About French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789.
France bans buying fireworks for Bastille Day after riots
... Bastille Day signifies the start of the French Revolution, more than 200 years ago...
Notre-Dame: Renovators rush to complete refit by 2024
... In fact it was only put in place in the mid-19th Century, to replace the original spire that had been dismantled around the time of the French Revolution because it was unstable (or maybe so the government could get its lead! )...
Dame Hilary Mantel: Rowling, Mosse and Evaristo lead tributes to late author
... From performing psychics in suburbia in Beyond Black, to an 18th Century Irish giant in The Giant and 800 pages on the French Revolution in A Place of Greater Safety...
Daphne du Maurier: Novelist who traced past to a French debtors' jail
... The author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn had been brought up on tales of an aristocratic ancestor who came to London during the French Revolution, fleeing the guillotine and the militant...
Macron defeats Le Pen and vows to unite divided France
... Mr Macron chose a highly symbolic venue from the French Revolution for his victory speech in the Champs de Mars, telling cheering supporters that " no-one will be left by the wayside"...
Macron switches to using navy blue on France's flag - reports
... Mr Macron wanted to bring back the navy blue flag, a symbol of the French Revolution, Europe 1 said...
Marie Antoinette's bracelets sell at auction for $8 million
... Marie Antoinette sent the jewellery away for safekeeping before she was guillotined during the French Revolution...
Notre-Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas Mass in two centuries
... The iconic building has celebrated Christmas Mass through two centuries of often turbulent history, only closing during the French Revolution when anti-Catholic forces turned it briefly into a temple of reason ...
Macron switches to using navy blue on France's flag - reports
President Emmanuel Macron has switched to using a darker Navy Blue on the official French flag, replacing the previous brighter shade, officials have told local media.
The Move saw flags in the new hue hoisted on the Presidential Palace Last Year without any accompanying fanfare.
Mr Macron wanted to bring back the Navy Blue flag, a symbol of the French Revolution , Europe 1 said.
However, both the darker and lighter flags have been in use for decades.
France's navy and many official buildings around the country have always used the navy Blue Shade .
But in 1976 under President Giscard d'Estaing, the French state introduced a brighter blue on the tricolour to match The Blue on The Flag of Europe.
That decision was partly an aesthetic one, Europe 1 reports, because the French and European flags flew next to each other in so many locations.
The Élysée Palace has not publicly announced its change in flags, and no orders have been given for other institutions to do the same.
There was reportedly some disagreement over Mr Macron's change Back To Navy Blue , with some arguing the new shade was ugly and would clash with the EU flag, and others nostalgic for the pre-1976 version.
However, all concerned insist that The Colour change should not be interpreted as an anti-EU gesture, Europe 1 reports.
France is due to take on the rotating EU presidency in January.
Mr Macron also faces a presidential election in April next Year .
Source of news: bbc.com
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