#Memory of France

[heritagebrowser]

The Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes is a Gothic royal chapel within the fortifications of the Château de Vincennes on the east edge of Paris, France. It was inspired by the Sainte-Chapelle, the royal chapel within the Palais de la Cité in Paris. It was begun in 1379 by Charles V of France to house relics of the Passion of Christ. It is no longer used as a church, and is now a French historical monument operated by the Centre des monuments nationaux.

Here on display the side chapel with the tombe of the Duc d'Enghien who was executed in 1804. (He was charged , innocently it seemed afterwards, to be involved complotting against First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte.) The sculpture is made by Pierre Louis Deseine in 1824.

[learnelle]

Autumn is here ! 🍂 Currently sick in bed with a cup of tea, looking at pictures I took recently and praying that I’ll get better before my Saturday morning flight to Ireland 🤧

[harritudur]

The ROMAN THEATRE OF ORANGE (Vaucluse, France) is the best preserved Roman theatre in Europe.

Built in the 1st century AD, it served the Roman colony of Arausio which was founded in 40 BC. The stage, which is 61 meters (200 ft) long and raised about one meter from the ground, is backed by a 37-meter-high (121 ft) wall whose height has been preserved completely. It is decorated with low reliefs commemorating the establishment of the Pax Romana, the central niche contains a monumental statue of the emperor Augustus. Mime, pantomime, poetry readings were the dominant forms of entertainment. Today, it is still used as its former function, primarily for opera and plays, alongside its use as a tourist spot.

[ancestorsalive]

Gavrinis is a small island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France. It contains the Gavrinis tomb, a Neolithic passage tomb built around 4200–4000 BC, making it one of the world's oldest surviving buildings. Stones inside the passage and chamber are covered in megalithic art. It is likened to other Neolithic passage tombs such as Barnenez in Brittany and Newgrange in Ireland.

[nobeerreviews]

The only things you ever really have are the ones you hold inside your heart.

-- Bruce Coville

(Paris)

[kan-be]

bunch of very old and not so comms I never posted for some reason but still like 😇 the more recent ones were made for @raven6229 and @frog-frussy !!! the owners of the old ones are lost in IG im afraid......

[eretzyisrael]

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[poliodeuces]

stairway to heaven

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edit: i don't know if it's just from my phone, or it's tumblr compression, but this looks unfortunately so so blurry. better quality on my twitter 💥

[ahorrorstorycircle]

The first episode of 'American Horror Story' aired 13 years ago.

[emaadsidiki]

Arc de Triompheミ Parisミ Franceミ

[kropotkindersurprise]

June 8, 2025 - A reportback by Young Struggle of the huge antifascist rally in commemoration of Clément Mèric, an antifascist who was murdered by nazis in Paris on June 5, 2013. [video]

[willyhoos]

this is my favorite scene in the game because its just italy trying to make things as confusing and frightening as possible for reasons that end up benefiting NO ONE in the end

[hiddenwwi]

German chapel at abandoned mountain battlefield - Tete des Faux battlefield on the Vosges front of Southern Alsace

[crownedstoat]

The trumpets fade and the grass regrows but the field never forgets what happened so long ago.

[poliodeuces]

dottore doodles

[bignaz8]

The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery lies about 150 miles northeast of Paris. It is the largest American military cemetery in Europe.

Within these 130 acres are the remains of more than 14,200 American servicemen and women, most of them who died in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918, along with nearly 1,000 names on the Walls of the Missing.

Among the honored was 21-year-old flying ace Frank Luke, Jr., an Arizona territory native known as the "Balloon Buster", is credited with 19 aerial victories, ranking him second among USAAS pilots during WW1, after Eddie Rickenbacker. Luke was the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor.

I visited this cemetery and his grave in August 1988 and knelt at his grave. Those 130 acres are US territory, and the feeling when entering the cemetery gave me a feeling of pride, honor, and remembrance. I am thankful these men lived to secure the freedoms we enjoy today.

I also walked through the remains of the trenches in the Argonne forest, where my great uncle fought bravely. Bone fragments were still visible in the eroded dirt walls.

Remember, freedom is never free.