Dinosaurs in the Charentes departments of France? Is it true? And yet, 140 million years ago, northern Aquitaine was covered in marshland, lagunes, and waterways. Crocodiles, turtles, and fish lived here and herds of dinosaurs and small mammals often came to the riverbanks. One of the largest dinosaurs known to the world was...
The exhibition, in partnership with the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (Architecture and Heritage City), gives an overview of the history of seaside towns in France, with regard to foreign practices, from its origins to the present day: from bathing in the sea for the first time for curative reasons to modern...
La Rochelle was one of the main ports for trade and emigration towards the New World: In the prestigious Fleuriau hotel, a former 18th century town house, the museum will take you on a journey through paintings, engravings, drawings, sculptures, old maps and objects of decorative art from the West Indies to New France, and you...
