Europe

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Europe | Britain | France | Ireland | Italy

Europe

• EuroCompass - "Guide for the Independent Traveller"
• Europe for Visitors - Guides for most destinations. Includes a section on Jewish travel in Europe
• European Union
• How the EU Works
• EU Countries - Statistics, government, links to more information
• Eurostat
• EuroDocs - Primary historical documents from Western Europe
• Library of Congress:
• European Reading Room (Library of Congress)
• Hispanic Reading Room - Includes Iberia (Spain and Portugal)
• Via Michelin - Guide to traveling in Europe
• Western European Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries - Gateway to links on all aspects of Western European society and culture

European News:

• European Journalism Page - News and related sites
• Pravda - English-language edition of Russia's leading newspaper

Britain

• Art UK - Database of art works in British museums and other cultural institutions
• Culture24 - Gateway to 3,000 museums, galleries, and heritage attractions
• Icons - Stonehenge, a cup of tea, Monty Python, and other things that make England what it is today
• National Attractions - Museums, galleries and historic houses in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
• UK in the USA - Web site of the British Embassy; great FAQs about the U.K
• University College London's UK Page
• UKdirectory
• British Page - Cultural links

History:

See also

• Genealogy
• American and British History Resources - Including many texts
• Ansaxdat - The database of Ansax-L, the Anglo-Saxon mailing list
• CAIN: Conflict Archive on the Internet - Extensive background on "the troubles" in Northern Ireland
• English History.net - So far, pages on Byron, Keats, and Tudor history
• Map of Early Modern London - A map from 1561, encyclopedia, gazetteer, and Stow's Survey of London
• My Time Machine: 1066 and all that - Eyewitness accounts of events in British history

• History Data Service - Historical data sets (e.g., from the Census)

• National Archives
• Old English Pages (Georgetown U.)
• Richard III Society
• Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in Early Modern England
• Unveiling of Britain - Historic maps from 800-1600 (British Library)
• Victorian London
• VictorianWeb - 1837-1901
• Wars of the Roses - Essays by Michael D. Miller

Geography and Travel:

• Automobile Association (AA)
• Ordinance Survey - The UK's mapping agency
• StreetMap.co.uk
• UK Public Transport Information
• Visit Britain - British Tourist Authority

British News:

• BBC
• Guardian - The liberal-leaning national newspaper
• This Is London
• The Times of London - The voice of the establishment
• Telegraph - The conservative-leaning paper
• What the Papers Say (Ananova)

Education:

See also

• British and Irish Libraries
• Universities and Colleges (HERO)
• Universities and HE Colleges - All on a clickable map (University of Wolverhampton)

Statistics:

• National Statistics Online [statistics.gov.uk]

London:

See also

• British Theatre
• Transport for London (including the Tube)
• Kew Gardens
• Ultimate Guide to the London Underground
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London

France

• Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links
• Joconde: Portail des collections des musées de France - Find works of art in French museums

Paris:

• Centre Pompidou, home of the Musée National d'Art Moderne
• Louvre - The great art museum covering ancient times up to about 1850
• Mémorial de la Shoah: Musée et centre de documentation - Museum of the Holocaust in France
• Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme - Museum of Jewish art and history
• Musée Maillol - Museum dedicated to the sculptor and graphic artist. Closed in February 2015, but plans to reopen soon. (See also Maillol's sculptures in the Tuileries garden near the Louvre)
• Musée d'Orsay - Art museum covering mid-19th to mid-20th centuries, including the great Impressionists and post-Impressionists
• Musée National Picasso
• Musée Jacquemart André
• Shakespeare and Company - The legendary bookstore

Lyon:

• Centre d'Histoire de la Resistance et de la Deportation - Museum devoted to the resistance and the deportation of Jews, housed in the Gestapo's former headquarters

Provence:

• MuCEM: Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, Marseille
• Parc Nationale des Calanques - Beautiful bays near Marseille
• Provence Web
• Site Mémorial du Camp des Milles, Aix-en-Provence - Museum on the site of a transport camp used during World War II

Elsewhere in France:

• Musée Maillol at Banyuls sur Mer

Ireland

Italy

• Welcome to Firenze - Sites and culture of Florence
• Vatican Exhibit (Library of Congress)