#Richelieu

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「让 巴尔/黎塞留」 by 轻舞wu | Twitter

๑ Permission to reprint was given by the artist ✔.

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Richelieu, about the Inseparables: The human body has 7 trillion nerves and some people manage to get on every single one of them

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My favourite part of every euromusical is where a guy is crawling on the floor and potentially weeping (3 Musketiere, Elisabeth, TdV, MLOR; in spirit also Rebecca and Mozart) and we need more woemn to do that (but!!!! NOT because a man was mean to them!! I want them to have soulshredding existential crises that I can go 'haha gay' about)

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Franco Rubartelli - Veruschka Wearing Jewelry by Richelieu (Vogue 1966)

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Anne of Austria

Anne of Austria (1601-1666), as the wife of King Louis XIII of France (r. 1610-1643), was queen consort of France and of Navarre when the Kingdom of Navarre was annexed by the French Crown. She also acted as regent for her son, King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), during the early years of his reign.

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Une bibliothèque, c'est le carrefour de tous les rêves de l'humanité.

- Julien Green

In the heart of Paris lies a treasure trove of precious books and cultural artefacts known as the Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Richelieu. The royal library complex, once reserved for scholars and researchers, is now accessible to the general public who can visit its magnificently restored reading rooms, garden and brand new museum

The site is a stone’s throw from the Palais Royal and the Comédie-Française theatre, all once belonging to Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), close advisor and foreign secretary to King Louis XIII. A patron of the arts, Richelieu was also the founder of the Académie Française for the protection of the French language. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) has over 40 million documents across four sites, the main ones being BnF François-Mitterrand on the left bank of the Seine for printed works and audiovisual documents, and the Richelieu branch for “specialist” collections - manuscripts, drawings, antiques and precious items.

The stunning centre piece of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Richelieu is the Oval Room which is the majestic reading room. Its construction started in 1897 with architect Jean-Louis Pascal and it was inaugurated only in 1936. Nicknamed the ‘Oval Heaven’, it boasts impressive volumes: 44 metres in length, 33 metres in width and 18 metres in height. It features enchanting mosaics, gilding, ornamental paintings, painted decor and unique pieces of furniture.

Among its priceless acquisitions include, the Great Cameo of France, Dagobert’s throne and Charlemagne’s chess set. Manuscripts such as the ‘Psalter of Saint Louis’, Victor Hugo’s ‘Notre Dame de Paris’, and a score by Mozart can be seen alongside prints by artists from Rembrandt to Picasso. Perhaps the star acquisition amongst its many priceless holdings include one of the first copies of the Gutenberg Bible.

From September 2022 the Oval Room was no longer restricted to accredited academics and scholars but to general members of the public too.

I recently went there to do some scholarly research for a side project and I was enthralled by the heavenly spectacle of the Oval Room.

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French Battleship Richelieu arrives in Toulon, France from Indochina. She left for Dakar, Senegal on February 19 to repatriate a thousand Senegalese Soldiers.

Date: February 11, 1946

source, source, source, source, source, source, source

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Eternity 

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Richi

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「Jean and Richelieu」 by Liaowen | Twitter

๑ Permission to reprint was given by the artist ✔.

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鳩山井鶴

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Richelieu: I’m very generous. Remember that time I gave blood?

Treville: Whose blood?

Richelieu: Eh, some guy’s

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29 janvier 1635 : fondation de l’Académie française ➽ http://bit.ly/Fondation-Academie Ce jour-là, des lettres patentes signées de la main de Louis XIII, confirment de manière officielle la fondation de l’Académie française. C’est le cardinal de Richelieu qui quelques mois plus tôt en avait arrêté les principes

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