The Field of the Cloth of Gold (le Camp du Drap d’Or) is an outrageously ambitious and romantic name. And it commemorates an outrageously ambitious and romanti...
A guide to French Architecture? Who needs that I thought before I spent so much time in France. I had no idea how many different types of architectural styles ...
French Gothic cathedrals are one of the great glories of the country. They dominate the landscape, testimony to an extraordinary architectural movement. A trav...
It’s generally agreed that the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in south west France is one of the great sacred sites of France. But then what? How do you clas...
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the world’s great art works, never failing to impress however many times you see it. Almost 1,000 years old, it's an astonishing ...
The Calais Dragon (Le Dragon de Calais) is the latest star in France. So if you haven’t met him yet, what's he all about?
The Calais Dragon lives on the be...
French Tapestry has a long and visible history that stretches from the Middle Ages to today's surprising art works. Large museums, and little unexpected ones d...
The Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse by guest writer Mary Johns.
The Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse has over the centuries been a place which took both the body and...
The Armistice Museum and Memorial is surprisingly little known to the general public - even in France. It's an important site: it was here that the armistice t...
In a forest in northern Burgundy, you’ll come across a unique project – the building of the medieval castle of Guédelon. This is not a restoration projec...
