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The circuit of Le Mans, before the start of the 24h roller race.
Having the BBQ at the campsite before the 24h du Mans roller race starts.
A view of the ractrack at night during the 24h roller race.
Night view of the entrance of the circuit.
View of the back of the grandstand. You can see some runner practising on the park area in the back,...
First lap of the 24h du Mans Rollers race, seen from the grandstand.
First lap of the 24h roller race at Le Mans, seen from the grandstand.
A view from between the racetrack and the paddock.
24h du Mans Rollers race, from the side of the racetrack at dawn. This roller race is a relay race (...
It's rare to see such a field of blazing red poppies these days. They tend to occur in places where t...
France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.
French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.
The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.
The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.
The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.
One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.
During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.
France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.
Text by Steve Smith.
