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    l'anniversaire du souverain), also known as Luxembourgish National Day (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Nationalfeierdag, French: Fête nationale luxembourgeoise...
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  • Fête nationale du Canada Belgian National Day (July 21) in Belgium, Fête nationale belge Swiss National Day (August 1) in Switzerland, Fête nationale...
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    Jardin du Luxembourg (French pronunciation: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]), known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat...
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    Fête de la Musique". Fete de la Musique. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018. "La Fête de la musique : une fête nationale...
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    The Luxembourg Palace (French: Palais du Luxembourg, pronounced [palɛ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France...
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    Assembly declared the Bibliothèque du Roi to be national property and the institution was renamed the Bibliothèque Nationale. After four centuries of control...
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  • This is a list of public holidays in Luxembourg. The National Holiday celebrates the birthday of the Grand Duke and used to be movable to coincide with...
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    Louvre (redirect from Musee du Louvre)
    Luxembourg Palace. A hall was opened by Le Normant de Tournehem and the Marquis de Marigny for public viewing of the "king's paintings" (Tableaux du Roy)...
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    The Musée du Luxembourg (French pronunciation: [myze dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is a museum at 19 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Established...
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    Gardens next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. In 2004, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Centre national de la photographie and Patrimoine Photographique...
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    pronunciation: [myze də klyni]), officially Musée de Cluny-Musée National du Moyen Âge (lit. 'Cluny Museum-National Museum of the Middle Ages'), is a museum...
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    1st complementary day: La Fête de la Vertu, "Celebration of Virtue", on 17 or 18 September 2nd complementary day: La Fête du Génie, "Celebration of Talent"...
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    is the Musée du Luxembourg. The original sixteenth-century building is of obscure origin, but became known as the Hôtel de Luxembourg after its acquisition...
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    Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz]; formerly cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery...
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    around 2 million visitors per year. In October 2005, Parc Astérix ran La Fête des Druides ("The Festival of the Druids"), as a way of "thumbing their noses"...
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    French Revolution. On 14 July 1790 the first "Federation Day" celebration (fête de la Fédération), now known as Bastille Day, was held on the Champ de Mars...
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    Gauguin, and van Gogh. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum's opening in 1986. It is one of the...
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    downstream the Seine river. The buildings still comprise the Institution Nationale des Invalides, a national institution for disabled war veterans. The institution...
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    of the Palais Bourbon, Assemblée Nationale (1999), Beaux Arts Edition Brault, Yoann, article in 'L'Assemblee Nationale (2012), Beaux Arts Editions Chaudonneret...
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    tragic for its owner: the king had Fouquet arrested shortly after a famous fête that took place on 17 August 1661, where Molière's play 'Les Fâcheux' debuted...
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    Tome I: de la Renaissance au début du XIXe siècle, under the direction of Michel Racine. École nationale supérieure du paysage. ISBN 2742732802. Rudeck...
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    19 km west of Paris, France. Today, it houses the musée d'Archéologie nationale (National Museum of Archaeology). The first castle, named the Grand Châtelet...
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    1914 Mersch, Jules (1953). "Paul Eyschen". Biographie Nationale du Pays de Luxembourg. Luxembourg City: Victor Buck. p. 132. Letter from Eyschen to Nyssens...
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    Bordeaux 1879 Fête Foraine de Saint-Cloud 1880 Christ on the Cross, Church of Dombrowa, Poland 1880 Un Coin d'atelier, Paris, Palais du Luxembourg (filed in...
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    in 1855, at which time the gardens were a setting for a gala fête that recalled the fêtes of Louis XIV, Napoleon III ignored the château, preferring instead...
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    British squadron. "Décret du 10 juillet 2019 portant nomination d'officiers généraux de la gendarmerie nationale". Décret du 24 janvier 2023 portant affectation...
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    du Carrousel (pronounced [aʁk də tʁijɔ̃f dy kaʁusɛl]) (English: Triumphal Arch of the Carousel) is a triumphal arch in Paris, located in the Place du...
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    The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac (French pronunciation: [myze dy ke bʁɑ̃li ʒak ʃiʁak]; English: Jacques Chirac Museum of Branly Quay), located...
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    Montparnasse Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Montparnasse) is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement. The cemetery...
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    officially named Place du Trocadéro et (and) du 11 Novembre (for the WWI armistice), although it is usually simply called the Place du Trocadéro. The hill...
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