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European Heritage Days - France's residence in Romania opens its gates on Saturday

October 14, 2021

France's residence in Romania is opening up its gates, on Saturday, for scheduled and guided visits, on the occasion of the 38th edition of European Heritage Days, the French Institute informed on Thursday, through a press release.Frances' residence, which celebrates 129 years of existence, houses numerous French artwork, but also Romanian, highlighting the past and offering a projection into the future of the Romanian-French friendship.Visitors will have the opportunity of also seeing an exclusive archive photography exhibition belonging to the AGERPRES National News Agency, which aims to evoke the residence's history through Romania's history and that of the Romanian-French diplomacy. The exhibition is organized with the technical support of AGERPRES who put at the disposal of the French Embassy in Romania a series of photographs which point to the special relationship between the two countries.   

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