As the emblem of Lyon, Lion shares the same French pronunciation as the city name. “Avant! Avant! Lion le melhor!” Louis Vlll le Lion, the King of France, supported Lyonnais bourgeoisie to revolt against the clergy in 1269. The slogan became the motto of Lyon, symbolising the four characters of this great feline: nobility, strength, resistance, and courage. The story of Lugdunum began in 43 B.C., nine years after Caesar had conquered Gaul. Lucius Munatius Plancus, the governo

Have you ever watched “La Sortie des ouvriers de l'usine Lumière”, the world’s first motion picture? Since Louis and Auguste Lumière, two...

The word “lavender” is derived from the Latin word “lavare”, which means “to wash”, implying its healing property for cleansing and...

As an outdoor project commissioned by the Ville d’Antibes and the Picasso Museum, the Nomade is settled at the top terrace of Bastion...

After Vatican City, Monaco is the second smallest sovereign state globally. With an area of 2.02 km², the approximate 39,000 population...

“Menton” literally means “chin” in French, which indicates its southern position in France. Sitting on the Mediterranean Sea, between the...

To savour the city’s unparalleled lifestyle thoroughly? Under the heatwave, as the Niçois dialect said, “M'en bati, Sieu Nissart,”...

From his first visit to Corsica in 1898, trips on Algeria, Spain, Italy and Morocco, to his regular residence in Nice between 1917 and...

Discovered by the Greek sailors from Phocaea, the Phocaean city has forged its personality over the millennia. Constructed as a sunken...

Art legacy spread around France. Its richness is as much as the “Water Lilies” by the French Impressionist Claude Monet. Depicting his...