Charming hamlets such as S aint Pierre de Chartreuse are starting points for sunny summer hikes to refreshing waterfalls and rustic mountain restaurants. It is particularly popular with French ...

1775: Angelo Braschi is chosen as Pope Pius VI. 1804: New Jersey becomes the last northern state to abolish slavery. 1852: Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children in London admits its first patient ...

The Palace of Versailles is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the French Third Republic and its institutional role with the opening to the public of the Congress Hall, the ...