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French architecture

(Encyclopedia)French architecture, structures created in the area of Europe that is now France. Engineers and architects, including François Hennebique, Auguste Perret, and Tony Garnier, pioneered the use of rei...

French brier

(Encyclopedia)French brier: see heath.

French Somaliland

(Encyclopedia)French Somaliland: see Djibouti, republic. ...

Somaliland, French

(Encyclopedia)Somaliland, French: see Djibouti, republic. ...

French Guinea

(Encyclopedia)French Guinea: see Guinea, republic, Africa. ...

French Congo

(Encyclopedia)French Congo: see Congo, Republic of the. ...

French literature

(Encyclopedia)French literature, writings in medieval French dialects and standard modern French. Writings in Provençal and Breton are considered separately, as are works in French produced abroad (as at Canadian ...

French India

(Encyclopedia)French India, former overseas territory of France in India, composed of the coastal enclaves of Pondichéry (now Puducherry), Karikal (now Karaikal), Yanaon (now Yanam), and Mahé (now Mahe) in the so...

French art

(Encyclopedia)French art, the artistic production of the region that constitutes the historic nation of France. See also French architecture. The innovations of postimpressionism, combined with the influence of C...

French Revolution

(Encyclopedia)French Revolution, political upheaval of world importance in France that began in 1789. The French Revolution, though it seemed a failure in 1799 and appeared nullified by 1815, had far-reachin...