Cezanne
He painted landscapes around his native Aix en Provence dozens of times. His most famous figurative work is The Card Players. There were several versions and today they are among the world’s most valuable paintings .
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Friday, December 12, 2025
France
Lamb Provencal by Paula Marty
This is a hearty lamb Provencal country dish that includes all the flavours typical for the region. It’s a recipe that has been handed down for generations and is known as Rogout de mouton.
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Persillade of Wild Mushrooms with Walnut Oil
Walnuts trees flourish beside the wild mushrooms in the woods of Burgundy.
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Relic Wars: collecting cultural monuments
The friezes were hacked off by Lord Elgin 200 years ago and have become a central part of the British museum’s antiquities collection.
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The Peninsula War: The Lines of Torres Vedras
France’s Marshal Masséna had begun his campaign with his 65,000 strong army .When he eventually returned to Spain in 1811, he had lost nearly have his force , mostly from starvation, severe illness and disease.
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