French culture
The French Flag
The flag is known as the Tricolour. On the flag, the colour white represents the King. It was the traditional colour of the House of Bourbon, who ruled in France from the late 16th Century until the French Revolution. Red and Blue in the flag represents the city of Paris. Revolutionaries in Paris traditionally flew red and blue they also wore blue and red cockades (ribbons) on their hats when they stormed the Bastille in 1789.
The Country of France
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There are 40 major Provinces of France. The two you will visit is Île-de-France (Paris) and Provence-Alpes-Cote-D'Azur (Cannes). They are approximately 907 km away from each other.
France is located in the Continent of Europe and is one of the six French-speaking countries of the continent.
The Capital of France is Paris, which you will get to visit on your trip!
France is located in the Continent of Europe and is one of the six French-speaking countries of the continent.
The Capital of France is Paris, which you will get to visit on your trip!
Language of France
France is one of the six countries that speak French in the continent of Europe. There are officially 29 countries that speak this language. French is often considered a romance language. French was influenced by native Celtic languages of the Roman Gaul. French is written with the 26 letters of the basic Latin script, which is the same as English. French has four diacritics that only appear on vowels (circumflex accent, acute accent, grave accent, diaeresis) and the cedilla appearing in "ç". There are also two ligatures, "œ" and "æ".
French Celebrities
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Some of the most common celebrities in France are the painters. Although there are other celebrities in France other than artists. However the artists like van Gogh are the most well known. Here are 7 of the many famous French artists to go down in history.(for more info please see, http://blog.biographyonline.net/2009/12/top-10-french-artists.html.)
Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) - Impressionist painter. The term impressionism stemmed from Monet's influential work 'Impression, Sunrise' (Impression, soleil levant). Monet's paintings frequently depicted nature in impressionist style.
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) - Post impressionist painter. Began his career in the impressionist mould but developed new innovative styles, providing a bridge between Nineteenth Century art and the cubist / modern art of Twentieth Century.
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Post impressionist painter, who contributed to the growth of avant-garde painting. Gauguin had a temperamental relationship with Van Gogh
August Renoir (1841–1919) Impressionist painter. Renoir played a key role in the development of impressionist painter. He was attracted to depicting human beauty and scenes of human society.
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) Impressionist and post-impressionist painter. A very influential figure for both impressionists and the new generation of post impressionist painters.Edgar Degas (1834–1917) Considered a forerunner of impressionism. He preferred the term 'realist' Degas was interested in depicting movement in art.
Édouard Manet - (1832–1883) Manet contributed to the schools of 'Realism' and 'Impressionism' - playing a key role in the transformation to impressionism and modern art.Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878) Traditional landscape painter who was also seen as an important pre-cursor to impressionism.Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) Romantic painter, inspired by the Venetian Renaissance painters and Rubens. Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) Painter and sculptor associated with Dadism.
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) - Post impressionist painter noted for boldness and vivid paintings. Born in Netherlands, he lived many years in France.
Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) - Impressionist painter. The term impressionism stemmed from Monet's influential work 'Impression, Sunrise' (Impression, soleil levant). Monet's paintings frequently depicted nature in impressionist style.
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) - Post impressionist painter. Began his career in the impressionist mould but developed new innovative styles, providing a bridge between Nineteenth Century art and the cubist / modern art of Twentieth Century.
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Post impressionist painter, who contributed to the growth of avant-garde painting. Gauguin had a temperamental relationship with Van Gogh
August Renoir (1841–1919) Impressionist painter. Renoir played a key role in the development of impressionist painter. He was attracted to depicting human beauty and scenes of human society.
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) Impressionist and post-impressionist painter. A very influential figure for both impressionists and the new generation of post impressionist painters.Edgar Degas (1834–1917) Considered a forerunner of impressionism. He preferred the term 'realist' Degas was interested in depicting movement in art.
Édouard Manet - (1832–1883) Manet contributed to the schools of 'Realism' and 'Impressionism' - playing a key role in the transformation to impressionism and modern art.Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878) Traditional landscape painter who was also seen as an important pre-cursor to impressionism.Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) Romantic painter, inspired by the Venetian Renaissance painters and Rubens. Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) Painter and sculptor associated with Dadism.
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) - Post impressionist painter noted for boldness and vivid paintings. Born in Netherlands, he lived many years in France.
Traditions of the French People
The culture of France is so unique and so hard to describe the true essence of what it is really like there, I have to say, I'm not even going to try. instead here are a few good sites about the culture and travel tips.http://www.livescience.com/39149-french-culture.html
http://www.justlanded.com/english/France/Articles/Culture/Social-customs-in-France
http://www.justlanded.com/english/France/Articles/Culture/Social-customs-in-France
Population
France's population is about, 65.8 million people. For more information on population and other statistics please see, http://www.worldpopulationstatistics.com/france-population-2013/.
Scenic sites.
Most of the major scenic sites in France are already covered in the tour. So do not worry, you wont miss out on all the fun. For more information please see the specific packages.