00:00In Paris, the Grand Palais is hosting an exhibition
00:04tracing the final years of the French painter Henri Matisse.
00:11Pinot Noir is an iconic grape variety of French vineyards
00:15and has likely been around longer than we thought.
00:21Each year the region of Imathia in northern Greece
00:24welcomes spring beneath a breathtaking canopy of pink peach blossoms.
00:30The blooming orchards create a truly enchanting spectacle
00:34drawing visitors primarily from across Greece
00:36but increasingly from other parts of Europe as well.
00:41Nature and travel bloggers are also flocking to Veria
00:44to capture these striking scenes.
00:47I want the people in Holland and Belgium to know
00:51what an amazing spots there still are
00:53besides all the places that people already know.
00:56For example, Veria. I mean, more and more people get to know it.
01:02The Veria tourism club marks the occasion by organizing events
01:05among the blossoming trees, including photography workshops and cycling routes.
01:08It's an experience that someone needs to see it
01:11and to see it once in their life.
01:13It's because it's a huge increase
01:15of 1.070.000 trees, which is a whole forest,
01:19and this is an experience that someone needs to see it once in their life.
01:22Thousands of visitors stroll through the peach orchards around Veria
01:25while local farmers point out that this beautiful landscape
01:28is the result of considerable time and hard work.
01:32They also stress that these events play an important role
01:35in promoting their produce.
01:37To get all this here, we need a lot of pressure.
01:41We need a lot of pressure from our farmers.
01:44We love how this is a beautiful presentation,
01:48this beautiful expression for the beautiful product that we have.
01:52The celebrations have also given a notable boost to the tourism sector
01:55with hotel staff reporting a clear rise in visitor numbers.
02:15Above all, visitors seem to be captivated by the beauty of nature
02:19and the vibrant colors.
02:22I came all the way from Germany to this fabulous event
02:27to have a look at the peach blossom, which I absolutely adore.
02:33You have to come because it's stunning and beautiful and heavenly.
02:38In the very region, peach trees typically bloom from mid-March to mid-April
02:42covering an area of around 170.000 acres.
02:51Found in the famous wines of champagne and the Côte d'Or,
02:54Pinot Noir is an iconic grape variety of punch vineyards
02:58and has likely been around longer than we thought.
03:01A study mapping the genome of grape seeds found at various archaeological sites
03:06traced this fruit in the same genetic form to a trash bean dating from the 15th century.
03:12It means that the 15th century is a famous species for the end of the 100 years of war,
03:17for example.
03:18It's the one who saw the end of Jeanne d'Arc.
03:22We can imagine that Jeanne d'Arc had been able to grow the same fruits of the vine
03:28as those that we produce today.
03:30While it was indeed consumed, scientists do not know whether the inhabitants of Valenciennes
03:36in the 15th century consumed it as juice, wine or table grapes.
03:41Beyond the consumption habits of the French in the Middle Ages,
03:44the sequencing results primarily illustrate the use of agricultural methods identical to those of today.
03:51The reason Pinot Noir's DNA hasn't changed is that for 600 years,
03:56winemakers have propagated their wines through cuttings to preserve the variety's signature characteristics.
04:02We're doing a big study right now on looking for these old grapes
04:07because it brings us a lot of things about the climate change,
04:13grapes that will also be more resistant.
04:15For us, it's something that we look a lot
04:19and on which we work to try to recreate this dynamic with ancestral grapes.
04:26According to the study, evidence of various propagation techniques such as cuttings
04:32has been found in French grapes dating back to the Iron Age over 2,500 years ago
04:38and evidence of the exchange of French grapes cuttings has been found from Spain to the Middle East
04:44during the Roman period.
04:51A church in the village of Repoto in Thessaly, Central Greece,
04:55has become a tourist attraction for visitors eager to test their sense of balance.
04:59This is because due to ground subsidence, the church shifted down the mountain side
05:03and now leans at a 17 degree angle, much steeper for example than the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy.
05:09We see it in videos, we don't believe in this thing.
05:12We believe that we make a mistake, but we don't make a mistake.
05:15It's terrible, it's terrible, it's terrible, it's terrible.
05:18If you don't see it from close, you can't understand the truth.
05:21It was historical how you lay the roads and start getting started and you feel the closure
05:25slowly.
05:26It's a bit afraid, you're saying, in a way, I'll do it.
05:31I went to the center and I said I'll leave, I'll die, I'll die.
05:35I went to the opposite side, I got a closed door, I made a closure.
05:37It's a very clear feeling that it gives you a sense.
05:41Due to the subsidence in the village, the residents were forced to abandon it in 2012.
05:51A unique exhibition opens this Wednesday at the Orangerie in Paris.
05:56Some 50 works by Le Douanier Rousseau, including 18 from the Bounds Foundation in Philadelphia,
06:02are on display in an effort to pay tribute to a painter who was often mocked during his lifetime.
06:07The exhibition Henri Rousseau, The Ambition of Painting, highlights the career of a painter labeled as naïve.
06:16C'est un peintre que l'on a très tôt considéré comme naïf.
06:20Les premiers critiques qui voient ses œuvres au Salon des Indépendants font référence à sa naïveté.
06:25C'est un peintre qui est surtout autodidacte, mais qui a bénéficié d'une éducation, même s'il n'a
06:30pas suivi de formation artistique.
06:32Le Douanier Rousseau, who began painting shortly before turning 50,
06:35found inspiration in illustrated books featuring wild animals and through visits to the Jardin des Plants.
06:42To set himself apart from other artists, Henri Rousseau, who always wanted to make a living from his art,
06:49sought to diversify his genres and techniques.
06:51His style is particularly evident in his scenes of lush jungles populated by wild animals,
06:57such as the painting The Hungry Lion throws itself on the antelope.
07:01C'est une œuvre qui parle aux enfants parce qu'elle est très directe.
07:04Et je pense qu'aujourd'hui plus que jamais, on verra dans ses œuvres leur force et leur modernité.
07:12Ça ressort du rêve, mais ça ressort aussi de quelque chose qui nous touche,
07:15j'allais dire, assez directement dans nos rêves, mais aussi dans nos angoisses.
07:21The exhibition will also feature the painting The Sleeping Gypsy on loan from MoMA in New York,
07:27one of his masterpieces, but also one of his most mysterious works.
07:31The world of Le Douanier Rousseau is on display until the 20th of July.
08:02Sous-titrage ST' 501
08:15Le travail de la restauration, c'est un travail assez complet,
08:19puisque ça nécessite à la fois évidemment une réflexion scientifique,
08:23c'est-à-dire quelles cartes on va choisir de restaurer,
08:26et tout un travail technique, quelles techniques de restauration on va mettre en œuvre.
08:32Le temps qu'on va passer à restaurer une carte dépend évidemment de son état,
08:38mais aussi de ce qu'on souhaite en faire.
08:53À la Renaissance, par exemple, la carte était un moyen d'anticiper le monde encore inconnu.
09:01L'imagination était un instrument de la connaissance.
09:05On a incité les explorateurs à aller explorer des régions inconnues,
09:13qu'on présentait sur les cartes de manière parfois farfelue et assurée comme telles.
09:16Sous-titrage ST' 501
09:46C'est un style de la connaissance de la chanson, la beauté et plaisir.
09:50C'est pourquoi choreographer Piotr Jeznach
09:52décidé de créer sa propre interpretation de cette littérale classique.
09:56C'est un seul forme de expression est un mouvement.
10:00Nous essayons de débarquer ceci.
10:08Il y a un un sens.
10:09Il n'y a pas de mots.
10:09Il y a du temps pour l'étoile de sillon.
10:10Il n'y a pas d'énergie.
10:11Il n'y a pas de comprendre ce qu'on doit sentir.
10:13Il y a des expert...
10:14..c'est un peu de mots.
10:17Il y a des expertes dans sa famille du jouw et du jeu,
10:20un peu de mots.
10:38The role of Dorian Gray is played by Szymon Paholec, who admits the role has been his biggest challenge so
10:44far.
10:56The dancer was also full of praise for his collaboration with the choreographer.
11:29The picture of Dorian Gray is on at Theatr Roma in Warsaw.
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