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Best things to do in Normandy, France
Normandy: the northwest region of France rolls off an English-speaking tongue as easily as a French one. It’s known for its bucolic countryside and impossibly long stretches of beach where the famous D-Day landings took place during WWII. Beyond the shores lies much to discover: a rich literary history, four protected designation of origin cheeses, and of course, the iconic Mont St-Michel, a surreal Gothic abbey dating from the 13th century set on top of an island that appears to float like a mystical dream on water during high tide. But the floating abbey is just the tip of an iceberg of things to do in the region, which can…
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Looted Treasures Begin a Long Journey Home From France to Benin
PARIS — Additional than a century soon after French colonial troops ransacked a West African royal palace and took its treasures, President Emmanuel Macron of France on Wednesday began the formal transfer of 26 of those people artifacts to Benin in the to start with massive-scale act of restitution to Africa by a previous European colonial electrical power. Mr. Macron spoke at a ceremony at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, in which the objects are on show for the past time, via Oct. 31. The president will full the transfer in a signing ceremony with President Patrice Talon of Benin at the Élysée Palace, immediately after which the treasures…