During the second part of the 16th century, the Regent of France named Catherine de Medicis at the time, had the Tuileries Palace built on wilderness lands neighbouring the Louvre. Today, from that royal and imperial mansion only gardens remain. In fact, the monument was burnt during the Paris Commune of 1871, a social conflict… Read more »
In 1899 Paris city has organised a World’s fair, a true showcase of the French expertise. It represented an opportunity for Gustave Eiffel to imagine and devise the famous tower which became a symbol for the capital. At the end of the 19th century the Eiffel Tower is an architectural and technological achievement and the… Read more »
Comédie musicale rendue célèbre par le film éponyme sorti en 1978 et mettant en scène Olivia Newton-John et John Travolta, Grease est devenu le symbole de la jeunesse américaine des années 1950. C’est en 1971 que la pièce est créée à Chicago avant d’être jouée plus de 3300 fois à Broadway dès l’année suivante. Depuis,… Read more »