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Bastille Day (July 14th)

By David Dadoun | Published: July 13, 2018
  Celebrations for Le Quartorze de Juillet (14th of July), also commonly known as Bastille Day or La Fête Nationale, mark one of the major party events in Paris for the year.  It commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison and the French revolt against Louis XVI and the French monarchy.  These events ultimately led […]
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Le Tour de France

By David Dadoun | Published: July 20, 2010
Le Tour de France, the world’s premier biking race that stretches in 20 stages from Rotterdam, through the mountainous Pyrénées, to the grand finale on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, ends this Sunday on July 25.  The winner, in his yellow jersey, will parade with the other cyclists through the streets of Paris, entering […]
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