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Help trace Amiens family to return lost First World War postcards
An Australian woman seeks descendants of Victor and Juliette Herbault in Amiens to return twelve love postcards
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Understanding French vide greniers, braderies and brocantes
Similar to flea markets and car boot sales, the season for these events starts in September
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Bayeux Tapestry on display at the British Museum: things you may not know about iconic artefact
The woven work - which may not be that French after all - is set to feature in a dedicated exhibition from September 10 - July 11
Boost for Carnac’s new Unesco bid
Brittany's prehistoric sites 'worthy of being presented for World Heritage status'
Brittany's astonishing prehistoric heritage – with Carnac’s alignment of nearly 4,000 standing stones and more than 550 sites in southern Morbihan – have been recognised by the Culture Ministry as worthy of being presented to Unesco for its list of World Heritage sites.
The move to recognise the ‘exceptional universal value’ of the sites, scattered across 26 communes and dating back 6,000 years, allows Paysages de Mégalithes de Carnac et du sud Morbihan project to take a step closer to being proposed to Unesco for approval.
France puts forward suitable projects each year to Unesco and the Paysages committee must now prepare a management plan that will preserve the sites for the future.
Fears over the possible stifling effect of this management plan bedevilled earlier efforts in 1996 to get Carnac listed along with concerns that it could be turned into a type of Disneyland.
Now Jean-Baptiste Goulard, the managing director of the project, said they must define the perimeter of the heritage area and show its credibility and why it should be proposed ahead of other sites like the D-Day beaches, Mont Blanc or the historic centre of Sarlat.
