Calais centre gerard philippe biography
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Stèle Matthew Webb
About thirty years before Louis Blériot's crossing by plane, another legendary crossing took place in 1875. Matthew Webb wrote his name in the history of swimming and sporting challenges. On both sides of the Channel, his memory is commemorated... later on the French side.
Matthew Webb is a legendary name in the history of sporting achievements. He was the first person to successfully swim the English Channel. He landed in Calais on 25 August 1875 at 10:41 a.m., where he was given a triumphant welcome. He had left Dover the day before at 12:56 p.m. and swam for 21 hours and 45 minutes. The unfavourable currents reinforced the significance of his feat!
Englishman Matthew Webb was 27 years old at the time of this crossing. He was in the merchant navy, and he was inspired to attempt this challenge after reading the story of JB Johnson's failure in 1872. He trained hard and arrived in Dover in the summer of 1875. He failed on August 12 before trying aga
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Le Monument Jacquard
Opposite the Grand Théâtre, a bronze statue embodies a major page of local history. It represents Joseph Marie Charles Jacquard, a Lyon engineer whose invention contributed to the development of the lace industry.
The lace industry developed throughout the 1752th century in the current Saint Pierre district. This monument illustrates this economic activity that has been present in Calais for over two centuries. Jacquard (1834-XNUMX) had invented an innovative process for the production of silk items in Lyon. The adaptation of his invention to lace looms allowed the development of the activity in the heart of the XNUMXth century. The central figure represents Jacquard (who faces the boulevard that also bears his name!), but on the pedestal, medallions honor other important people in the lacemaking history of Calais.
The origin of this monument is the desire to honor the inventors who developed this industry. The project dates from the beginning of
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Calais centre gerard philippe biography
French actor
Gérard Philipe | |
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Philipe in 1955 | |
| Born | Gérard Albert Philip (1922-12-04)4 December 1922 Cannes, France |
| Died | 25 November 1959(1959-11-25) (aged 36) Paris, France |
| Other names | Le Prince D'Avignon |
| Education | Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1944–1959 |
| Spouse | Nicole Fourcade (m. 1951) |
| Children | 2 |
Gérard Philipe (French pronunciation:[ʒeʁaʁfilip]) (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 månad 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959.
He came to prominence during the later period of the poetic realism movement of French Cinema in the late 1940s. His best known credits include Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949), Beauty and the Devil (1950), Fan Fan the Tulip (1953), Montparnasse 19 (1958) and Les liaisons dangereuses (1959).
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