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The French and Beninese Ministers of Culture sign an act of transfer of ownership from France to Benin, allowing 26 colonial-era treasures from the kingdom of Abomey to return to their country after nearly 130 years of absence. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the exhibition "Restitution of 26 works of the royal treasures of Abomey", at the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum. It will be the last time the colonial-era treasures taken from Benin will be shown in France before being handed back in a landmark gesture. IMAGES
Versailles, Oct 16 (EFE) .- Ostriches, chameleons and elephants have returned this week to the Palace of Versailles in an exhibition that for the first time shows the variety of species that inhabited this ancient residential complex next to French royalty. (Camera: MARIO GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ)SHOT LIST: THE EXHIBITION "THE KING'S ANIMALS", LOCATED IN THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES.SOUND BITES: CURATOR ALEXANDRE MARAL (IN FRENCH)TRANSLATIONS:1) "The Palace of Versailles, the domain of Versailles, in general, was populated with animals. They were everywhere."2) "(Versailles) is a place where there were many pets that were inside the palace, who lived with members of the royal family and courtiers, such as dogs, cats, parrots and monkeys. Therefore, it can be said that it was a place where animals lived like kings. "3) "Animals had a political function in Versailles, since it was a place of power, so everything had a political symbolism, like the birds in the collection of Louis XIV".
Brussels, Jul 24 (EFE) .- (Camera: Ricardo Ruiz Varo) Some of the objects exhibited in the Belgian Museum of Africa, which houses one of the largest collections in the world in the center of that continent, will soon begin a One-way trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of an innovative process for the return of goods obtained illegally in the former Belgian colony.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION IN BRUSSELS AND SOUNDBITES OF GUIDO GRYSEELS, MUSEUM DIRECTOR, IN ENGLISH.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at an event held at the New Orleans Museum of Art, ahead of delivering a speech. Macron is in New Orleans, a city emblematic of historic Franco-American ties, to promote the French language and conclude his three-day state visit to the United States. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, inaugurates the 19M, a new centre for fashion crafts in Aubervilliers, on the outskirts of Paris, created at the behest of the Chanel company. IMAGES
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