Odéon, théâtre de l'Europe

Le Vexin français, à la frontière entre la Normandie et l'île de France était une région stratégique lors des invasions vikings et plus encore quand le puissant duché de Normandie bascula sous le contrôle de la couronne d'Angleterre. Un château en ruine à Château-sur-Epte, que de ... Show More

En Alsace, Strasbourg est capitale européenne, un slogan répété à l’envi. Mais la ville aujourd’hui se veut plus que le siège du parlement européen, elle veut être aussi un modèle européen. Sur le bureau de madame la maire de Strasbourg, un projet de convention pour faire de Kehl ... Show More

Dans les Traces d’Europe, nous visitons des monuments et des lieux, partout en France, qui ont été, à un moment de l’histoire, emblématiques de l’Europe. Aujourd’hui, souvenons-nous que Paris a été la capitale du romantisme européen dans la première moitié du 19e siècle. Le Musée ... Show More

If Gothic cathedrals, troubadours, and the Crusades evoke a certain picture of medieval Europe, you might be surprised that these foundations of a shared French culture continue to shape European society, all beginning with a single dynasty. Reigning from 987 to 1328, the Capetia ... Show More

Belfast is kaleidoscopic — a product born out of contested histories and the desire to break free from it. As Northern Ireland commemorates 100 years since partition, take a journey through a city that is shedding its historical sectarian binaries. 

يعتبر صمود مكتبة سانت غال في سويسرا لاثني عشر قرناً حتى اليوم واحدة من معجزاتها الكبرى فبينما اختفى الكثير من مكتبات العصور الوسطى نجت وحافظة  على دورها الثقافي. 

A mysterious religious community founded by an insurance agent-turned spiritual leader in northern Italy spent 15 years constructing an underground temple covered in intricate paintings, mosaics, trippy colors and images inspired by Roman, Greek and Egyptian mythology. READ MORE ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea and experience of Christian pilgrimage in Europe from the 12th to the 15th centuries, which figured so strongly in the imagination of the age. For those able and willing to travel, there were countless destinations from Jerusalem, Rome and ... Show More

Viviamo in un momento storico molto complesso, confuso, contraddittorio, dove l’idea di Europa è messa giornalmente in discussione. La domanda a cui voglio cercare di rispondere è questa: esiste una cultura europea? Al di là del concetto di Europa politica o economica, possiamo p ... Show More

Join us on this busy little tour of history where we will be visiting the pre-historic village of Çatalhöyük, the affluent times in the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Battle of Actium which directly involved the famous Egyptian Queen Pharoah Cleopatra, and how medieval ... Show More

In episode two of this new series exploring the sights and stories of Europe’s most beautiful, intriguing and historic cities, travel journalist Paul Bloomfield is joined by medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega for a tour of Prague. They delve into the long and storied past of th ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the changes in the intellectual world of Western Europe in the 12th Century, and their origins. This was a time of Crusades, the formation of states, the start of Gothic architecture, a reconnection with Roman and Greek learning and their Arabic de ... Show More