Since the Napoleonic era, France has long prided itself on being a major European military power. Although France no longer ...

Those watching the cultural news of the past week probably saw the festivities in France on July 14, Bastille Day, which is ...

We Americans have long enjoyed certain guaranteed constitutional rights, so it’s hard to imagine being imprisoned without a notice of the accusation, or a trial, or a chance to confront the witnesses.

Impressionist artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) was from a wealthy Parisienne family. He grew up near the area of the St ...

Then it was time to pack and catch the flight home. It was a lifetime of memories packed in a few days in a city that never ...

Pharrell Williams has received France's highest civilian recognition after being named a Knight of the Legion of Honor.

After the 1789 revolution, a new calendar and a new way of Divide the day. The calendar, officially adopted on ...

Alongside her husband, British designer Charles Frederick Worth, Marie Vernet revolutionized the fashion industry.

France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the ...

France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the ...

He joins figures like Mandela and Bob Dylan in receiving this prestigious distinction.