Jublains is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. Jublains, formerly spelled Jubleins, is the site of ancient Noeodunum (also spelled Noiodunum or Noviodunum), the capital of the ancient Gallic tribe of the Diablintes, later occupied and settled by Romans and called Civitas Diablintum. Noeodunum (Νοιόδουνον in Greek language sources), was the chief […]
Detail InformationEdit Construction of the Chateau de Guermantes in Lagny-Sur-Marne, Seine et Marne, France, was undertaken by Claude Viole (died 1638), whose family had possessed the fief of “Le Chemin” since the mid sixteenth century. Paulin Pondre (1650-1723) purchased the property in 1698. He engaged Jules Hardouin-Mansart for renovations to the building, completed in 1710 […]
Detail InformationEdit La Cigale is a theater at 120, boulevard de Rochechouart near Place Pigalle, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The theatre is part of a complex that is connected to Le Trabendo and the Boule Noire. The hall can accommodate 1389 people (for concerts where the audience is standing) or 954 people (for […]
Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gaulish tribes allied with the Aedui, and after Julius Caesar’s conquest a Roman town in Gaul. There have been archeological excavations since the time of Napoléon III in Alise-Sainte-Reine in Côte d’Or near Dijon, which have claimed that the historical Alesia is located there. Earlier […]
Coutances is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. Capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town took the name of Constantia in 298 during the reign of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus. The surrounding region, called in Latin the pagus Constantinus subsequently became known as the Cotentin Peninsula. The town […]
Bernay is a commune in the west of the Eure department about fifty km from Évreux in northern France. The city is in the Pays d’Ouche and the Lieuvin. On its territory run the Charentonne, a tributary of the Risle and the Cosnier. The etymological origin of Bernay indicates that it is a marshy place, […]
Saint-Nazaire is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The town has a major harbour, on the right bank of the Loire River estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean. The town is at the south of the second-largest swamp in France, called “la Brière”. Given its location, Saint-Nazaire has a long tradition of fishing […]
India /Maharashtra /Sindhudurg /Vengurla The ways of nature are strange and the methods of poetic justice are amusingly bizarre. A great civilization is grounded to dust in a fortnight as the Mayan’s realized at the cost of own existence and some obscure villages and cities become the focus of attention just because of one act […]
Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, was the capital of the Aedui and one of the most important hillforts in Gaul. It was situated near modern Autun in Burgundy, France. The material culture of the Aedui corresponded to the Late Iron Age La Tene culture. In 58 BC, at the Battle of Bibracte, Julius […]
Beauvais is a city approximately 79 kilometres (49 mi) by highway north of central Paris, in the northern French region of Picardie. It currently has a population of over 60,000 inhabitants. Beauvais was known to the Romans as Bratuspantium, a Gaulish name, and by the Gallo-Roman name of Caesaromagus. The post-Renaissance Latin rendering is Bellovacum […]