Time Travel Season 1, Episode 8: French Renaissance

Paris and Marsilia

The two guides have chosen two different cities to showcase buildings that have disappeared. Stéphane Bern leads Lorànt Deutsch to discover the origins of Marseille, between sea and land. Lorànt has chosen to guide Stéphane along the Seine in the Paris of the Universal Exhibitions.

120 min

French Revolution

From the Place de la Bastille to the Place de la Concorde, where the King of France was executed, Stéphane Bern and Lorànt Deutsch tell us about the daily life and the major events of the French Revolution. They describe all the buildings- event those that have disappeared- which played a fundamental role in this historical period.

120 min

Paris by Haussmann

With Stéphane and Lorant, a guided tour of Haussmann's Paris is announced. During their journey, the two companions are explaining the revolutionary principles elaborated between 1853 and 1870 by the architects of Napoleon III and implemented by the teams of the prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann.

120 min

Paris in the Middle Ages

A stroll in the heart of one of the most fascinating periods of the history of Paris: the Middle Ages. Stéphane Bern and Lorant Deutsch describe the life of the population, the organization of the city, transportation and the trades that were practiced. An indolent visit of the buildings dating from this period and of those which disappeared, by relating the events which took place there.

120 min

In the footsteps of Napoleon

Stéphane and Lorànt retrace the life of one of the greatest personalities in French history: Napoleon Bonaparte. A controversial character, both despot and visionary, whose legend still stirs up passions, two hundred years after his death. The two guides bring to life the places that have disappeared but were crucial to Napoleon's life.

120 min

Roman Gaul France

Stéphane and Lorànt take you on the tracks of Julius Caesar, Vercingetorix or Augustus, and then head for the south of Gaul, from Nîmes to Lugdunum (Lyon), the capital of Gaul, via Arles and the impressive Pont du Gard.

132 min

Paris Belle Epoque

The period between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, marked by significant political, social, economic and technological progress, is known as the "Belle Epoque".

117 min

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