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Stories that shaped Europe

Follow one story through time and through its museums.

Big stories of Netherlands

Theme · NetherlandsWomen who shaped Dutch cultureA countess at war, a painter with a star, a bug hunter and four queensFollow the story →

Big stories of France

Theme · FranceThe French RevolutionTen years that turned France upside down, and gave the world the metreFollow the story →Theme · FranceThe ImpressionistsMonet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Cassatt: the friends who painted lightFollow the story →Theme · FranceNapoleonFrom a boy in Corsica to emperor of half of Europe, and the price France paidFollow the story →Theme · FranceThe RepublicsFive republics, one motto, and presidents who loved to build museumsFollow the story →Theme · FranceKings of FranceFrom Clovis to Louis XVI: a thousand years of crowns, castles and dramaFollow the story →Theme · FranceWomen who changed FranceA teenage soldier, a rebel writer, a double Nobel winner and a star spyFollow the story →

Big stories of Italy

Theme · ItalyAncient RomeFrom twin babies and a wolf to a huge empire, and the ruins you can still walk through.Follow the story →Theme · ItalyArt and play for childrenThe foundations, cooperatives and museums that open art and science to every child in Italy, from Milan to Palermo.Follow the story →Theme · ItalyWhen the Pope lived in FranceFor 68 years the popes lived in Avignon, and Rome was left without them. Here is how they came back.Follow the story →Theme · ItalyThe RenaissanceHow one small city taught Europe to see the world in a new way.Follow the story →Theme · ItalyThe Royals of ItalyFrom dukes in the Alps to kings of all Italy, and a pizza named after a queen.Follow the story →Theme · ItalyWomen of Italian artThey painted kings, saints and themselves, when women were not supposed to paint.Follow the story →Theme · ItalyWomen of RomePriestesses, empresses, a queen without a crown and the doctor who changed school for ever.Follow the story →

Big stories of Spain

Theme · SpainAl-AndalusAlmost 800 years of Muslim, Christian and Jewish Spain, in stone, tiles and words.Follow the story →Theme · SpainSpain's Golden AgeSilver ships, a mad knight and painters who changed art. Plus the dark side.Follow the story →Theme · SpainPicasso, Dalí and MiróThree Spanish boys who went to Paris and turned art upside down.Follow the story →Theme · SpainWomen who shaped SpainA queen, a saint, a court painter, a royal sculptor and the fight for the voteFollow the story →