The great tours. France through the ages

The great tours France through the ages France through the ages /

John Greene

DVD - 2020

France ignites the imagination and dazzles the senses like no other country on Earth. In this thrilling travelogue, discover the 35,000-year-old cave paintings of Chauvet, the medieval castles of the Cathars, the palace of Versailles, and the sites where the French Revolution unfolded. Also explore romantic Paris; the Loire Valley châteaux; and France's food, wine, sublime art and architecture, and so much more.

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Subjects
Travel.
France > Description and travel.
France > History.
Lectures.
Instructional films.
Nonfiction films.
Educational films.
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Lectures
Instructional films
Nonfiction films
Educational films
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company [2020]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Teaching Company
Main Author
John Greene (lecturer)
Corporate Author
Teaching Company (production company)
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Better living ; Subtopic: Travel"--Cover.
"Course number 8012"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Course guidebooks laid in each container. Guidebooks contain outlines for each 30 minute lecture.
Wide screen.
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (278 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Format
DVD, wide screen.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.
ISBN
9781629978604
  • Disc 1. Point zero: charting our course
  • The birth and rise of Paris
  • The splendor of Versailles
  • Paris in revolution
  • Northeast to Champagne
  • Normandy at war: beaches and bunkers. Disc 2. Normandy at ease: painters and pilgrims
  • Brittany: the Wild West
  • The Loire Valley: among the châteaux
  • Bordeaux and the coast of Aquitaine-- The French Basque region and the Pyrenees
  • The Camargue: land of the Cathars. Disc 3. Arles: a jewel of Provence
  • Along the Riviera: From Marseille to Cannes
  • Corsica: the isle of beauty
  • Avignon: from popes to produce stands
  • The French Alps, Lyon, and Beaujolais
  • Dijon and Burgundy: the delicious heartland. Disc 4. Alsace and Lorraine: France meets Germany
  • Paris transformed: La Belle Époque
  • Bohemian Paris: artists and expats
  • Paris: the capital of design
  • Paris and the future
  • United France: celebrating together.

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