Discover France and Its Culture...
You want to learn more about France, its History, its Arts, its Culture, its Traditions... Alliance Francaise of Greater Orlando offers you an opportunity to do so from the comfort and the security of your home with its new online Zoom conferences.
Prepare yourself for an amazing journey through centuries, visiting French cities, regions, gardens, castles, cathedrals, museums, monuments, menageries, world fairs... Learn about the genesis of modern techniques, avionic, automobile... Follow the paths of great scientists, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie... Share the daily life of kings in Versailles, enjoy the cuisine they used to savor, and the beauty of the French art of the table... Use all your senses, admire the art of painters, the skill of sculptors like Bartholdi, discover the history of perfumes... Enter the intimacy of French national figures: Joanne of Arc, Marie-Antoinette... Take part of the lavish existence of our kings' favorites...
We have so many enthralling stories to share with you.
Each “Season” of our program will take you to a different region: Paris, the City of Light; Ile de France and its jewel, Versailles; the Loire valley, land of so many Renaissance castles; Périgord, the prehistorical heart of France, and the country of a thousand castles; Massif Central, and the amazing and scary story of the Beast of Gevaudan; Bourgogne Franche-Comté, with its military fortresses, its salt mines, and its vineyards; Provence-Côte d’Azur, the beauty of the French Riviera; Normandy and the Day that changed the modern History of Europe; Brittany, its legends and its breathtaking landscapes…. The list goes on and on…
Each conference lasts one hour.
The program takes place on Fridays and Saturdays; Fridays in English, Saturdays in French.
The cost for a session of 5 conferences is $ 70. But you can in fact decide to take advantage of the bilingualism of our program to improve your French, or your English; and register, for the same price, to the full session of 10 conferences.
We have so many enthralling stories to share with you.
Who doesn't dream of visiting, or revisiting Paris? Our first season will take you on a detailed tour of the French city capital. From the Paris of the early Middle Ages to the futuristic district of La Defense, you will walk the streets of the city, visit its museums and monuments, its boutiques and historic department stores, its theaters and cabarets, its restaurants and cafes, its parks and gardens, and so much more...
Each conference lasts one hour.
The program takes place on Fridays and Saturdays; Fridays in English, Saturdays in French.
