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Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

13 September 2011 · Côte d'Azur | Monaco › Escape to

The Oceanographic Museum wears a long history and long debates around it. It was built in 1910 by Prince Albert I who had modernized Monaco and gave its glam look. The building of the Museum took 11 years and it was a lot of ...

History of Marseille soap

13 September 2011 · Côte d'Azur | Monaco › News & Info

It is famous around the world. It started at Mediterranean shores and spread all over. Its unique composition of 72% oil and special techniques creation has a long tradition. Yes, I write about Marseille soap. The history of an original soap recipe: Even from Antiquity, the ...

Arles Photographic Festival

13 September 2011 · Editorial & Art › Culture & Photography

2011 is the 10th anniversary of the Arles Photographic Festival known under the name of “Les rencontres d’Arles”. During time, it faced difficulties but it succeeded in creating a wonderful festival. Les Rencontres d’Arles were created by Lucien Clergue, Michel Tournier and Jean-Maurice Rouquette who ...

First police woman, first female uniform

16 September 2011 · Lifestyle & Travel › Famous biographies and stories

Nowadays, a police woman in service is not such a big deal. But, think at the early 1900’s where women did not have many jobs, mostly the ones that were created especially for men. Alice S. Welles accepted as police woman: Being a minister in Kansas, ...

Régates royales - Trophée Paneraï 2011

19 September 2011 · Côte d'Azur | Monaco › Events

The world-famous Croisette will, once again, be centre stage for classic yachting; from September 19th to 25th the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai will gather an incredible fleet of more than sixty Dragons and a real armada of over eighty yachts, some over a century old. A ...

Celine Dion awarded by French Government

19 September 2011 · Celebrities › Stars & Facts

In 1996, the French Government awarded Celine with the prestigious title of ‘Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters’ in recognition of her status as the best-selling French-language artist in history. The award recognizes people whose exceptional accomplishments have contributed significantly to furthering the arts ...

Eva Ionescu, the child sex symbol

19 September 2011 · Celebrities › Stars & Facts

In all scandal of little girls used as models, we come with a similar story that happened in 1970. It was little girl Eva Ionesco that was photographed by her mother, Irina Ionesco. Eva was between 4 and 11 years old when she was ...

First Chanel perfume

19 September 2011 · Beauty › Perfumes

First Chanel no. 5 perfume was first launched in 1924. It had a huge success from the beginning. Nowadays, on bottle of perfume is sold worldwide every 30 seconds with sales of $100 million a year. Number 5 was chosen with great symbolism in ...