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Welcome to Alliance Franaise de Philadelphie About Us The Alliance Franaise was created in Paris in 1883 by a group of eminent men including the scientist Louis Pasteur thewriter Jules Verne the diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps and the publisher Armand Colin. Headquartered in Paris the Alliance had 850 centersin 137 countries on every inhabited continent in 2014. Upcoming Events Read the Stories of our Recent Scholarship Recipients. Each year the Alliance Franaise de Philadelphie awards two scholarships for francophone students and young professionals.