sow") which gave French semailles ("sowings", "sown seeds"). During the Revolution of 1788, city officials had proposed to the Convention to rename Versailles Berceau-de-la-Liberté ("Cradle of Liberty"), but they had to retract their proposal when confronted with the objections of the majority of the population. A seat of power From May 1682, when Louis XIV moved the court and government permanently to Versailles, until his ...
Tags :Versailles, France, Unesco, World, Heritage, Site, travel, viaggiatore.net, holidays

Chartres is built on the left bank of the Eure River, on a hill crowned by its famous cathedral, the spires of which are a landmark in the surrounding country. To the south-east stretches the fruitful plain of Beauce, the "granary of France", of which the town is the commercial centre. [edit] History Chartres was one of the principal towns of the Carnutes, and by the Romans was called Autricum, from the river Autura (Eure), and afterwards civitas Carnutum. The name "Chartres" derives from "Carnutes". It was burnt by the Normans in 858, and unsuccessfully besieged by them in 911. During the Middle Ages it was the chief town of Beauce, and gave its name to a countship which was held by the counts of Blois and Champagne and afterwards by the house of Châtillon, a member of which in 1286 sold it to the crown. It was raised to the rank of a duchy in 1528 by Francis I. After the time of Louis XIV the title of duke of Chartres was hereditary in the family of Orléans. In 1417 it fell into the hands of the English, from whom it was recovered in 1432. It became seat of a Duchy in 1528. During the Wars of Religion, it was attacked unsuccessfully by the Protestants in 1568, and was taken in 1591 by Henry IV, who was crowned there three years afterwards. In the Franco-Prussian War it was seized by the Germans on 2 October 1870, and continued during the rest of the Campaign to be an important centre of operations. The city suffered heavy damage by bombing in the course of World War II ...
Tags :Chartres, and, its, Cathedral, France, UNESCO, World, Heritage, Sites., travel, viaggiatore.net, holidays

Le Havre (France) - UNESCO World Heritage - City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret . The city of Le Havre, on the English Channel in Normandy, was severely bombed during the Second World War. The destroyed area was rebuilt according to the plan of a team headed by Auguste Perret, from 1945 to 1964. Promotional Film from ville du Havre (2002)
Tags :Unesco, World, Heritage, Havre, Architecture, Perret, Normandy, France, Ruquier, rap, booty, shaking, sexy, SEX, IN, THE, CITY, TITS

Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at 470 km (292 mi) from Paris, 320 km (199 mi) from Marseille, 160 km (99 mi) from Geneva, 280 km (174 mi) from Turin, and 600 km (373 mi) from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais (singular and plural). The city of Lyon has 480660 inhabitants.[1] Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris, with the population of its urban area estimated to be 1422331 and that of its metropolitan area 1757180.[2][3] Its urban region represents half of the Rhône-Alpes region population with 2.9 million inhabitants.[4] Lyon is the capital of this region, as well as the capital of the smaller Rhône département. Lyon has a long cultural influence on France and the world. The city is known for its historical and architectural landmarks and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lyon was historically known as an important area for the production and weaving of silk and in modern times has developed a reputation as the capital of gastronomy in France. It has a significant role in the history of cinema due to Auguste and Louis Lumière. The local professional football team, Olympique Lyonnais, has increased the profile of Lyon internationally through participation in European football championships. Economically, Lyon is a major centre for banking and also the chemical, pharmaceutical ...
Tags :Lyon, France, UNESCO, World, Heritage, Site., travel, viaggiatore.net, holidays

Culture and heritage More than 250 museums and collections throughout Alsace look forward to welcoming visitors keen to discover their rich heritage, ranging from prehistory through to contemporary art. Do you love visiting castles? Alsace boasts Europe's highest concentration of feudal castles, bearing witness to its turbulent history. Without a doubt the most famous of these is the Haut Koenigsbourg castle which is one of France's most frequently visited monuments. Alsace has more than 400 ruined castles, including the recently restored Hohlandsbourg castle. More informations : www.tourism-alsace.com
Tags :alsace, france, heritage, castle, museum, tourism

The medieval city of Albi has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Located on the banks of the Tarn river in south-west France, the old city of Albi reflects the culmination of a medieval architectural and urban ensemble. Today the Old Bridge (Pont-Vieux), the Saint-Salvi quarter and its church are testimony to its initial development (10th -11th centuries). Following the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathar heretics (13th century) it became a powerful episcopal city. Built in a unique southern French Gothic style from local brick in characteristic red and orange colours, the lofty fortified Cathedral (late 13th century) dominates the city, demonstrating the power regained by the Roman Catholic clergy. Alongside the Cathedral is the vast bishop's Palais de la Berbie, overlooking the river and surrounded by residential quarters that date back to the Middle Ages. The Episcopal City of Albi forms a coherent and homogeneous ensemble of monuments and quarters that has remained largely unchanged over the centuries. For more information, please go to www.medievalists.net
Tags :UNESCO, World Heritage, France, Albi, medieval

The group was originally formed by Gabriel Yacoub who is the founder with Mary Yacoub, Hughes de Courson and Laurent Vercambre. Gabriel and Marie had released an album in 1973, Pierre de Grenoble, which led to the creation of MALICORNE Gabriel Yacoub was formerly part of the group of Alan Stivell. By his own admission, he decided to choose to perform songs from the French heritage rather than singing in Breton or Gaelic languages in an artificial manner, even artificial. He left the group to found Alan Stivell Malice in 1974. Their influence in the folk wave of the 1970s was important in France, alongside more traditional groups like La Bamboche and Celtic music of Alan Stivell. The group was characterized by the use of both folk and electroacoustic instruments. Their arrangements were an illustration of the Folk-style progressive rock. For the texts, they did the same call to the fund that folk compositions. Roda-Gil, a famous songwriter, contributed to swings in fire, the penultimate album of original group. This originality allowed them to survive a little longer than others, until early 1980 (after the fashion folk), while in the course of the evolution of the group, some members began solo careers
Tags :french, music, Música, francesa, フランス音楽, Французская, музыка, 法国音乐, फ्रेंच, संगीत, Gothic, Gótico, Готический, ゴシックगोथिक, 哥特, songs, 法语歌曲, Французские, песни, Fransızca, şarkılar, Γαλλικά, τραγούδια, Canciones, francesas, フランス語の歌, Französisch, Lieder, Canções

To see the reviews in full go to www.ds5starexperience.info Citroën DS5 Star Experience; Five lucky people won a luxury weekend in the South of France to drive and review New Citroën DS5 ahead of its UK launch. The winners encounter the epitome of French refinement, the original Citroën DS and compare it with its modern counterpart
Tags :citroen, ds5, star experience, competition, south of france, 2012, ds, Citroën DS Southern France

Mont Saint Michel, the World Heritage site in northern France which attracts 2.4 million tourists a year, will become a true island again in a few years' time as work gets underway to dredge the bay and remove sand and sediment that have built up around the granite rock for centuries.
Tags :France, heritage, VGRX

I would like to dedicate this tune to my grand-mother (Marie Paul - RIP). I'm sure she's smiling down on me for never losing my french heritage... VIVE LA FRANCE! Guitar TABS: www.e-chords.com
Tags :Les Champs Elysees Joe Dassin, cover, reprise, musique, song, french, variété, francaise, After Runnymede, Acoustic Cover French Music

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in France. 2010 data: There are 35 World Heritage Sites in France (31 cultural, 4 natural) France has the 4th rank in number of sites. 1- Vézelay, Church and Hill 2- Palace and Park of Versailles 3- Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (Lascaux) 4- Chartres Cathedral 5- Mont Saint Michel and its Bay 6- Palace and Park of Fontainebleau 7- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 8- Amiens Cathedral 9- Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments 10- Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange 11- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 12- Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve 13- Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe 14- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy 15- Pont du Gard, Roman Aqueduct 16- Strasbourg, Grande Île 17- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims 18- Paris, Banks of the Seine 19- Bourges Cathedral 20- Canal du Midi 21- Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge 22- Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne 23- Pyrenees: Mont Perdu (shared with Spain) 24- Historic Site of Lyon 25- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 26- Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion 27- Belfries of Belgium and France (shared with Belgium) 28- The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire 29- Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs 30- Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret 31- Bordeaux ...
Tags :France, World, Heritage, Sites, patrimoine, mondial, UNESCO, tourism, history, histoire, culture, architecture, paris, lyon, bordeaux, avignon, carcassonne, loire, lascaux, versailles, chateaux, abbaye, abbey, cathedral, cathédrales

EUROPEAN HERITAGE LIBRARY WWW.EUROHERITAGE.NET Scenes of German Nazi propaganda depicting the German defense of the Prussian city of Kolberg against Napoleonic French invasion. In the last weeks of World War II, Hitler and Goebbels recreated this heroic defense in order to inspire a battered and shattered nation to fight and die for the Reich at all costs. Laughably, when both spoke of "Total War" -- that all resources should be for the war only -- thousands of men and millions of dollars were pulled from the front to produce this film. My TRANSLATION STYLE here is very liberal and condensed. Many words have been removed entirely. This is done in order to prevent cluttering and simplify our viewers' experience. Neither I nor the EHL endorse Nazi ideology. The copyright is removed because of age. EUROPEAN HERITAGE LIBRARY WWW.EUROHERITAGE.NET
Tags :German, Nazi, Third, Reich, Hitler, Napoleon, Propaganda, Communist, Fascist, World, War, II

kundudance.com KunduDance is a collective of dancers showcasing what is known as URBAN DANCE STYLES, comprising of 6 Indian dancers and spearheaded by Prosenjit Guy Kundu, an American of Indian French heritage who is known for being the first person to introduce Urban Dance Styles in India. KunduDance Collective consists of some of Prosenjit Guy Kundu's earliest students from India who have now gone on to teach and perform these styles professionally. Every dancer in the group specializes in a particular style and are part of their own creative dance groups and ventures. Kundudance is created to allow dancers to come together as a collective and perform as well as carry on their own journeys with dance simultaneously. All the dancers contribute to the collective with choreography making it a complete group effort.
Tags :Kala, Ghoda, Arts, Festival, Prosenjit, Guy, Kundu, House, Hip, Hop, Boying, Popping, Locking, Old, School, India, Mumbai, Indian, French, France, Virginia, Performance, Dance, kundudance, Syntheskillz

Jersey has something for everyone. From golden beaches to intimate, sheltered bays to rolling countryside with pleasant walks, peaceful lanes to cycle along and beautiful golf courses. There's also something exotic about this island, far south of England's coast. With it's Anglo-French heritage and the coast of France just 14 miles away, there's a decidedly Continental ambience to it's hotels and restaurants.
Tags :Jersey, walks, britain, britains, channel, islands, best, breaks, visit, hotels, guest, house, attractions, guide

Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle Ages. To reach Spain pilgrims had to pass through France, and the group of important historical monuments included in this inscription marks out the four routes by which they did so. whc.unesco.org
Tags :World Heritage, UNESCO, France, World Heritage Centre, NHK, Patrimoine mondial

Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150000 miles in three years - follow his adventures here on FentonReport. In this video Jim and Paige visit Bordeaux, France. Copyright Jim Rogers - provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. www.fentonreport.com Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called Bordelais. The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, with a population of 1010000, is the seventh largest metropolitan area in France. The city is among the world's major wine industry centres. Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century.
Tags :Bordeaux, Port, Garonne, River, metropolis, Aquitaine, region, Bordelais, Arcachon, Libourne, wine, World, Heritage, List, France, Europe, French, city, map, vacation, day, guide, tour, international, airline, itinerary, ideas, tips, company, resorts, holiday, discovery, hotel, trip, advisor, best, time, agent, agencies, travels, resort, channel, adventure, adventures, vacations, money, manager, investments, investment, economy, economist, jim, rogers

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2011 URL: www.unesco.org Description: Equitation in the French tradition is a school of horseback riding that emphasizes harmonious relations between humans and horses. Practised throughout France and elsewhere, its most widely known community is the Cadre Noir of Saumur, based at the National School of Equitation. Here horsemen learn to combine human demands with respect for the horse's body and mood. Riders desire to establish close relations with the horse and work towards achieving 'lightness'. There is strong cooperation between generations and respect for the experience of older riders. Country(ies): France © 2009 Ecole Nationale d'Equitation Duration: 00:09:50 - Support: DVD (0044000005)
Tags :Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO 2003 Convention, France, 00440, Representative List (2011)

Eminent France Taipei is proud to present to you our Cinematic Pre-Wedding Video or Cinematography with our lovely couple Cindy & Hero in Heritage City of Melacca. This is a trailer version, awaits the romantic story behind in our full version. Join us in Facebook now. www.facebook.com
Tags :eminent, france, taipei, bridal, cinematic, pre, wedding, video, photo, graphy, melacca, heritage, city, jalan, loke, yew, kuala, lumpur, kl, sibu

Video Clip with Benjamin Biolay and surrealistic images on Vivement Dimanche. Probably the most beautiful song of his new album...Tender lyrics, beautiful music, and genial string and piano arrangements by Benjamin Biolay. He could be with any doubts the natural´s Gainsbourg sucessor, crossing the boundaries of France and French language spreading worldwide, entering unthinkable markets, which only used to belong to the English language. We are close to a musical revolution.... (Spanish legended)
Tags :ton heritage, benjamin biolay, legacy, legado, son, child, enfant, superbe, la superbe