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      <image:caption>The oriflamme handed to a marshal at Saint-Denis. Drawing from the Gaignières collection (17th c., after a lost medieval original). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The archaeological crypt where Saint-Denis was supposedly buried, along with people who wanted to be buried near him © History with Myra</image:caption>
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      <image:title>explore paris - A place where stories never die — Père Lachaise - As we enter a record breaking heat this summer, I am bringing you to a place where you might find some shade and nature. It is one of my favorite places in Paris: Père Lachaise Cemetery.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>A drawing of the Castle on Mont-Louis, © Benoit Chain</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Cemetery of the Innocents, © Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Greffulhe family vault, © Douglas Keister</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>For your first journey with me, I am taking you to the Jardin du Luxembourg. This magnificent garden is arguably Parisians' favourite, and it is also mine. Walk around and you will see a cocktail of tourists and locals sitting on chairs, chatting, reading, playing chess, and playing tennis — all the while important laws are being voted on in the Senate (picture above).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Portrait of Marie de' Medici by Frans Pourbus the Younger, Musée du Louvre. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption>
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      <image:title>explore paris - The Garden of the Queen(s) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>explore paris - The Garden of the Queen(s) - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>pages 110-117</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>page 84</image:caption>
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      <image:title>explore france - Gem of the West Coast - La Rochelle - It had been a long time coming for me to finally visit La Rochelle. When you study French history, the city is a recurring one you hear. It was a fiercely independent port, a Protestant stronghold, and a city with a heavy role in the slave trade and French expansion to the Americas. There is a lot to reconcile when you visit, and I think the city has done a fairly good job of offering something to a very wide range of visitors. The tourist office counts around 3 million visits a year across the destination, which surprised me because you would assume La Rochelle is more of a French secret. But it isn’t; alongside French tourists, there was an array of British, Dutch, German, American, and Spanish tourists. Photo by Guillaume QL on Unsplash</image:title>
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      <image:title>explore france - Gem of the West Coast - La Rochelle</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo by Romain HUNEAU on Unsplash</image:caption>
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      <image:title>explore france - Gem of the West Coast - La Rochelle - © J. Chauvet</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Painting of the slave ship Le Saphir, painted in 1741, showing the slaves and sailors praying to Christ because of the lack of wind which stalled the ship during its second trip to 136 days instead of the half, resulting in the deaths of 54 captives and 16 sailors. The ship then arrived in Saint-Domingue. © Wikimedia Commons</image:caption>
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      <image:title>explore france - Gem of the West Coast - La Rochelle - Click on the picture for NicoLaRochelle’s tiktok videos which I found very interesting while visiting the city. He showcases fun facts of the city and mostly all the places I talked about above.</image:title>
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