Historique Collection

The Peking Observatory, illustration from Jean Baptiste du Haldes
472240 The Peking Observatory, illustration from Jean Baptiste du Haldes Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique

Plans, Chateau de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
Plans for the restoration of the logis royaux or royal appartments, 1812, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France

Print, Chateau de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
View of the chateau and town of Chinon. aquatint engraving, 1819, by Florent Fidele Constant Bourgeois, 1767-1841, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon

Painting, Chateau de Sedan, Sedan, Ardennes, France
Mouzon, 30th August 1870, oil painting by Gaston Claris, depicting Captain de Tessiere (2nd Artillery Regiment), Captain Baudouin and gunner Favre in battle during the Franco-Prussian War

Bust, Chateau de Sedan, Sedan, Ardennes, France
Bust of Auguste Philippoteaux, mayor of Sedan 1903-4, marble, 1891, by Aristide Croisy, 1840-99, in the museum in the Chateau de Sedan, built 1424 - 17th century

Chapel, Chateau de Sedan, Sedan, Ardennes, France
Chapelle Princiere, a family chapel built c. 1500 and adapted in 1642, in the Chateau de Sedan, built 1424 - 17th century, the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe, in Sedan, Ardennes

Museum, Chateau de Sedan, Sedan, Ardennes, France
Model of soldiers at the fireplace, and bread oven, in the museum in the Chateau de Sedan, built 1424 - 17th century, the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe, in Sedan, Ardennes, Grand Est

Sundial, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, France
Sundial and route map for postal and courier coaches between Launois and Paris, on a stone plaque at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France

Stagecoach relief, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes
Stagecoach relief at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation

Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, France
Coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation, stabling and transport and was a stage house for delivering post

Carriage, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, France
Carriages in a wooden barn at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation

Great Hall, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes
Great Hall with its wooden frame, at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation

Stable, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, France
Drinking troughs and hay mangers in the stables at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France

Children's prison, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte
Children's prison (centre) and workshops (right), (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Barn, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Barn, with timber frame, formerly a lay brothers building, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est

Chapel, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Refectory, built 1774, converted in 1813 to a chapel for prisoners (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), restored 2013-15, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux

Prison cells, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Group cells in the men's prison, (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Grand Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Grand Cloister, built 17th century in classical style, surrounded by the lay brothers building, kitchen, monks refectory, boiler room and monks building, later used as the men's prison

Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Main Gallery of the Cloister, built 18th century and used after 1804 as the men's prison, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard

Lay dormitory, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Lay dormitory, in the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Initials, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Initials carved in the stone wall of the cellar, on the first floor of the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Cellar, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Cellar in the Lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708 (centre), and wash-house and bakery (right), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Templar Commander's room, Commanderie templiere d'Avalleur
Templar Commander's room, altered in the 17th and 18th centuries, in the commanderie templiere d'Avalleur, or Templar commandery of Avalleur

Reception room, Commanderie templiere d'Avalleur
Reception room and dining room, 13th century (monumental fireplace added in the late Middle Ages), in the commanderie templiere d'Avalleur, or Templar commandery of Avalleur

Fresco, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Chaource, Aube, France
Christ dressed as a gardener and Mary Magdalene, with an apple tree, representing original sin, and a speech scroll reading Noli me Tangere, wall fresco

Sculptures, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Chaource, Aube
Nicolas de Monstier and his wife Jacqueline de Laignes, donors of the Entombment sculptural group, 1515, by the Master of Chaource, made for their sepulchral chapel

Entombment sculpture, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Chaource
Entombment, or Holy Sepulchre, sculptural group, 1515, by the Master of Chaource, made for the sepulchral chapel of Nicolas de Monstier and Jacqueline de Laignes

Rood screen, Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne
Resurrection of Christ, detail from the rood screen of 1521, with 26 bas reliefs in Gothic and Renaissance style, in the Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame

Ceiling, Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne
Sun on the ceiling of the Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame, the Collegiate Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, aerial view, built 13th century

Crucifixion, Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne
Crucifixion sculpture above the rood screen, in the Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame, the Collegiate Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, aerial view, built 13th century

Choir, Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne, Aube
Choir, with rood screen of 1521 with 26 bas reliefs in Gothic and Renaissance style, in the Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame

Chateau de Sedan, Sedan, Ardennes, France
Chateau de Sedan, aerial view, built 1424 - 17th century, the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe, in Sedan, Ardennes, Grand Est, France

Hierges, Ardennes, France
Village of Hierges in the Meuse valley on the Belgian border, aerial view, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. On the hill is the Chateau de Hierges, rebuilt 16th century in Renaissance style

Chapel, Commanderie templiere d'Avalleur, Bar-sur-Seine
Chapel and commanderie templiere d'Avalleur, or Templar commandery of Avalleur, aerial view, founded 1167 and used by the Knights Templar until 1312 when the order was dissolved

Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne, Aube
Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame, the Collegiate Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, aerial view, built 13th century, with 16th century nave and bell tower

Louis Lacressonniere as the Chevalier de Maison Rouge, 1846
French actor Louis Lacressonniere as the Chevalier de Maison Rouge, Theatre Historique, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie

Etienne Marin Melingue as Lorin in Le Chevalier
French actor Etienne Marin Melingue as Lorin in Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge by Alexandre Dumas, Theatre Historique, 1846

Melingue as Lorin in Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge, 1846
French actor Etienne Marin Melingue as Lorin in Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge by Alexandre Dumas, Theatre Historique, 1846

Madame Perrier in La Reine Margot, 1847
Madame Perrier in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie

Philibert Rouviere as King Charles IX in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie

French actor Louis-Thomas Bignon as Coconnas in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847

Louis Lacressonniere as La Mole in La Reine Margot, 1847
French actor Louis Lacressonniere as La Mole in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847

Coiffure a la Belle-Poule, Estampe coloriee tiree de la collection historique de M Hennin (engraving)
3629606 Coiffure a la Belle-Poule, Estampe coloriee tiree de la collection historique de M Hennin (engraving) by French School

Reouverture du nouveau theatre de la Comedie-Italienne, restaure apres la mort de Dominique, le fameux Arlequin
6005497 Reouverture du nouveau theatre de la Comedie-Italienne, restaure apres la mort de Dominique, le fameux Arlequin, en 1688 (engraving) by French School

Chaussures exposees au Musee historique du costume, en 1874 (engraving)
3645796 Chaussures exposees au Musee historique du costume, en 1874 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chaussures exposees au Musee historique du costume)

Penitents de Limoges, costumes exposes en 1874 dans le Musee historique du costume (engraving)
3645785 Penitents de Limoges, costumes exposes en 1874 dans le Musee historique du costume (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Penitents de Limoges)

Painted earthenware jug (chromolitho)
964322 Painted earthenware jug (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ceramics (Ceramique), 16th-century painted earthenware jug

Carte generale de la Chine Description geographique
Carte generale de la Chine, Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise, Du Halde, J.-B

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Step into the rich history of France with these captivating glimpses into its past. From the Peking Observatory, beautifully illustrated by Jean Baptiste du Haldes, to the majestic Chateau de Chinon in Indre-et-Loire, each hint takes you on a journey through time. Immerse yourself in the grandeur of Chateau de Chinon as you explore its intricate plans and admire a stunning print capturing its architectural splendor. Transporting us further back in time is a painting showcasing Chateau de Sedan in Ardennes, France. The bust and chapel within this historical site add an air of mystique and reverence. Continue your exploration at the museum housed within Chateau de Sedan where artifacts from centuries past come alive before your eyes. As you wander through this remarkable place, take note of the sundial nestled within Launois-sur-Vence's coaching inn - a testament to both practicality and artistry. The stagecoach relief carving at Launois-sur-Vence's coaching inn offers a glimpse into the bustling transportation hub it once was. Step inside this charming establishment to discover more about its role as a vital stop along historic routes. Marvel at an antique carriage that once traversed these roads while imagining yourself embarking on an unforgettable journey. Finally, find yourself standing in awe within the Great Hall of Launois-sur-Vence's coaching inn - witness to countless tales shared by travelers throughout history. Each hint invites you to uncover layers upon layers of stories woven intricately into France's historique tapestry. As you delve deeper into these snapshots from different eras and locations across France, let their historical significance wash over you like waves crashing against ancient shores. Let them ignite your curiosity for all that came before us and inspire future adventures steeped in history's embrace.