Interesting things in France.?

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SiD

How about the Millau Bridge - an absolutely fantastic piece of engineering. The Millau Viaduct is currently the longest and tallest cable-stayed bridge in the world, in fact the highest bridge of any kind in the World.

Leigh W

There are SO many things interesting in France!!! I spent my summers there in high school, and got to know the country as a tourist and as a french person because I stayed with the same family year after year. The top things that interested me were:

1. The CASTLES - Chambord was the BEST and most gorgeous. Versailles is the most famous. You can easily find things out about the castles on the internet.
2. NOTRE DAME Cathedral - GORGEOUS - tons of Roman Catholic history. Architecturally amazing.
3. ART - The Louvre Museum. I have read that you could spend 2 full weeks in The Louvre and never see the same piece of art twice.
4. The Wine obviously accompanied by the food.
5. The FASHION HISTORY - The House of Chanel? Coco Chanel - love it!
6. The Moulin Rouge - party establishment royal under the big windmill. Amazing history readily available for you on the web.

Good luck!

Loo

hey hi,
First i'd like to say that YEAH we do have interesting things in France!!! And second we do take bath and we are probably cleaner than some of ya guys...it's so tiring to read things like french people do not wash, or french gals does not shave...give it a break ...at this point that is sad... I hope u find a good subject maybe like our traditions or our myths and legends!!!
kisses from france

bernice l

the museums. the bridges and most of all the people.

Gizelle S

There are many interesting things to discuss about France. Instead of talking about the Eiffel tourâ€¦Talk about the creator of the Tower: Mr. Eiffel himself.
You can talk about the history: Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis 16th, and Queen Antoinetteâ€¦are all very interesting topics.
Paris Architecture is another topic that I like. If all that is too serious then go with â€œla bande dessineeâ€ = Comics. Itâ€™s very big in France.
Bonne Chance :)

pin ball

france is a wonderful and very civilised country. there are so many interesting things about france such as the millau bridge. there is the ferias in towns such as Dax, bezier and mon de marsan. how about the lascaux caves. sorry spelling could be wrong . then theres the first world war zones in nothern france. the Vaux fort or verdun. there is so much of interest in france. good luck with yor project

JustCurious

The wine trade?

wave

how about the highest/tallest bridge in the world somewhere in southern france the millau bridge.

As i understood it, it is the highest bridge in the world and designed by a british archictect however wikipedia thinks differently.

Sophie

'The french exception' is really interesting.
Mostly when populations have a 'western' diet (high salt, high sugar, highly-processed eg lots of white refined flour in cakes, bread etc) they have corresponding high rates of heart disease and cancer. But France is a real exception. Low rates of heart disease and lower body weight even though their diet is really rich and they drink quite a lot and regularly. If food/diet interests you it could be a good one.

Veronica Alicia

Something which probably hasn't been done is a study of French artists and including the areas they chose to paint, many of which are little known to Brits, like Pont Aven with its water mills, in Brittanny, or the thriving artists community around St. Tropez.
Another project is something like exploring the contrasting Towns of France, from Cannes (all the glitz of the Film Festival) to the fabulous places in the Alps, to the amazing modern mini-Venice of Port Grimaud (I'd love to have a pad and boat there) and its transformation from a mosquito-ridden swamp.
What about the cuisine of each area? From the Routiers to restaurants of renown. (those yummy oysters and Palourdes farcis from Riec sur Belon!)

It's a Country of such contrasts that I'm sure you could find different avenues of study without difficulty.

deni

Some ideas of subjects for your project:

1. Moulin Rouge - A nightclub in the Montmartre quarter of Paris is world famous. The cancan will always be associated with the Moulin Rouge. Nicole Kidman starred in a recent movie based on the club. It has been around since the 1880, so should be lots of stories to tell.
2. The empire of the dead - The Catacombes in Paris is home to millions of skulls and bones, and was home to huge parties hosted by Charles X and was headquarters for the French Resistance in WW II.
3. The Palace and Gardens of Versailles - A huge palace and vast gardens. Started as a modest hunting lodge for the King until Louis XIV decided to build the largest palace in Europe.
4. The Latin Quarter - An ancient neighborhood between the Seine and the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. It is full of schools, students, cafes, bookshops, and tourists. The Sorbonne maintains much of its old character and some streets date back to the 13th century.
5. A Shared History - History of the Alsace and Lorraine areas and how they went back and forth between Germany and France. You can clearly see the German influence in the architecture of the area towns.

semper_paratus_1776

The village that time has not forgotten. I have been there. It is frozen in time. In southwest France near Limoges.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E2D61330F936A35752C0A961958260

Cabal

You could make a study of how the no wash is a lie. The Economist magazine, which you cannot accuse of being pro-French, published an article after the latest survey. The survey showed that French used half less soap as the rest of the Europeans... but washed as much. How come? Because the study did not take into account unperfumed all purpose soap, which the French use as much as the perfumed kind to wash (it is called Savon de Marseille and you still find it among the perfumed soaps). That would make a nice change from the usual French bashing.

Anita F

A beatufil thing in paris is the eifel tower..

Pepper of the Moon

There is nothing interesting in France apart from food & wine

Christine <3

why don't you study how none of the parisians bathe.

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