You probably know Brest for its incredible Musée National de la Marine, housed in the town’s old medieval castle, or for its port. But did you know that since the 1980s, the […]
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On Tuesday 16 April, our dear President, Mr Jean-Marie Pestel, travelled over 500 kilometres from Albi to give a talk entitled: “LAPEROUSE, from Hudson Bay to Vanikoro: the human adventure of an
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Our long-standing member, Jacques Picard, was made a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour and decorated on Friday 30 June at the Toulouse Commercial Court by Mrs Belloubet, a
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It was July 1786 when La Boussole and the Astrolabe set sail from Lituya Bay, Alaska. On a simple hydrographic expedition, 21 sailors perished at sea, and the future was uncertain for
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We had the pleasure of welcoming Mr Masashi Mitani to Albi from Japan with his wife, from 28 to 31 October 2023. Mr Mitani is particularly interested in the humanist work of
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This is an article that appeared in the Tarn Libre on 24 November 2023 that we invite you to discover for this New Year. Between October and November 2023, cities such as
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