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ROMANIAN STUDENTS PRESENT

FRANCE

„SAINT MARY” SPECIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR HEARING IMPAIRED

BUCHAREST

FRANCE FRENCH REPUBLIC

Gallic Rooster

FRENCH FLAG

FRENCH SYMBOLS

MAP OF FRANCE

FRENCH FLAG HAS GOT THREE COLOURS: - blue is for liberty - white is for equality - red is for fraternity

FRENCH FLAG

IMPORTANT FACTS

FRENCH REPUPLIC OR RÉPULIQUE FRANÇAISE

Surface: 632 833,6 km²

Population: 65 856 601 citizens

Nationality: Frenchman, Frenchwoman

The first language: French

Capital: Paris

Currency: euro

Government: unitary semipresidential constitutional republic

President: François Hollande

Member of European Union since 1958

FRANCE AND EUROPEAN UNION

One of the founding fathers of European unity was the statesman Robert Schuman. He was a qualified lawyer. Between 1948 and 1952 he was French foreign minister. In cooperation with Jean Monnet he drew up the internationally renowned Schuman Plan. He proposed joint control of coal and steel production, the most important materials for the armaments industry. His Plan was published on 9 May 1950. This date is regarded as the birth of European Union.

„The six states signed the agreement for the European Coal and Steel Community in Paris in April 1951. In this way, Europe began as a peace initiative.”

Robert Schuman was also President of the European Parliament between 1958-1960.

http://europa.eu/about-eu/eu-history/1945 1959/foundingfathers/schuman/index_en.htm

Robert Schuman

STRASBOURG AND THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

Council of Europe European Parliament European Court of Human Rights

Geographic settlement France, including the island of Corsica, is the largest country in Western Europe. It is situated in the northwest of European mainland .The natural borders

North - English Channel West -Atlantic Ocean East - The Alps, Jura Mountains, Rhine Great River Southeast - Mediterranean Sea South - Pyrenees

Neighbours North – Belgium, Germany East – Switzerland, ItalySoutheast - MonacoSouth - Spain

Landforms

Major Landforms in France are: - Rhine Plane - Loire Valley - French Alps( the highest point in the Alps is

Mont Blanc (4807 m) - Jura Mountains - Pyrenees - Massif Central plateau - Corsica Island

Waters

Major Bodies of Water in France are:

- Seine River

- Loire River

- Meuse River

- Gulf of Lion

- Rhone River

- Bay of Biscay

- English Channel

- Mediterranean Sea

- Atlantic Ocean

- Rhine River

THE REGIONS OF FRANCE

Mainland France is divided into 27 regions and these into 101 departments. The Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to France. There are also 5 ROM (regions d’outre mer or overseas regions) also belonging to France: - French Guyana in South America, - Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean - La Reunion and Mayotte in Africa in the Indian Ocean.

http://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/france-facts.html

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

PARIS

LOUVRE MUSEUM

EIFFEL TOWERNOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL

LUXEMBOURGGARDENS

CHAMPS ELYSEES

VERSAILLE CASTLE Castle of French Kings

COTE D’AZUR

NICE SAINT TROPEZ

FRENCH ALPS

MONT SAINT-MICHEL CORSICA

FRENCH PROVENCE LAVENDER

PALAIS DE PAPES

AVIGNONPLACE DE LA BOURSE

BORDEAUX MARSEILLE

HISTORY OF FRANCE

The Celtic Gauls arrive in France in 700-500BC. In 58-50BC Roman Emperor Julius Caesar defeats the Gauls in 58-50 BC and France becomes part of the Roman Empire until 476AD. During the Middle Age, Charles I (Charlemagne), the Kings of the Franks, united most of Western Europe and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany. In 768 he took the Frankish throne and in 774 became King of Italy. In 800 he became the first Holy Roman Emperor - the first recognized Roman emperor in Western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. The expanded Frankish state created by Charles I is called the Carolingian Empire.

The Hundred Years’ War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between Kingdom of England and Kingdom of France in order to control of the latter Kingdom. Joan of Arc is considered a French heroine of this war and a Roman Catholic saint.

Louis XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), was a monarch who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death. His reign lasted 72 years and 110 days.

French was ruled by kings for many centuries until the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution in 1789. Then Napoleon becomes Emperor of the French Republic until he is sent to exile.

http://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/france-facts.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org

WORLD WAR I„World War I was a major conflict fought between 1914 and 1918.

Who fought in World War I? World War I was fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The main members of the Allied Powers were France, Russia, and Britain. The United States also fought on the side of the Allies after 1917. The main members of the Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. 

Major Battles Some of the major battles during the war included the First Battle of the Marne, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Tannenberg, Battle of Gallipoli and the Battle of Verdun. 

How did it end? The fighting ended on November 11, 1918 when a general armistice was agreed to by both sides. The war officially ended between Germany and the Allies with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.”

http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_i/

WORLD WAR II

• „World War II was fought between the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and the Allied Powers (Britain, United States, Soviet Union, France).”

• When was it? 

„World War II started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.

Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany.

The war in Europe ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945.

The war in the Pacific ended when Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945.” 

http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_i

Famous people in France

Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)

The famous tower in Paris was designed by the engineer Gustave Eiffel. That’s why it is called Eiffel.

CHEMISTSCIENTISTINVENTORDOCTOR

EIFFEL TOWER

The French great painters and sculptors

Claude Monet Pierre-Auguste Renoir Edgar Degas Paul Cezanne

Auguste Rodin The most famous French sculptor

Le Penseur

http://www.tvl.ro/paris/obiective-turistice/muzeul-rodin.html

RODIN MUSEUM

PARIS

FRENCH KIDS LITERATURE

“The Little Prince”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

GREAT FRENCH ACTORS

Louis de Funès

The Troops ofSaint Tropez

ALAIN DELONJean-Paul Belmondo

ClaudiaCardinale

Gérard Depardieu

HISTORICAL PERSONALITIES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc JOAN OF ARC

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars NAPOLEON BONAPARTE THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE

http://www.historia.ro/

LOUIS XIV Charles I

FRENCH CUISINE To eat is for French people a lifestyle. Fertlile soil of France provides people with fresh fruit and vegetables, grain and herbs. The Mediterranean Sea and the Atlanitc Ocean offer a lot of fish and seafruit. France is also famous in the world for its fine wine, its soil being suitable for growing grapes. Every region of France has its own particular cheeses. There are 365 types of French cheese. Brie, Camembert and roquefort are among them. The most important part of every French meal is the baguette that can be served in different ways and used to make sandwiches. Soupe au Pistou is made with dried beans, zucchini and tomatoes, potatoes herbs and a small shape of pasta. The pistou is added at the end.

A sweet crêpe

Soupe au Pistou

TRADITIONAL FRENCH COSTUMES AND DANCES

Holidays and celebrations

• Christmas Day

• New Year’s Day

• Easter Holiday

• Labor Day on 1st of May

• National Day or Bastille Day is celebrated on July 14. This is the day the Bastille fortress in Paris

was stormed by revolutionaries to start the French Revolution.

http://www.mslimalicious.com

OUR „JOURNEY” THROUGH FRANCE WAS FANTASTIC.

FRANCE IS A LOVELY COUNTRY.

WE WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FRANCE FROM YOU. WE ARE READY NOW FOR THE SKYPE CONFERENCE. SEE YOU SOON. AU REVOIR!