France and its culture

• Overview 1. LITERATURE 2. ARCHITECT 3. CUISINE 4. MUSIC 5. CINEMA 6. FASHION & LUXURY 7. FESTIVAL • France, officially French Republic, is a founding member state of the European Union and is the largest one by area. • France possesses the fifth largest economy by nominal GDP, seventh largest econnomy by purchasing power parity. • France is the most visited country in the world • Prime Minister: Francois Fillon • President: Nicolas Sarkozy • Independence Day: 14/7 • Population: 65.4 milions people France is the 20 th most populous country in the world. • Monetary unit: Euro • Regions: 22 administrative regions, which are then divided into departments • Capital: Paris • Other large cities: Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux,… Total Area: 211,209 sq mi (547,030 sq km) Marianne is a symbol of French Republic. She is an iconic image of freedom and Republic first appeared in the French Revolution. • Language  French is the third-largest of the Romance languages in terms of the number of native speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese.  French is spoken in France , Canada , Switzerland , Monaco, Niger , Vietnam , Central African Republic, Madagascar and other countries.  40% to 50% of English vocabulary comes from French • Law:  France uses a civil legal system  As Guy Canivet wrote about the management of prisons: “Freedom is the rule, and its restriction is the exception; any restriction of Freedom must be provided for by Law and must follow the principles of necessity and proportionality”  French law is divided into two principal areas: private law and public law. Victor Hugo was a poet, novelist, and dramatist and the most important French Romantic writer of the 19th Century. Hugo is best known for his novels " Notre-Dame de Paris" (1831) and "Les Miserables" (1862). “Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet” —Victor Hugo He was a famous French writer. The works of his famous novels such as Three Musketeers guy, Earl Monte Cristo French writer is actually the biggest first half of 19th century master of realistic fiction. He is the author of the novel game away massive attack (La Comedie humaine). [...]... film festival and is held in May each year in Cannes, in the South of France The Roland Garros stadium plays host to the second grand Slam tennis tournament that takes place in Paris at the end of May every year The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries Nice city in the south of France , receives more than 45,000 visitors each year, between musicians and spectators... exquisite cuisine and rich The French very seriously and gourmet food French cuisine by famous wine, cheese and other dishes such as snails or fat foie gras Champagne is a province located in the northeast of France , and is well known for its famous white wine • Paris is still very own coffee and famous coffee shops, coffee in this diversity of types and forms of service • French chocolate is one of... castles in Europe and the world, in 1979 it was UNESCO on the World Heritage List Centre GeorgesPompidou is a cultural center and museum located in a large district 4 Beaubourg, Paris , France Centre Pompidou today welcomed about 5.3 million visitors each year, the third largest tourist attraction in Paris after the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower France is a country with exquisite cuisine and rich The French... … • French music is a mixture of a variety of music styles: a bit of Latin America, Africa and Asian music • French Opera is also well known The first opera is thought to be "Akébar roi du Mogol", with Jean-Baptiste Lully French cinema is art and film industry of France, the oldest cinema in the world France and Italy are the two leading nations of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film,... considered the fashion capital of the world Here the focus of the famous designer, the fashion show important and high-fashion shops Paris Fashion Week is a famous fashion week held semiannually in Paris, France with Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter event held each year • The French have a long tradition and skills in the art of making perfumes • Some Perfume manufacturers are Chanel, Lancome, Dior Parfums…... a museum of art and history located in District 1, Paris , France Is located in the historic center city, the river Seine , the Louvre was originally a fortress by King Philippe Auguste built in 1190 Versailles castle is located in the western city of Paris at Versailles, Versailles castle is a symbol of supreme power of the feudal dynasties France Versailles is one of the largest and most beautiful... 16th, 1961, in France  His first novel is If Only it Were True  Best-seller : • Will you be There?, 2001 • Seven Days for an Eternity, 2003 • In Another Life, 2004 • Finding You… Eiffel Tower is an iron structure on the park Champ-de-Mars It’s worked by Gustave Eiffel and his colleagues built the World Exhibition in 1889 It’s 325 meters in high Eiffel Tower is the world's tallest building and maintaining . after the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower. France is a country with exquisite cuisine and rich. The French very seriously and gourmet food. French cuisine by famous wine, cheese and other dishes. in the northeast of France , and is well known for its famous white wine • Paris is still very own coffee and famous coffee shops, coffee in this diversity of types and forms of service spoken in France , Canada , Switzerland , Monaco, Niger , Vietnam , Central African Republic, Madagascar and other countries.  40% to 50% of English vocabulary comes from French • Law:  France