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France hosts "the world's biggest annual sporting event", the annual cycling race Tour de France. [37] Other popular sports played in France include: football, judo, tennis, [38] rugby union [39] and pétanque. France has hosted events such as the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, [40] the 2007 Rugby World Cup, [41] and the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [42]
The culture of Paris concerns the arts, music, museums, festivals and other entertainment in Paris, the capital city of France.The city is today one of the world's leading business and cultural centers; entertainment, music, media, fashion, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities.
Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, reine de France et ses enfants - Google Art Project.jpg 23,427 × 30,000; 241.67 MB Lucy Arbell as Queen Amahelli in Massenet's Bacchus, wide view.jpg 1,804 × 2,688; 2.34 MB
Historians date the oldest photograph to 1826 France. At least that's the oldest one that we know of today. That's when Joseph Nicéphore Niépce started experimenting with a camera obscura and ...
The cockade of France is the national ornament of France, obtained by circularly pleating a blue, white and red ribbon. It is composed of the three colors of the French flag with blue in the center, white immediately outside and red on the edge.
The Louvre is the world's largest and most famous museum, [12] [13] housing many works of art, including the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) and the Venus de Milo statue. [14] Known as the Great Louvre, it is the national museum and art gallery of France.
The Eiffel Tower seen from the Place du Trocadéro. Paris, the capital city of France, is the third most visited city in the world. [5]It has some of the world's largest and renowned museums, including the Louvre, which is the most visited art museum in the world, but also the Musée d'Orsay which, like the nearby Musée de l'Orangerie, is mostly devoted to impressionism, and Centre Georges ...
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