Lifestyle

Prestige issue 155, April 2006
Federal Capital of the United States and international center of influence, Washington DC (District of Columbia), named after the first president of the US George Washington, shines with the beauty of its green spaces, its administrative buildings and prestigious historic monuments.

Prestige issue 257-258, Dec. 2014-Jan. 2015
Play the Sissi in Vienna, like the late legendary star Romy Schneider who played on the big screen the life of Empress Elisabeth. She liked to take her morning coffee and walk to the Gazebo, part of the Schönbrunn Palace and monumental construction enthroned at the top of the hill. But Vienna is also the cathedral of Saint-Etienne,

Prestige issue 257-258 Dec 20104, Jan. 2015
By advocating austerity, humility, manual work and evangelization, St. Francis of Assisi inspired the current Pope Francis to take his name and preach the same beliefs as those of the Saint.

Prestige issue 257-258, Dec. 2014-Jan.2015
Part of the Historic Centre of Rome, the Pantheon, located at Piazza della Rotonda, was originally a religious building dedicated to all the gods of antiquity, especially to Mars and Venus. Built on the orders of Agrippa in the year 27 BC., whose name is engraved on the entrance portico, it was completely destroyed by two fires in the years 80 and 110 and

Prestige issue 23, April 1995
Cardinal Richelieu founded the French Academy in 1635. Transported, on March 20th, 1805, at the College of Four Nations on decree of Bonaparte, it becomes the Dome and the illustrious institute will jealously keep the secret of its longevity.

Prestige issue 261, April 2015
50 km away from Paris, in the Yvelines department, are the Thoiry Castle dating from the XVIth and XVIIth centuries and its Zoo. Built in 1559 at the request of Raoul Moreau, treasurer of King Henry II, the castle is an architectural work that had the ambition to serve the lifestyle of a noble family, but also to satisfy the passions of his esoteric owner. The residence was designed by architect Philibert de l'Orme and his master mason Olivier Ymbert.