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Lettres des Jeux olympiques (Letters from the Olympic Games) is a correspondence between the French journalist and politician Charles Maurras and Gustave Janicot, editor-in-chief of La Gazette de France written between April 8 and May 3, 1896. The letters are then collected on 1901 in the book Anthinéa.
Asterix at the Olympic Games is the 12th comic book album in the Asterix series.Serialized in Pilote issues 434–455 in 1968 (to coincide with the Mexico City Olympics), it was translated into English in 1972 (to coincide with the Munich Olympics).
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition ...
Patrick Guerrand-Hermès (25 September 1932 – 13 August 2024) was a French-Moroccan sports businessman and billionaire. [1] He is noted for his involvement with Morocco and redevelopment there, most notably the redevelopment of the Aïn Kassimou in Marrakesh in the 1980s, a villa built for Leo Tolstoy 's daughter, Olga . [ 2 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Ancient Greek deity and herald of the gods For other uses, see Hermes (disambiguation). Hermes God of boundaries, roads, travelers, merchants, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, language, oratory, wit, and messages Member of the Twelve Olympians Hermes Ingenui ...
The Jeux de la Francophonie are open to athletes and artists of the 55 member nations, 3 associate member nations and 12 observer nations of the Francophonie. Canada is represented by three teams: Quebec , New Brunswick (the only officially bilingual Canadian province), and a team representing the remainder of Canada.
Hermes measures 2.10/2.12 m, 3.70 m with the base. The right foot of Hermes is integral with a section of the base, which has undergone some adjustment in antiquity. The face and torso of Hermes are striking for their highly polished, glowing surface, which John Boardman half-jokingly attributed to generations of temple workers. [2]
In 1837, Thierry Hermès founded the Hermès company, a workshop specialized in the manufacturing of horse harnesses, on the Rue Basse du Rempart in Paris. [6] Hermès specialized in the horse harnesses required by society traps, caleches, and carriages. [7] He built his business on the strength of a stitch that could only be done by hand. [8]