A French theme park devoted to history is bringing £810 million (about $1.1 billion) and 700 jobs to Oxfordshire

Puy du Fou, the French park famous for sweeping live historical spectacles — no roller coasters, all story — has chosen a site near Bicester, Oxfordshire, for its first UK park, a £810 million (about $1.1 billion) development expected to create about 700 jobs. For local supporters, the appeal is the park's recipe: theatre, crafts and living history at enormous scale, drawing visitors who stay, eat and explore locally. It is a long build from announcement to opening day, but a rural corner of England just learned it will host one of Europe's most unusual cultural attractions.

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