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a policy which has already created French possessions in every quarter of the globe, and is planting the germs of empires among the ruins and desolation of almost forgotten countries. The wily ...
The French Quarter buildings are exemplary representations ... Valley and the most exquisite surviving example of French Colonial public architecture. A formal front garden greets guests, but ...
Some photographs even document a ruined street in the Fez Mellah (Jewish quarter ... landmarks and people through a colonial lens, emphasizing exoticism and French superiority».
Open drug use, crime, graffiti and trash are pervasive in the French Quarter, turning the city ... protect the only intact French and Spanish Colonial settlement remaining in this country.
North Carolina The French Quarter was initially laid out according to French colonial city planning, with a central square, which was later named Jackson Square. “Despite its French roots ...
Direct French colonial rule over Martinique and Guadeloupe began in the 17th century and structured the local social system and economy to primarily benefit French economic interests. Like many ...
NEW ORLEANS — A piece of New Orleans’ colonial past is being restored ... iconic Spanish-era ceramic street tiles embedded in French Quarter buildings — with help from Spain itself.
The 26 artifacts were among thousands taken by French colonial troops in the late 19th century from the kingdom of Dahomey, which is now the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The loot was ...
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has accused Algeria of trying to "humiliate" its former colonial ruler. France began its occupation of Algeria in 1830 and the North African country only ...