The towers of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (François Mitterrand site) can be seen from the Seine during a stroll ...

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The National Library of France has undergone an extensive renovation, and relics from Charlemagne to Voltaire are now on display. By Elaine Sciolino PARIS — King Dagobert’s bronze throne ...

Mitterrand died in 1996 after serving two seven-year terms as the president of France, from 1981 through 1995. Sources "Biden Confuses French President Emmanuel Macron with Ex-Leader Mitterrand ...

The National Library of France, also known as the François-Mitterrand Library, plans to exhibit the fully restored manuscript in the autumn. The occasion will mark the 100th anniversary of Marcel ...

François Mitterrand was France's president between 1981 and 1995. He died in 1996. A portrait of French President Francois Mitterrand during his visit to Saint Benoit in Reunion on February 9, 1988.

In the 13th arrondissement, a forest is said to nestle in the heart of a huge library: conceived as a veritable green space ...

The restored library counted 40,000 visitors in the first six weeks after its reopening in mid-September. In 1537 King Francis I ordered the BnF to keep a copy of everything printed in France.

President Biden on Sunday appeared to mix up French President Emmanuel Macron with François Mitterrand, the former president of France who died in 1996. The apparent mix-up took place during a ...

France's national library exhibits vast collection in all shades of black and white. ... Une esthétique de la photographie" BNF François-Mitterrand, quai François-Mauriac, Paris 13 e.

A British diplomat raised concerns about the secret extent of French president Francois Mitterrand’s ill-health, a decade before the ailing statesman’s terminal prognosis was made public.