ANY TOPIC:
• A dictionary of France from about.com (look up anything about people, places, words, etc.)
MAPS
• various cartes de France 1
• various cartes de France 2
CUISINE
• This is the NEW page for Cuisine topics! It has links to images, recipes, a page on Julia Child, conversions for cooking, and much more.
• Les Carnets de Julie (a travel and food show from France; link to episodes on YouTube.)
• PBS show: I'll Have What Phil's Having
CONVERSIONS-GENERAL
• Temperatures
• Online Conversions.com home: List of numerous conversions
ART, HISTORY, READING, FILM:
• Art Resources (links to museums around the world, links to sources for art history, links to online image sources)
• Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (au Palais de Chaillot-- a museum housing, among other things, maquettes of façades and interiors of major churches and cathedrals around France.)
• ART NOUVEAU: two blogs about le style 1900/Art Nouveau: here and here and a Wikipedia article in English and one en français ; also ArtLex on Art Nouveau: an excellent page (in English) with samples of artists' works and more links at the bottom (Théophile Steinlein was a famous Swiss poster-maker of this period. There are others listed here, too.)
• French Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum (Saint Louis, Missouri): This excellent resource was done by Anne-Sophie Blank and Jeanne Zarucchi, University of Missouri, Saint Louis
• Images of old French Francs
• Images of Colmar during Christmas Market (thanks to FRENCH LETTERS)
• Le Petit Pianiste (video sur YouTube, sous-titré)
• RODIN & CLAUDEL (Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel)-- my page about their work • the QUIZLET for the works you must know
• les Cathédrales Romanes et Gothiques # 1 (links for pictures and information)
• les Cathédrales Romanes et Gothiques #2 (music, maps, documents, QUIA, St. Louis Art Museum map)
• Medieval History and Vocabulary (Plantagenets, Capets, Guillaume le Conquérant, Domesday Book, Tapisserie de Bayeux)
• Poésie Française
• Il était une Fois: A web site in French for reading and hearing fairy tales, stories, poems, legends, and fables.
• Astérix & Obélix characters and Astérix Around the World and Astérix (site officiel)
• Trésors du Temps website created by a teacher (other levels accessible, as well)
• Another teacher's Trésors du Temps website
• French Flicks (about French movies available in the U.S. currently)
• Saturday Night Live: Monsieur Nobeck Teaches Français with Alec Baldwin
• Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise)--full film online, low quality
• Radio France interview with Arletty, by André Asseo (57 minutes)
• Au Revoir Les Enfants: full film online, English subtitles
• Camille Claudel: on Kanopy through your local library, with library card
• Renaissance topics at this blog, Writing the Renaissance. About François Ier • About Diane de Poitiers miniseries • About Jean Clouet and François Clouet and the portraits exhibit at Azay-le-Rideau
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS (the musical)
- les paroles: Le Temps des Cathédrales
- les paroles: Déchiré
- les paroles: Belle
- les paroles: Tu vas me détruire
• videos: Le Temps des Cathérales Bruno Pelletier singing/visual; here, with only audio and French Paroles; here, with Pelletier singing in English, dubbed over French
• video: Belle on youtube (with subtitles in French, English, and Spanish)
• video: Déchiré on youtube (with subtitles in English)
• video: Tu vas me détruire (with subtitles in English)
• video 30 minutes about the catherral of Notre Dame de Paris on the émission TV, "Les Racines et les Ailes"
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 B&W movie, on Youtube)
• Le Mont-Saint-Michel en images (Figaro.fr)
• TODAY SHOW report (July 21 2021) on the latest work on repairing Notre Dame de Paris
LA DAME À LA LICORNE • Lady and the Unicorn tapestries
• Discussion about it at the Cluny/Moyen Âge museum in Paris (in English)
• Discussion about it at the Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge) en français
• blog about the tapestries (click on the picture to see larger)
• another info page about the 6 tapestries-- has good shot of display of all of the tapestries in the room at the Cluny museum
• 5-minute video from the Cluny, about the restoration of the tapisseries (sous-titrés/subtitled)
• 7-minute video (music, no words) showing the 6 tapisseries
CHÂTEAUX
• my Châteaux en France page
• Les 27 Régions Françaises (avec leurs départements)
• The NEW Regions (Interactive map, new against old)
• Les Départements Français•
• Ina Caro's Road From the Past: traveling through history in France
MOLIÈRE
There is a recent film based on Molière's life... kind of a costume drama comedy... please go to this link on YOU TUBE and watch at least the first 2 segments• Please go to THIS LINK and read the summary of Molière's play, Tartuffe
• Candide (text online in English)• Candide ou l'optimisme , text read aloud in French on LibriVox• Candide , text read aloud in English on LibriVox• Summary and discussion, in English , on Wikipedia• Sommaire en français , à la Lettre .com (site littéraire)• ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques) : about his philosophical work On the Social Contract "Man was born free, and everywhere, he is in irons."; about his philosophical work, EMILE ou De l'Education
• le Bonnet Phrygien sur Wikipedia.fr
• Hospice de Beaune (Michel Corboz)
DE LA GAULE AU MOYEN AGE:
• L'Arc de Triomphe, Orange /The Triumphal Arch in Orange, France and 11 images here, too ( #35416 and #35417 show the 2 slaves and woman on East side) --
• CARTE
• anachronistic 1899 painting of the defeat of Vercingétorix at the Battle of Alesia
• 1883 engraving also showing Vercingétorix's surrender to Caeser
• Roman coin of defeated Gaul (possibly Vercingétroix)
• statue of Vercingétrix in Clermont-Ferrand, France
• Monument to Vercingétorix in Alésia
• Les Royaumes Francs
• Clovis, premier roi des Francs (Wikipedia)
• Clovis 1er.free.fr (lots of information en français about the era and the reign)
• Liste des Monarques de France (avec dates et images!)
• Henri IV de France
• St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (on Wikipedia)
• la Reine Margot - click HERE for information on her life and on the movie
• Cardinal-duc de Richelieu (on Wikipedia)
Alfred de Musset and George Sand
- "Tristesse" on FrenchToday.com and on Poésie.webnet
- Musset's poetry as inspired by his relationship with Sand (and other biographical info)
- Musset on Wikipedia
- links for the film Impromptu: DVD on Amazon ; good quotes from the film ; described on Wikipedia ; YouTube clips
• J. Norstad's trip to Paris, 2006 (Notre Dame, Ste. Chapelle, Le Louvre, Giverny, la Sorbonne et son quartier, le Jardin du Luxembourg, la Seine)
• Paris Metro map and all about the Paris Metro on Wikipedia (in English)
• Paris Metro on Wikipedia en français
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 Hollywood version, Charles Laughton)
• Short, high-speed time-lapse video of Paris scenes -- wonderful
• Paris storefront images
• Tour Paris! 360° view, short, major tourist spots, including up in La Tour Eiffel!
• Excellent Hyperlapse short vimeo of Paris... wonderful!
• Catherine Ousselin's Paris Project Info
HECTOR GUIMARD Art Nouveau
• Guimard's Metro entrances and other Art Nouveau in Paris: Paris Breakfasts blog
• on GreatBuildings.com: Paris Metro Entrances
• Hector Guimard article on Wikipedia EN FRANÇAIS
• Hector Guimard article on Wikipedia (in English)
• Metro Entrances: blog posts by Peter In Paris
• Hector Guimard at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris
• Metro entrances in Montréal, Québec, CA
• Art Nouveau "Anatomy of an Exhibition" , National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
PROVENCE et PAGNOL
• Marcel Pagnol -- biographie
• photo d'Orane Demazis
• Aigues Mortes en photos & Aigues Mortes info wikipedia.com
Le Saint Nicolas en Lorraine
• video 1
• video 2
• video 3
LA FETE DES ROIS
• les fèves
• les couronnes
• galette 1, galette 2, RECETTE galette
• galette des rois: préparation (vidéo chez Marmiton)
• Los Tres Reyes (images)
• Los Tres Reyes en Espagne (images)
Blog entries in English about La Fête et la Galette des Rois
• WCS: Another American in France
• Are we in Paris yet?
• Feeding the Saints (with easy recipe adapted for American kitchens)
• Los Tres Reyes en Espagne (Mitchell is Moving)
• La Cabalgata de los tres reyes (Mitchell is Moving)
Videos about La Fête des Rois
•chez CommeUneFrancaise.com•making the South-of-France version: the Brioche cake w/candied fruits
• "Une tradition qui perdure": Dans une boulangerie/pâtisserie
• Raymond Blanc, pâtissier qui prépare la Galette
• We Three Kings (carol)
• 12 Days of Christmas (carol)
• 5-minute video (in French) featuring les fèves, especially
• Les Fêtes en France (in English)-- La Fête des Rois
PÂQUES
• courte vidéo: La légende des cloches de Pâques
• Lapin en gibelotte (Living the Life in Saint Aignan • Ken Broadhurst)
SÈVRES
• Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres on Wikipedia
• Site Officiel du Ministère de la Culture: Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
• La Ville de Sèvres, Wikipedia
• Musée National de Céramique Sèvres
WINE and VINEYARDS
• Chablis -- the real thing (thanks to Ken Broadhurst, Living the Life in Saint-Aignan)
FONTAINEBLEAU
• aerial view of château and grounds
• images of the forêt in different seasons
• site officiel du château
• Michelin map of Fontainebleau and Essonne area (to see Milly-la-foret and Oncy-sur-ecole)
SPORT
- FFF.fr (Fédération Française de Football?)
- FIFA.fr (I don't know what it stands for, but it's the world-wide Football website... this is the version en français, you can also click somewhere on the site to get the version en anglais; You can find the websites of all of the teams around the world up at the top where it says "Associations")
- Roland Garros (site officiel du "French Open")
- LeTour.fr (site officiel du Tour de France)
- HockeyFrance.com (site officiel de Hockey sur glace en France)
- FranceGolf.fr (site officiel de Golf en France)
Harry Potter en français:
• Names and special Harry Potter-related words expressed in French
• Harry Potter International: Many HP terms in numerous languages
• OMNIGLOT: sources for buying all HP books in other languages
• WIKIPEDIA: about translating Hp books
• Auberge Nicolas Flamel à Paris
• another website with la maison de Nicolas Flamel, the oldest house in Paris
• HARRY POTTER- le site d'un collège à Grenoble, en France
--> Les Quiz de Hedwige
La TV et la radio sur Internet
• Valérie Damidot de D&Co
• Qui est Marc-Olivier Fogiel?
• Mouette Géante: vidéo
• list of French stations accessible online
• Radio Garden: online stations around the globe
Voyager
• How to understand the French SNCF website (for English speakers)
• Voyages-SNCF (French railway system website for booking travel)
• Le Glamping: Glamour-Camping: camping-les moulins / article on Le Glamping
• les 5 meilleures plages de France
• vacances en camping-car
LA MUSIQUE CONTEMPORAINE (NOTE: paroles means lyrics)
• A Bout de Souffle (Sexion d'Assaut) video - paroles
• Désolé (Sexion d'Assaut) vidéo - paroles
• Avant qu'elle parte (Sexion d'Assaut) video et paroles
• Amour Du Sol (Yelle) video - paroles - "A Cause des Garcons" (Yelle) Dance Tecktonik
• Un Peu de Blues (Christophe Maé) video - paroles - site officiel
• Elle Habite Paris (Christophe Maé) video with paroles
• Si Tu Savais (Shy'm) video - paroles
• Apprends-moi (Superbus) video - paroles
• Moustache (Twin Twin) video - paroles in French and English (some mistakes in French grammar) -- French paroles correct grammar
• Moustache - Acoustic version (Twin Twin) video
• Uptown Funk sur Yahoo.fr
• On s'fait du mal (Black M) video -- paroles (ATTENTION: many grammar errors)
STUDY ABROAD
• Truman State University: Practical Information for studying abroad
• Truman Sate University: Study Abroad Programs (country list)
• Truman State University: Summer and Internship programs
• EXCELLENT ARTICLE: studying abroad options and doing a degree program in France
• Dual BA Program between Columbia University (NYC) and Sciences-Po (France: Reims-- first two years of study is in Reims, France; classes are taught in both English and French)
• Live the Language: Paris (EF Study Abroad video)
• Live the Language: London (EF Study Abroad video)
• Live the Language: Barcelona (EF Study Abroad video)
LA VIE QUOTIDIENNE (Everyday Life Issues) for Expats (most from Jennifer Wagner's ielanguages.com website)
• Getting PACSed or Married
• Doctors and Health Insurance
• Driving / Drivers License / Buying a Car
• Permis de Conduire -- Reading Street Signs in France
• Carte de Séjour (Residency Permits)
• à Niceet Placards/Salle de Bains / Plantes
• Winter Holidays
• Collège et Lycée St. Joseph, Mesnières-en-Bray
• Planète Métiers Picardie
• vending machine baguettes
• 15e arrondissement: images on Ken Broadhurst's blog, Living the Life in Saint-Aignan
• CLICHÉ: les stereotypes des français vus par les étrangers
• French Street signs/panneaux (a photo set of Jeff Steiner)
• Passport: Replacing a lost or stolen U.S. passport while in France (thanks to author Ann Mah)
• SeLoger.com (for finding apartments to rent or buy in France)
• Moving to France (a four-part tutorial from the blog Chez Loulu)
• French Entrée.com - Expats Living in France-- Guides, and tons of info for moving to France
• French High School Students: a day in the life (8-minute video)
• Article: What speaking two languages does to the brain. (It's good for us!)