Culture and Identity _ Speaking activity 1 _ French Icons

The top eight cultural icons from France for, Constance and I, are:
1.The monuments of Paris like Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Montparnasse, Montmartre...
2.The French food like cheese, bread and wine.
3.For Sport, there are personalities like Tony Parker for Basket-ball, Sébastien Chabal for Rugby.
4.For music there are Jhonny Halliday, Michel Polnareff
5.For cinema, there are a lot of people who represent the country like Marion Cotillard, Dany Boon...
6.The castles of the Loire are also an icon in the France's history.
7.Fashion It's very important to France with Chanel, Hermes, Dior...
8.The climate is different according to region like mediterranean climate in south of france, oceanic climate in ouest of france and other climate.

We haven't an ordre to classify this icons but for us, they are the most representatifs of french culture.