Today in “France: a whole story! Priscille and Lavande tell you the story of a strange diplomatic gift in France.
Yes, an incredible present offered to the King of France, Charles X, by the Pasha of Egypt,
This gift had an incredible journey, because it came from afar, and above all it was…a giraffe!
On these heritage days, it is possible to go and admire this historic giraffe, since it was naturalized and installed in 1931 in the Natural History Museum of La Rochelle, it is still there and it is elsewhere considered a true star of the museum!