Jens Galschiøt's sculpture “The Orange Plague” is on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

It is rather odd that this sculpture, entitled "The Orange Plague", by the Danish artist Jens Galschiøt should be displayed in the building of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

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Black-and-white lithograph of a church with a tall dome and spire, with people, a horseman and a cart on the road before it and trees on both sides.

The Church of the Invalides in Paris in a Lithograph of 1840

Les Invalides. Lithograph of 1840

Yves Saint Laurent as a Child

Yves Saint Laurent as a child

Napoleon's Sarcophagus of Shoksha Quartzite and the Unrest near Les Invalides in Paris

Disturbances in Paris, literally at Les Invalides, the tomb of Napoleon. I think it would have taken him less than an hour to remove the cause of the noise, were it not for the 35-tonne sarcophagus of crimson Shoksha quartzite, brought from Russia by order of Nicholas I

The Trial of Marie Antoinette before the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October 1793

When Marie Antoinette was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal on the first day of her two-day trial, 14 October 1793, the jurors who had received their summonses were informed that "the vengeance of the people is in your hands", which amounts to indicating, in this fashion, the

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The Church of the Invalides in Paris in a Lithograph of 1840

Yves Saint Laurent as a Child

Napoleon's Sarcophagus of Shoksha Quartzite and the Unrest near Les Invalides in Paris

The Trial of Marie Antoinette before the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October 1793