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Marie-Cécile Zinsou
Marie-Cécile Zinsou (born 1982) is a French-Beninese art historian and entrepreneur, She is president of the Fondation Zinsou, founded in Timeline of Cotonou, 2005 in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, West Africa,Pierre Cochez"Marie-Cécile Zinsou, une jeune mécène en Afrique" ''La Croix'', 1 October 2010 (in French). which promotes contemporary art in Africa and leads cultural, educational and social initiatives. In 2014 she opened the first museum of contemporary art in Benin."Marie-Cécile Zinsou: she opened the first museum of contemporary art in Benin!" ''Africa Top Success'', 13 February 2014. Early life and education [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
