La France

Did you know?...

France is the number one tourist destination in the

world!!

France is filled with incredible Castles,

and beautiful Cathedrals.

French food is recognized as the best cuisine in the world.

• Escargot anyone???

Many things we use today were invented by the French,

including the XRAY, invented by Marie Curie.

The Montgolfier brothers invented the hot air

balloon.

France invented the concord jet.

France invented the fore-runner of the internet!

• French is also the second most used language on the internet (after English).

Did you know that French is the international language of

diplomacy?

The French used

Madame la

Guillotine until 1970!

The oldest known cave paintings in the world are in

Lascaux, France.

They are 17,000 years old!

France is unparalleled culturally, especially in art,…

and literature. Did you know these famous novels

are French?

• -Les Miserables• -The Hunchback of• Notre Dame• -The Count of Monte • Cristo• -20,000 Leagues

Under• the Sea

Many, many

famous people are

French including: Jacques

Cousteau, the famous undersea explorer,

Louis Pasteur, who invented vaccines

and pasteurization.

France has more official kinds of

cheese than there are days in the

year!

Napoleon and Joan of Arc, who are famous French historical

figures,

Louis Braille who invented Braille,

and Gustave

Eiffel,an

architect, who is most well known

for that tower we all

love.