Hi all, doing a project but have a very short amount of time to collect information. I would like to know what are the different areas in France famous for.
Example: Paris - Eiffel Tower, Bordeux - Wine
Do let me know! It's urgent!!
2007-02-19 02:07:27 · 5 answers · asked by cookiedough 2 in Travel ➔ France ➔ Paris
Paris (Ile de France) Paris is the political and economic center of France. Notre Dame in Paris is the place from which all distances are measure. there is a marker in the plaza in front of Notre Dame which is the "mile zero" marker.
Loire Valley This area is renowned for its historic Chateaux.
Normandy was settled by Vikings (Northman) who gave their name to the region. William, Duke of Normandy, conquered England in 1066 and the present British Royal family claims descent from him. Today, visitors to Normandy most often see Mont St Michel, a walled town sitting in a bay that is surrounded by water at high tide.
Brittany was settled by Celtic refuges from Great Britain who gave the region its name. Their language is not French (which is of Latin derivation) but Breton (unofficially).
Aquitaine This region was, for many years, a possession of the British Crown. It includes the region of Bordeaux. where the famopus wine is made.
Province in the southeast has become famous in the last few years thru the books of Peter Mayle, an English expatriate who lives there. Provence is so named because it was the first Roman province outside of Italy.
Burgundy is known for its wine making and some of the greatest wines in the world come from this region. It takes its name from the German tribe that settled the region after the collapse of Roman control in the 5th century. Burgundy was once an independant nation (although it owned theoretical allegiance to the French King). During the Hundred Years War it often allied itself with the British and warred against the French Crown. At one point, the dukes of Burgandy ruled an Empire that stretched from Switzerland to modern day Belgium and the Netherlands.
Alsace and Lorraine which border Germany have been a source of conflict since Germany became a unified nation in the late 19th century. Ownership of both areas has gone back and forth several times. The people of Alsace retain a lot of the German influences and saurkraut is as common as paté in the local cuisine. Alsatian wines tend to be very German in character and beer is more frequently drunk than in the rest of France.
2007-02-19 06:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by Rillifane 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What Is France Famous For
2016-11-01 10:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can produce it, but are not allowed to NAME it cognac, only the stuff that comes from the french province cognac. i do not agree with that because armenia or georgia produced long before the french, cognac, the quality is MUCH better but the french had better lawyers and PR... now the greeks want to protect their feta, the italians their parma ham and the austrians i suppose their mozart kugeln
2016-03-18 02:41:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.discover-france.info/
they seem to have a lot of information on there
all of which is pretty good
2007-02-19 03:38:51 · answer #4 · answered by misspimousse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well there food i mean hello im from france ok 5 years but still thier fmous for thier food duh oh and if this for a grade your getting a A
2007-02-23 15:45:44 · answer #5 · answered by sunny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋