FRANCE
Across France, many great museums have put
their collections online during the pandemic. In
Paris, alone, there are at least 14 museums you can
visit virtually. Dial back time to see the City of
Light as it appeared in the days of Victor Hugo, the
author of Les Misérables and Hunchback of Notre
Dame, and the impressionist artists who fre-
quented the illustrious le Parisienne districts like
Montmartre and Le Marais. Les Musées de la Ville
de Paris, which is a local public institution, has
combined the collections of the capital's
museums into one resource. See over 350,000
works online at parismuseescollections.paris.fr/en
France's Sun King, a.k.a. King Louis XIV, built
a pantheon of military glories in Paris known as
Les Invalides, which houses the imperial tomb of
Emperor Napoleon I, among other national fig-
ures of French history. The most recent addition
is the tomb of the late great Josephine Baker, the
famous Franco-American dancer and French
Resistance fighter. musee-armee.fr/en
If you have felt like hiding under a rock, why not
consider visiting one of France's legendary caves?
Inside the depths of the Lascaux Caves below the
Dordogne Valley, take an interactive underground
journey of the prehistoric cave art. The digital
archaeological site includes videos, images, and
virtual tours. See galloping horses, great bulls and
falling aurochs carbon dated back some 17,000
years. archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/en
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S e e Canada virtually from home.
Destination Canada has brought your
favourite attractions and places to
computer screens. You can download
iconic landscapes and legendary
experiences across the nation. Head
to the website, scroll down, and
mouse over a province and click.
https://us-keepexploring.canada.travel
Explore the Loire Valley virtually
from the comfort of your couch.
Take a drone flyover by the Château
de Chenonceau (the former home
of Catherine de' Medici) or
immerse in a 360°-visit of Château
Raoul, a 10
th
-century fortress.
youtu.be/_nWEByrXQvk
For more on France's Loire Valley
visit Google Arts & Culture artsand-
culture.google.com/project/loire-castles
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