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As the heatwave settles in France, with record temperatures for the month of June expected to be broken, Parisians are trying to cool down in the shade of the Luxembourg Gardens in the centre of the capital. IMAGES
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye (France), May 15 (EFE) .- (Camera: María Díaz Valderrama) When museums reopen to the public in France this Wednesday there will be a new national art center: the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud, a place pilgrimage for English people and believers, it will now host the more than 900 works from the Martine and Léon Cligman collection.FOOTAGE OF THE ROYAL ABBEY OF FONTEVRAUD. SOUNDBITES IN FRENCH OF DOMINIQUE GAGNEAUX, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN PARIS (FRANCE). Full translation Dominique Gagneaux, former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris:1.- "They have collected for a long time and began to collect paintings of classical modernity, of modern art, and, at the same time, they have associated with this collection figurative paintings from which sensitivity and a very strong sense of humanism and humanity. There are many faces and looks in this collection and we associate these paintings with objects that come from the depths of time and that are Sumerian, Egyptian or Iranian bronzes ".
Parisians enjoy the sunshine in the snowy alleys of the Tuileries gardens in Paris, as the Greater Paris region experiences a cold spell that is expected to last several days. IMAGES
Rescue workers, firemen and volunteers load food supplies on board a helicopter that takes off for Tende, a village still isolated four days after the historic flooding of the Roya River. IMAGES
France's iconic Palace of Versailles welcomes visitors for the first time in months, after the government allowed French museums and historic sites to reopen their doors following the coronavirus shutdown. (COMPLETES VIDI1SY7T9_EN, VIDI1SY7VR_EN) IMAGES
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