Do you know what meal was served to foreign diplomats during a reception dinner at the Élysée given in 1993 by Alain Juppé, then Minister of Foreign Affairs?
And what advice did Louis XIV give to the King of Spain?
To find out the answers to these questions, head to the diplomatic archives center in La Courneuve.
An establishment which depends on the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
“We are spread over two sites, in La Courneuve and Nantes,” explains Sylvie Yeomans, head of the communications department.
The Loire-Atlantique premises contain the diplomatic and consular archives of French representations abroad.
Conversely, the documents accessible in Seine-Saint-Denis were produced in Paris for foreign diplomats
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