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La Lanterne (19th-century Magazine)
''La Lanterne'' may refer to: * La Lanterne (Versailles) a residence of the president of France in Versailles * La Lanterne (19th-century magazine) a French magazine published in 1868-1869 and 1874-1876, created by Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay See also * À la lanterne ''Lanterne'' is a French word designating a lantern or lamp post. The word, or the slogan "À la lanterne!" (in English: To the Lamp Post!) gained special meaning and status in Paris and France during the early phase of the French Revolution, ..., French word and French Revolution slogan * La Lanterne-et-les-Armonts, French commune {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Lanterne (Versailles)
La Lanterne is a hunting lodge in Versailles, France. Along with the Fort de Brégançon in Var, it is one of the two official retreats of the President of the French Republic. The estate is adjacent to the Park of Versailles and situated on the road that links Versailles with Saint-Cyr-l'École. The estate includes a central two-story U-shaped building with a central section measuring . The central section is flanked by two parallel wings—of a later date and lower than the central section—which frame a gravel courtyard. A tree-lined lane links the courtyard with the Saint-Cyr road. The estate also includes a swimming pool, a tennis court, and five guest rooms. Location It is located next to the Palace of Versailles, in the city of Versailles.Jim Jarrassé, Bertrand RiotordFrançois Hollande succombe aux charmes de la Lanterne ''Le Figaro'', 02/08/2013Mathilde LemaireHollande garde les clés de la résidence de la Lanterne ''France Info'', July 30, 2013Didier MicoineHo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the position is the highest office in France. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, in addition to their relation with the Prime Minister of France, prime minister and Government of France, have over time differed with the various constitutional documents since the French Second Republic, Second Republic. The president of the French Republic is the ''Ex officio member, ex officio'' Co-Princes of Andorra, co-prince of Andorra, grand master of the Legion of Honour and of the Ordre national du Mérite, National Order of Merit. The officeholder is also honorary proto-canon of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, although some have rejected the title in the past. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Lanterne (19th-century Magazine)
''La Lanterne'' may refer to: * La Lanterne (Versailles) a residence of the president of France in Versailles * La Lanterne (19th-century magazine) a French magazine published in 1868-1869 and 1874-1876, created by Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay See also * À la lanterne ''Lanterne'' is a French word designating a lantern or lamp post. The word, or the slogan "À la lanterne!" (in English: To the Lamp Post!) gained special meaning and status in Paris and France during the early phase of the French Revolution, ..., French word and French Revolution slogan * La Lanterne-et-les-Armonts, French commune {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis De Rochefort-Luçay
Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay (30 January 183130 June 1913) was a French writer of ''vaudevilles'' and politician. He was born in Paris and died in Aix-les-Bains. Life His father was a Legitimist noble who, as Edmond Rochefort, was well known as a writer of ; his mother's views were republican. After experience as a medical student, a clerk at the ''Hôtel de Ville'' in Paris, a playwright and a journalist, he joined the staff of ''Le Figaro'' in 1863; but a series of his articles, afterwards published as '' Les Français de la décadence'' (3 vols., 1866–68), brought the paper into collision with the authorities and caused the termination of his engagement. In collaboration with different dramatists he had meanwhile written a long series of successful vaudevilles, which began with the '' Monsieur bien mis'' at the '' Folies Dramatiques'' in 1856. On leaving ''Le Figaro'' Rochefort determined to start a paper of his own, '' La Lanterne''. The paper wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
À La Lanterne
''Lanterne'' is a French word designating a lantern or lamp post. The word, or the slogan "À la lanterne!" (in English: To the Lamp Post!) gained special meaning and status in Paris and France during the early phase of the French Revolution, from the summer of 1789. Lamp posts served as an instrument to mobs to perform extemporised lynchings and executions in the streets of Paris during the revolution when the people of Paris occasionally hanged officials and aristocrats from the lamp posts. The English equivalent would be "String Them Up!" (British) or "Hang 'Em High!"( American) ''La Lanterne'' became a symbol of popular or street justice in revolutionary France. The slogan "À la lanterne!" is referred to in such emblematic songs as Ça Ira ("les aristocrates à la lanterne!" means "aristocrats to the lamp-post!" in this context). Journalist Camille Desmoulins, who had earlier practiced law, designated himself "The Lantern Attorney." He wrote a pamphlet entitled (in trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
