Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
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Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on the 14th of July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale (The National Celebration) and commonly Le quatorze juillet (the fourteenth of July). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution. Festivities and official ceremonies are held all over France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
Rewatched yoi recently and it remains one of my favourites. Here are some of my favourite fanarts I did back in 2017 :))
Say my name And every color illuminates
commission for @viktorniliforv !
this past weekend i was talking to my japanese fruk dj artist pal about how i really want to (still) make a dj chronicling my fr headcanons of his differing stances towards reform vs revolution but if we’re being honest it’s because i want to talk about louis-philippe for 50 pages, GOD i want to talk about louis-philippe for 50 pages
Okay, so for the past few years whenever ANZAC Day comes around, I draw something Hetalia-related. And this time, I decided to focus on New Zealand! Because there weren’t be a ‘NZ’ in ‘ANZAC’ without them!
Also, while researching for WW1 New Zealand uniforms, I came across the Bulford Kiwi - a giant chalk carving kiwi bird that was carved on the side of a hillside in England. And…according to Wikipedia:
“After the war was over the troops were eager to return home, but no troop ships were available. In the wake of riots by disaffected New Zealanders, officers decided that the troops should be kept busy carving an enormous kiwi into the chalk of the hill.”
And I think that’s just hilarious because it’s not just Australia who causes migraines for England!
Say my name And every color illuminates
commission for @viktorniliforv !
T H E G L O R Y 2022 || directed by Ahn Gil-ho
color palettes and the lovely aesthetics <3
Handholding as a way to confess your feelings.
How the world knew Echo was alive.
die you commie fucker
this was based on the 1987 punch up in piestany so um lol
She/Her-16, Artist, Gryffindor, Patronus: Doe, Insta: @kayta06_lia, Godly Parent: Aphrodite, Card: 10 of Hearts, Rose Color: Red
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