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Showing posts with label histoire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label histoire. Show all posts
Monday, 3 October 2016

The CIA chateau

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Well, we even have our very own castle here, the chateau de Pourtales! With a rich history. Built in 1784, called after Mélanie, countess...
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Monday, 4 July 2016

The 1776 BREXIT

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Yes, they did it 240 years, exiting Great Britain (not the EU, lol!). And 150 years ago, the first US general consulate opened in Strasbo...
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Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Another bloody Valentine

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1347. The Plague. The Black Death. In Strasbourg. Who's fault was it? Not the rats. Not the lack of hygiene. No, it was the Jews, the...
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Monday, 14 March 2016

That girl from Domremy

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Yes, you probably saw some movies about her, or studied her at school. Saint Joan of Arc (to Catholics), the national symbol of France par...
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Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Petite France + syphilis...

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Poetic, no? Although...  The name Petite-France ("Little France") was not given for patriotic or architectural reasons. It comes...
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