Today was the last day of our intensive week of classes. We will only have class once a week from now on and, believe it or not, our midterm exam is next tuesday!
For today's outing we went to the French National Archives (les archives nationales), which is only open to people who take guided tours. It was incredible going through the rooms of old documents, some dating back to 625 AD! It looked like an old library, but of course it stores all different kinds of documents from declarations to treaties to an old set of playing cards!
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| Les Archives Nationales are located in the Marais district and were created in 1790 |
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| The Hôtel de Soubise and the Hôtel de Rohan have housed the national archives since 1808 |
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| Louis XVI's playing cards |
Wonderful historical exposition! You should get payed for this!
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