https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French officials have ‘relaunched’ a bid to have the D-Day landing beaches protected by UNESCO World Heritage listing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20241030/normandy-to-update-bid-for-world-heritage-status-for-frances-d-day-beaches Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:35:26 +0100 normandy-to-update-bid-for-world-heritage-status-for-frances-d-day-beaches The much-loved French baguette, Paris’ iconic zinc rooftops and La Percée du Vin Jaune, a Jura wine festival are all in the running to be put forward for consideration in UNESCO’s 2022 list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210221/baguettes-paris-rooftops-and-wine-festivals-which-will-be-put-forward-for-unesco-recognition Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:31:09 +0100 baguettes-paris-rooftops-and-wine-festivals-which-will-be-put-forward-for-unesco-recognition President Emmanuel Macron on Friday joined calls by bakers for France's traditional baguette to be recognised as one of the world's cultural treasures on UNESCO's list of "intangible heritage". https://www.thelocal.fr/20180113/macron-backs-calls-for-baguette-to-get-unesco-heritage-status Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:30:47 +0100 macron-backs-calls-for-baguette-to-get-unesco-heritage-status When Audrey Azoulay, then number two at France's National Cinema Centre, was named culture minister last year, she barely had a public profile - she didn't even have a Twitter account. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171014/audrey-azoulay-frances-passionate-arts-defender-to-unesco-chief Sat, 14 Oct 2017 11:30:58 +0200 audrey-azoulay-frances-passionate-arts-defender-to-unesco-chief France has a new entry to its impressive list of Unesco World Heritage sites, although it's more an extension to an existing wonder and it's actually German. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170710/in-pictures-a-look-at-frances-new-german-world-heritage-site Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:59:59 +0200 in-pictures-a-look-at-frances-new-german-world-heritage-site Once England and Wales and their hordes of supporters leave the northern French town of Lens, there are reasons to go back there. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160616/three-reasons-to-go-to-lens-even-when-theres-no-football-on Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:40:28 +0200 three-reasons-to-go-to-lens-even-when-theres-no-football-on After France was awarded two new World Heritage sites at the weekend The Local has dug up some of the country’s least known gems on a list that now boasts 41. How many of these have you heard of? https://www.thelocal.fr/20150706/unesco-sites-france-you-wont-have-heard-of Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:52:33 +0200 unesco-sites-france-you-wont-have-heard-of A stunning replica of the 36,000 year-old Grotte Chauvet, home to the oldest figurative cave drawings in the world and an Unesco Heritage site, opened to the public at the weekend. Here's a look inside the country's latest tourist attraction. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150426/chauvet-cave-replica-open-ardeche Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:21:58 +0200 chauvet-cave-replica-open-ardeche UN cultural agency Unesco granted its prized World Heritage status to a prehistoric cave in southern France that contains the earliest known figurative drawings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140623/french-cave-paintings-win-unesco-status Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:00:00 +0200 french-cave-paintings-win-unesco-status The site of ancient cave paintings in France, which are some of the world's oldest, is expected to be granted Unesco World Heritage protection this week. The cave is nearly twice as old as France's famous Lascaux grotto. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140616/french-cave-up-for-unesco-protection Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:24:00 +0200 french-cave-up-for-unesco-protection Could the famous Promenade des Anglais along the Nice seafront become the latest French landmark to join Unesco’s World Heritage list? That’s the wish of local authorities, who are said to be preparing a bid. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140422/nice-unesco-promenade-des-anglais-seafront-heritage Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:56:53 +0200 nice-unesco-promenade-des-anglais-seafront-heritage The UN's cultural agency said Friday it would postpone an exhibition tracing 3,500 years of relationship between the Jewish people and Israel, after Arab countries warned the show could jeopardise the peace process. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140118/unesco-postpones-paris-jewish-exhibit Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:38:00 +0100 unesco-postpones-paris-jewish-exhibit The famous Normandy landing beaches, where thousands were killed on D-Day 1944, have had their chances of becoming UNESCO World Heritage sites boosted. The effort to protect and promote them intensifies as the 70th anniversary of the landings approaches. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140113/beaches-of-normandy-landing-headed-to-unesco-list Mon, 13 Jan 2014 13:32:00 +0100 beaches-of-normandy-landing-headed-to-unesco-list A French court has ruled against a decision to set up a wind farm off the picturesque northern abbey island of Mont Saint Michel which could threaten the site's UNESCO World Heritage status, a lawyer said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130829/french-court-rejects-mont-st-michel-wind-farm Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:47:00 +0200 french-court-rejects-mont-st-michel-wind-farm Until Wednesday, a tiny strip of land connected the rocky landmass of Mont-St-Michel to France’s mainland. But this week a tide saw the UNESCO world heritage site become an "island" again for the first time since 1879, if only for 20 minutes or so. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130725/mont-st-michel-re-declared-an-island Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:34:00 +0200 mont-st-michel-re-declared-an-island Authorities in charge of the Citadel of Besançon have been forced to take action to protect the UNESCO World Heritage site from wanton vandals. These hooligans are not teenage youths however but bad boy baboons. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130712/vandal-baboons-kicked-out-of-french-unesco-site Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:47:00 +0200 vandal-baboons-kicked-out-of-french-unesco-site President Francois Hollande has promised champagne makers that he will support their bid to become a Unesco World Heritage site. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120904/hollande-supports-champagne-as-world-heritage-site Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:50:00 +0200 hollande-supports-champagne-as-world-heritage-site