The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has announced the city’s intentions to maintain the large multicolored rings on the Eiffel Tower until at least 2028, coinciding with the upcoming Games in Los ...

FRANCE: The Symbol; FRANCE: The Symbol. 14 minute read. TIME. May 29, 1944 12:00 AM GMT-4 (See Cover) Among the ruined olive groves and the drab, pathetic rubble of small Italian towns, exultant ...

Artists in the south of France have long admired the hum of cicadas, and shops today even sell cicada-themed souvenirs. This is how the noisy bug became a celebrated symbol in the region.

According to , France has used the rooster in its jersey designs for over 100 years. The team first donned the design in international play when they went up against Belgium in 1909.

As the first anniversary of his Fifth Republic rolled around last week, France's Charles de Gaulle was vacationing in the south at the 11th century abbey of La Celle in Provence. It was either a ...