{"id":66,"count":2,"description":"The\u00a0<b>culture of France<\/b>\u00a0has been shaped by\u00a0<a title=\"Geography of France\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geography_of_France\">geography<\/a>, by\u00a0<a title=\"History of France\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_France\">historical events<\/a>, and by foreign and internal forces and groups.\u00a0<a title=\"France\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\">France<\/a>, and in particular\u00a0<a title=\"Paris\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\">Paris<\/a>, has played an important role as a center of\u00a0<a title=\"High culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High_culture\">high culture<\/a>\u00a0since the 17th century and from the 19th century on, worldwide. From the late 19th century, France has also played an important role in cinema, fashion, cuisine, literature, technology, the social sciences, and mathematics. The importance of French culture has waxed and waned over the centuries, depending on its economic, political and military importance. French culture today is marked both by great regional and socioeconomic differences and strong unifying tendencies. 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