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FRANCE :)
Whether you’re living in France or just visiting,
learning some facts about the country will help you get FUN FACTS!
to know it better; not to mention impress your friends
at your next trivia night.

France is the largest country in

In France, you can marry a dead the EU and is sometimes called
person!
the hexagon
The croissant was actually France is the world’s most
invented in Austria in the 13th popular tourist destination
century
French was the official
Live snails must have a ticket language of England for about
to ride high-speed trains 300 years
‘Liberté, égalitié, fraternité’ or
The oldest person who ever lived
was a French woman named ‘liberty, equality, fraternity’ is
Jeanne Louise Calment the national motto

France
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Eiffel Tower
Château de
The Eiffel Tower was built to be
one the main attractions at the
Versailles
Paris World's Fair in 1889. That The Château de Versailles
year, the World's Fair covered the emblematizes the grandeur of the
entire Champ de Mars in Paris and French monarchy prior to the fall
its focus was the vast of the Ancien Régime. This
constructions in iron and steel that UNESCO-listed monument
were the great industrial represents a glorious moment of
advancement of that time. France's history, under the reign
of Louis XIV (known as the "Sun
Côte d'Azur King"), when the palace set the
standard for princely courts in
The most fashionable stretch of
Europe.
coastline in France, the Côte d'Azur
extends from Saint-Tropez to
Menton near the border with Italy.
Côte d'Azur translates to "Coast of
Blue," a fitting name to describe the
Mediterranean's mesmerizing
cerulean waters.