The grand ceremonial staircase leading to the performance hall, salons and foyers of the Paris Opera • WIKIMEDIACOMMONS In September 1909, the Parisian newspaper Le Gaulois publishes the first episode of a soap opera entitled The Phantom of the Opera . The author, Gaston Leroux, who had not yet
Pierre Ponchardier the Ponch Pierre Ponchardier (October 4, 1909 - January 27, 1961) was a French admiral (rear-admiral) born in Saint-Étienne.Biography After the Naval School, he took courses at the Air Force Application School in Versailles. He joined the naval aviation and commanded 1B squadro
May 13, 1754 (Cahuzac-sur-Vère) - February 13, 1807 (Vornen) dHautpoul, Jean-Joseph-Ange, count Born in the Château de Salettes, enlisted at fifteen in the Corsican Legion then a young gentleman in the Languedoc regiment from 1777 to 1792 dHautpoul was a colonel when the war began. Remained at
One of the most repeated myths in Antiquity is that of the king whose end is prophesied at the hands of a descendant. This leads the father to abandon him in the belief that he will die and, thus, he will be able to avoid the predicted destiny. Then it turns out that the boy is saved and fulfills h