The town hall of Paris powders the nose of the Concorde before its major facelift
While the place threatens ruin, the City has ordered emergency restorations before the 2024 Olympic Games. More important work should...
historical monuments
Will the ban on lead sound the end of the art of stained glass in France?
By Le Figaro with AFPPublished 23 minutes ago, Update 7 minutes agoOn July 23, 2022, the French glassmaker Flavie Vincent-Petit,...
Discovery in Rome of the statue of an ancient notable dressed as Hercules
Through Simon ChernerPublished 54 minutes ago, Update just nowThe human-sized statue was discovered in recent weeks by a team from...
17th century shipwreck discovered off England finally identified
By Le Figaro with AFPPosted 1 minute ago, Update just nowAt least two cannons have already been identified at the...
12 months suspended sentence required for having vandalized the statue of Victor Hugo
The judgment of the two history students who covered the newly restored sculpture of Ousmane Sow with white paint in...
after the flights, a “titanic” inventory
By Le Figaro with AFPPosted 7 minutes ago, Update just nowAgnès Vallet, a French conservator-restorer, turns the pages of a...
towards the end of the reign of its president Catherine Pgard?
Through Amelie ComPublished 3 hours ago, Update 2 hours agoAs it stands, maintaining Catherine PRegard at the head of the...
While Versailles searches for its new president, Chambord says goodbye to its director
By Le Figaro with AFPPublished 5 minutes ago, Update just nowThe Château de Chambord on January 17, 2023. WILLIAM SOUVANT...
Heritage: these municipalities without a church
INFOGRAPHICS - For historical reasons, due to destruction during the war or due to lack of means to maintain them,...
The “JO amendment” to extend the mandate of Catherine Pgard at Versailles challenged by the Senate
Reached by the age limit, the president of the domain had to be maintained at the head of the castle...
the historic center of Odessa listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
By Le Figaro with AFPPosted 42 minutes ago, Update 33 minutes agoPeople take photos in front of the City Garden...
Catherine Pgard, the secrets of her longevity at the Palace of Versailles
Criticized when she arrived at the head of Versailles, Catherine Pégard ended up becoming a solid link among the troop...
After the sacking of Brasília by Bolsonaro supporters, the time for restoration
By Le Figaro with AFPPosted just now, Update just nowA restorer at work, on January 19, on a room damaged...
Rediscovery of a wreck explored at the bottom of Lake Titicaca by Commander Cousteau
ARCHEOLOGY - A Belgian-Bolivian mission last year unearthed the remains of a 19th century steamshipe century. Still under study, it...
A medieval Christian monastery, a lost chapter in Arab history, unearthed on an island near Dubai
ARCHEOLOGY - The vestiges of a community of ascetics, active at the time of the birth of Islam, have been...
