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FRANCEMuseums
The Louvre Museum (contains information and pictures of the collection as well as a virtual tour)
Centre Georges Pompidou (modern art museum in Paris with pages in English or in French, and an educational page for young people)
Musée d'Orsay (site available in English, French, or Spanish)
Musée Rodin (in French or English)
Sites to See
Découverte (Guide to Paris in French)
Eiffel Tower (official web site in English or French)
Château de Versailles (official web site in English or French)
Great Archeological Sites in France (history and pictures of ancient cave drawings)
Cathedral Profile of Chartres (information and pictures on Gothic architecture)
Famous People
Napoleon (history, links, and even jigsaw puzzles from the Napolean Institute, in English or French)
International Joan of Arc Society (includes the text of Joan's trial)
Maximilien Robespierre (text of his speech On the Festival of the Supreme Being)
Louis Pasteur (his life and his discoveries)
Jules Verne (an eclectic collection of things relating to Verne)
Explore Monet's World (basic introduction, includes games)
History
The Wars of Religion in France
L'Âge d'Or (History, Music, Society, and Costumes of the Baroque Period)
Histoire de la République Française (in French)
French Revolutionary Pamphlets (text of original documents in French)
The Vendee Insurrection (thorough site on the counter-revolutionary activity of 1793, produced by high school students)
Declaration on the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
La Revolution Française (collection of original sources in French)
Beyond the Pale: The Dreyfus Affair
Using the Web to Confront France's Vichy Past (links to documents on the Papon Trial in English and French)
Cuisine
Les Fromages de France (in French)
Les vins de France (in French or English)
Miscellaneous Cultural Links
France.com (information on culture, business, media, cuisine, and travel)
The French Embassy in Washington: Just For Kids (information on French culture, society, and history, plus games)