Modern Languages - French

f o r   l a n g u a g e   l e a r n e r s :

• French crossword puzzles

• Dynamic HTML games (must have Explorer or Netscape version 4 or above)

• SMC Cable channel 46 features TV5 programs from Belgium, Quebec, France and Switzerland; program listings in French.

• SMC's FR 110 Links page - for language learners and others!

• Online Dictionary

m u s e u m s   a n d   c u l t u r a l   s i t e s :

• Musée du Louvre

• Musée d'Orsay

• Musée Jacquemart-André - an exquisite Paris museum set in a residential mansion

• Château de Versailles - visit the official site of the Sun King's palace

• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

a r t   a n d   a r c h i t e c t u r e :

• World Art Treasures - a vast site centering on art and architecture; check out individual artists, or choose a geographic region; from the JACQUES-EDOUARD BERGER FOUNDATION (in French and English)
•  Museum of Comté Houses - Comté, France (architecture)

h i s t o r y :

• Royal Dynasties - confused by who ruled when and was married to or begat whom? check out these geneology charts of the main ruling dynasties of Europe

• Rulers - listings for the entire world, includes today's heads of state and centuries-ago empires

• Mémoires de Mlle de Montpensier - read online (in French only) the exciting memoirs of the Grande Mademoiselle (1627-1693), niece of Louis XIII and Charles I of England, cousin to Louis XIV and England's Charles II and James II.

l i t e r a t u r e :

• Online Books Page - this bookmark links to e-texts of French literature; includes works by Balzac, Voltaire, Rousseau, Dumas, Hugo.  This site is a comprehensive source of e-texts (most texts in English) so check out their homepage

• Belle van Zuylen/Madame de Charrière - this 18th century writer has been termed a continental counterpart to Britain's Jane Austen

• Gallica, la bibliothèque numérique at the Bibliothèque nationale de France - thousands of online books, digitalized texts, images, maps and more.  Includes several "Dossiers" as well: La France en Amérique/France in America; Voyages en Italie; la bibliothèque de Voltaire; among others

t o u r i s t   i n f o r m a t i o n :

• Maison de la France

• Paris Tourisme

• Pariscope

• Strasbourg

• SNCF - French Railways

• Montreal Tourism
• Place des Arts - Montreal's premier live performance venue
• general maps - France, Quebec, Haiti

m e d i a :

• Radio Canada

• Audiradio

j u s t   f o r   f u n :

• Maigret - for fans of Georges Simenon's detective (in English)

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