Online dictionary of France travel and tourism: museum

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Barbizon

French words: Barbizon , Ecole de Barbizon
alternative words: School of Barbizon, Barbizon school
keywords: museum , tourist resort , town
related web sites: http://www.barbizon-france.com , http://www.artcult.com/barbi.htm
explanation: Tiny village located 60km southeast of Paris near Fontainebleau forest, has got fame as "School of Barbizon" when many impressionist painters such as Corot, Rousseau, Millet and Daubigny settled there during 19th century. In fact, since French revolution of 1789 had condemned the main painting subject of that epoch, like portrays of rich people or mythological sceneries, man tried to draw ordinary people working in the nature. The atelier of Jean-Francois Millet who painted "The Gleaners" is now a museum.

Beaune Hospice

French words: Hospices de Beaune
alternative words: Hospice de Beaune, Hospice of Beaune, Hospices de Beaune
keywords: bourgogne , museum , tourist resort , wine
related topics: Dijon
related web sites: http://www.ot-beaune.fr , http://www.hospices-de-beaune.com , http://beaune.free.fr
explanation: Located at Beaune, in 40 km south of Dijon, the hospice of Beaune was founded in 1443 by the chancellor of Burgundy, Nicolas Rolin as a charity running hospital. The hospice had continued to receive patients until 1971 when a new hospital was built. "Hospices de Beaune", covered with polychrome tiles, stocks also about 5000 art collections, most of them offered as a donation. Each November, the hospice of Beaune organizes a charity auction of wines coming from its prestigious vintage, covering 60 hectares.

Les Invalides

French words: Les Invalides , Hôtel des Invalides , Musée de l'Armée
alternative words: Les Invalides museum, Les Invalids, Tomb of Napoleon
keywords: church , museum , paris , tourist resort
related web sites: http://www.invalides.org , http://www.paris-tourism.com/hotels/fr/object.php?idContent=33 , http://www.paris.org/Musees/Invalides/
explanation: Concerned with the fate of invalid soldiers, French king, Louis XIV decided to build a hospice for them in 1670, following the architect plan of Liberal Bruant. After its completion in 1676, a royal chapel with the famous golden dome was added in 1706. Mortuary ash of Napoleon Bonaparte, died in St Helena in 1821, was moved there in 1861. "Esplanade des Invalides", a huge terrain used for military parades, stretches to Seine river. North-west wing of the hospice is now served as a military museum.

Louvre museum

French words: Musée du Louvre , Palais du Louvre , Le Louvre
alternative words: Louvre palace, Louvre gallery, Louvre
keywords: castle , human heritage , museum , paris , tourist resort
related web sites: http://www.louvre.fr , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre , http://www.insecula.com/musee/M0001.html
explanation: Located on the northern shore of Seine river in Paris, Louvre was built as royal palace by French King, Francois 1st, in 16th century then transformed to a museum in 1793. Since 1983, Grand Louvre plan has begun with the construction of a central glass pyramid and achieved in 1997. With the surface of 160,000 m2, Louvre contains an innumerable collection of world treasures such as Mona Lisa and Venus of Milo.

Monet museum

French words: Jardin de Monet , Maison de Monet , Musée de Monet
alternative words: Claude Monet museum, Monet garden, Giverny
keywords: museum , normandy , park , tourist resort
related web sites: http://www.giverny.org/gardens/jardins.htm
explanation: Impressionism master, Claude Monet spent his life in a house at Giverny from 1883 until his death in 1926. He let make a pond on the another side of the road and drew a big lotus paint, which decorates now the gallery of Orangerie at Paris. His house becoming a museum, exposes Monet's great collection of Japanese woodcuts (Ukiyoe). Giverny is located 80 km west of Paris, near Vernon.

Orsay museum

French words: Musée d'Orsay
alternative words: Orsay gallery, Orsay
keywords: museum , paris , tourist resort
related topics: Louvre museum
related web sites: http://www.musee-orsay.fr , http://www.insecula.com/musee/M0048.html
explanation: Located on the southern shore of Seine river in Paris, Orsay museum opened in 1986 by transforming a century old railroad station. It exposes all the arts such as painting, sculpture and photography from the middle of 19th century to the WWI, especially the impressionism, in order to fill up the gap between the classic period of Louvre museum and of contemporary period of Georges Pompidou center.

Pompidou center

French words: Centre Georges Pompidou
alternative words: Centre Pompidou, Centre Georges Pompidou
keywords: museum , paris
related web sites: http://www.cnac-gp.fr , http://www.bpi.fr
explanation: Located in Beaubourg district at the center of Paris and near les Halles, Pompidou center was built between 1971 and 1977 in order to house a public information library and a contemporary art museum such as fauvism, cubism, surrealism and abstract arts. French president, Georges Pompidou was the promoter of this project. Conceived by the architects, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, the monument provoked a controversy on its refinery like aspect. The place before the center is a Mecca of street performers.

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