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Heritage Days 2026 at France Miniature (Yvelines): step behind the scenes at the park.

Heritage Days come to France Miniature in Elancourt (78) on 19 and 20 September 2026. For an exceptional weekend, set off on a XXS tour of France among the country’s iconic monuments.
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September 30 in Paris: 300 women demand weapons in front of City Hall

On September 30, 1870, with Paris encircled by the Prussian army for less than two weeks, about 300 women gathered in front of the City Hall. Among their delegates was Louise Michel. Six months before the Paris Commune, this demonstration underscored how the Siege was already upending the place of women in Parisian political life.
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Journées du Patrimoine 2026: circus arts, a medieval encampment and concerts at Domaine des Macarons de Réau

The Domaine des Macarons de Réau welcomes you to a delicious weekend on September 19–20, 2026, for Heritage Days. On the program: medieval animations, pony rides, wooden games, and even concerts!
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On this date in Paris, September 29: The suspicious death of Émile Zola in his Paris apartment

On September 29, 1902, Émile Zola is found unconscious in his Paris apartment at 21 bis rue de Bruxelles. The writer dies from carbon monoxide poisoning emitted by the fireplace in his bedroom, while his wife Alexandrine survives. The inquiry rules it an accident, but a testimony that surfaced fifty years later rekindles a question never fully put to rest: was the chimney of the author of J’Accuse…! deliberately blocked?
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Circus workshops, a craft market and vintage cars for Heritage Days at Château Arribas

Ready for two days of adventure? The European Heritage Days 2026, on September 19 and 20, open free access to historic and offbeat sites across Île-de-France. Among them, Château Arribas, known as Disneyland Paris’s official glassblowers’ home, has a whole lineup of activities in store for visitors.
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Heritage Days 2026: a Medieval Weekend at Blandy-les-Tours Castle (77)

The Blandy-les-Tours Castle Comes Alive for Heritage Days! On September 19 and 20, 2026, discover this fortress in Seine-et-Marne and gear up for an engaging lineup centered on crafts.
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On this day in Paris, September 27: Champollion reveals how to decipher hieroglyphs

On September 27, 1822, Jean-François Champollion stood before the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres to unveil the ideas that finally unlocked Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. At 31, after a decade of work, the French savant showed that some signs represent sounds, opening the path to reading texts that had remained largely indecipherable for nearly 15 centuries.
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European Heritage Days 2026 at the Clemenceau Museum in Paris: the program

For the 2026 Heritage Days in Paris, visit a secret museum like no other: the Clemenceau Museum! We wander through the former Prime Minister’s apartment, with a garden and a view of the Eiffel Tower, and take the opportunity to revisit the story of France. Here’s the program planned for this edition.
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On this day in Paris history: the opening of the RER C

On September 26, 1979, Prime Minister Raymond Barre inaugurated the railway link between the Invalides and Orsay stations. A mere kilometer of tunnel was enough to unite two networks that had faced off for decades, giving birth to the Transversale Rive Gauche, soon renamed the RER C.
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Fête de l'Huma: origins and history of France's biggest people's festival

For nine decades now, the Fête de l’Humanité, or the Fête de l’Huma for the insiders, has kept the Île-de-France region buzzing to the rhythm of concerts, exhibitions, debates and encounters. Based since 1972 in Seine-Saint-Denis, the largest annual popular and cultural festival in France moved in 2022 to Essonne. But do you know how this festival was born? Here are the origins and history of the Fête de l’Huma!