Culture Links from Provence-Beyond (Beyond the French Riviera) ® [ Cities | Côte d'Azur-Provence | Culture | Education | Food/Health | Lodging | Media | Nature | Newsgroups | Regions | Science | Search | Sports | Travel ] (links verified - 28 June; updated 23 Apr 2000) Culture, Literature [ Top | Culture | Reading/Books | Art | History | Language | Music ] ARTFL Project - American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (University of Chicago) Association des Bibliophiles Universelle (French literary texts) Bibliotheque Nationale de France Bibliotheque - Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon Réseau documentaire (French, English) Centre d'Edition de Textes Electroniques Carcassonne - Medieval Walled City (English) Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (French, English) Culture - Ministère de la Culture (French, English) Dictionary List - Leximagne A very good list of French dictionaries, glossaries and wordlists. Ethnologie - Bibliographique database - CNRS-SHS (French, English) FRANCE: Culture, History, Language, Travel - The most comprehensive U.S.-based (English language) site on all aspects of France. A one-stop resource for prospective tourists, history buffs, language students, art lovers, and the like. Labyrinth Library - French Literature - a short list of French literature sites Treasures from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (English) Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - the classic medieval book of hours (English) Voltaire Fondation (University of Oxford) Vauban - Marshal Vauban - a web with an excellent history of Marshal Vauban. Reading, Books [ Top | Culture | Reading/Books | Art | History | Language | Music ] Amazon.com Books - Book Ordering. Search one million titles. BookWire "The First Place to Look for Book Information" ETEXT Archives masses of electronic books and text, including the Gutenberg archive Internet Public Library, The JP Books (United Kingdom) An on-line catalogue of secondhand and out-of-print books for sale; includes links to other related sites Lonely Planet Travel Guides on-line printed travel guides Webster's English Dictionary - word lookup [??] Art [ Top | Culture | Reading/Books | Art | History | Language | Music ] Capetiens et croisades (art exhibit: text, color slides, voice) Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou "Beaubourg" Cultural Center in Paris (French) La Grotte Cosquer (Marseille) paleolithic grotto art (mistral.culture) Louvre W3 Musee des Arts et Metiers - science and technology museum-Paris Orangeraie Galerie - St. Paul de Vence This Web presents their art gallery here in Beyond country, with a light style and good graphics. Vidéothèque de Paris (French) Web Museum, Paris (English) History [ Top | Culture | Reading/Books | | Art | History | Language | Music ] Les CatharesA History of the Cathares is mainly a history of the Languedoc part of Provence (French) Celtic - CyberCelts History and Archaeology of the Celtic world (French, English) French Page, The A history of France and its nobility of the 900's A.D. (in French) Paris at the Time of Philip AugustusIncludes images and a plan of the wall built by Philip Augustus. (English, French) Maginot Line World - la Ligne Maginot (English, French, Italian) Mediterranean Archeology Riez - Roman Archeology - this web has details of inscriptions from the Roman artifacts located at Riez. (French, English) Language [ Top | Culture | Reading/Books | Art | History | Language | Music ] ARTFL: U.Chicago project: Treasury of the French Language (French, English) Foreign Language for Travelers including links to other webs with phrases and translation dictionaries French for Travellers basic phrases Projet Telecolombie - multimedia distance education (French) Learn French in Boston - the web by a Boston French Tutor offers a book and CD; the web has a number of useful links (English) Sabaud - the web of the Occitan language (La web de la lenga Occitana) includes Occitan-French and French-Occitan dictionaries, and an excellent list of books (French, Occitan, English) La Page de la Langue Occitane - (French, English) Music [ Top | Culture | Reading/Books | Art | History | Language | Music ] Jazz en France (French) Jazz in Lyon (Lyon Place) (English-French) MANCA new music Music Festival in Nice, and how to use Audio on the Web.