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 Christmas Markets
As every year during the festive period, a wealth of warm and friendly Christmas markets are waiting to be discovered and enjoyed across France. What better opportunity to prepare for the Christmas and New Year period while at the same time discovering the different regions of our beautiful country!
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| Selection of events taking place in Paris in December. |
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 The Paris Horse Show / December 6th - 14th at Paris Porte de Versailles The 37th edition of the “Salon du Cheval de Paris” proposes number of key events: entertainment, demonstrations, shows, competitions etc. But also new areas which are genuine showcases for products and services linked to the equestrian sector. It is the occasion to admire almost 1000 horses, ponies and donkeys which represent 46 breeds.
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 Dalí, Holograms and optical illusions / Until January 15th at Espace Dalí In the Dalí, Holograms and optical illusions exhibition, 3D images and special effects invite us to explore the metamorphic universe of Dalí, extending beyond our usual perceptions. The scenography brings to life the works, optical illusions and anamorphic images play with our senses, entrusting them to the genius of surrealism somewhere between dream and reality.
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 Paris Boating Fair / December
5 th - 14th at Paris Porte de Versailles
Sea ans water aficionados like to meet at Nautic - Salon Nautique de Paris. This flagship event covers about everything about in boating and sailing and features a great number of innovations. Nautic is also an opportunity to discover new destinations, to raise awareness about various environmental issues, and to give more information to kids and teenagers about yachting in genaral. >> Visit our hotels in Paris |
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 “The Art of Lee Miller” / Until January 4th - 16th at Musée du Jeu de Paume This exhibition was conceived by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In addition to 130 prints, it includes period magazines, three drawings, a painting and an excerpt from Jean Cocteau's film Blood of a Poet.
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 “Monet, the Impressionist Eye”/ Until February 15th at Musée Marmottan Monet
With the help of the most advanced scientific insights, the aim of this exhibition is to help us discover the real essence of the painter which gives him his originality, in short, his “vision”. “Monet, the Impressionist Eye” will showcase some sixty works of Monet, some coming from our own collection and others specially lent to the Musée Marmottan Monet for this exhibition.
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 Exhibition Van Dyck / Until January 25th at Musée Jacquemart André
From the disciple of Rubens to the court painter of King Charles I of England, the Jacquemart-André Museum retraces the key phases of Anthony Van Dyck’s career as a master portrait painter by bringing together his finest works from the major museums of Europe and the United States.
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| Selection of events taking place in France December. |
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 Festival of 3 Continents / Until January 2nd Each year in Nantes the Festival of 3 Continents (F3C) presents between 80 and 100 films, fiction works and documentaries, from Africa, Latin America and Asia. It is above all an aspect of what drives and occasionally distinguishes the Festival: curiosity. Along with the taste for discovery and encounters, high aesthetic standards, the love of cinema, from auteur films to popular movies, and the desire to serve it.
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 Magic Nights Festival /
December 3rd - 14th A lot of cartoons from all around the world will be shown for the 18th Magic Nights Festival. The program includes an international competition for short- and long-films, a selection of short-films from the land of Hesse, Germany, a selection of Korean short-films courtesy of the Seoul Animation Center, a movie-concert, and special programming for kids.
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