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    The Hôtel de Besenval is a historic hôtel particulier in Paris with a cour d'honneur and a large English landscape garden, an architectural style commonly...
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    The Hôtel Excelsior or Excelsior Hotel is a hotel constructed 1914–1916 by Hippolyte Delaporte in Casablanca, Morocco. Along with the department store...
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    Lyon tramway (redirect from Tramway de Lyon)
    Perrache) - Place Commandant Arnaud (at the Croix-Rousse) 14: Pont d'Oullins - Chaponost 15: Charité - Pierre-Bénite 16: Bellecour - Meyzieu - La Balme (Isère)...
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    once. The actual killing was reported to have taken place near the Hôtel de Ville when the struggling de Launay, desperate and abused, cried out "Enough!...
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    Henri Paul Nénot (category Prix de Rome for architecture)
    monument to commandant Rolland at Bourget 1900: monument to Victor Duruy, avenue Rey in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne) 1900: hôtel Blumenthal-Montmorency...
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    la Madeleine Église Saint-Augustin Élysée Palace Four Seasons Hotel George V Gare Saint-Lazare Grand Palais Hôtel de Crillon Hôtel de Marigny Hôtel de...
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    he won a fencing contest leading to his appointment as a "gendarme de la garde du roi" by king Louis XVI. Having received music and musical composition...
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    Luftwaffe (the German air force) occupied the Hôtel Ritz; the German Navy, the Hôtel de la Marine on the Place de la Concorde; the Gestapo occupied the building...
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    Lafayette County (named for Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette) La Forge La Grange Lake Lafayette La Tour La Vieille Mine (Alternate name of Old...
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    Robespierre was taken to the police administration on Île de la Cité, but refused to go to the Hôtel de Ville and insisted on being received in a prison. He...
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    stores along its length. The Cimetière de Passy, located at 2, rue du Commandant Schœlsing, is the burial place for many well-known persons including American...
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    Paris in World War II (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    at 93 rue Lauriston; and the German commandant of Paris and his staff moved into the Hôtel Meurice on the rue de Rivoli. Paris became the primary destination...
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    the Avenue des Champs-Élysées from Place Charles de Gaulle, centred around the Arc de Triomphe, to the Place de la Concorde, where the President stands...
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    Lambertin Education of a Prince (1938) – René Cercleux Hôtel du Nord (1938) – Monsieur Edmond La Fin du jour (1939) – Raphaël Saint Clair The Phantom Carriage...
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    Études de Stratégie et de Défense (CHESD) is the premier institution for strategic and defense studies, strategically positioned in Gombe. The Hôtel du Gouvernement...
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    les fondateurs oubliés, les figures du père et le mythe de la fondation (in French). Quebec City: Les Presses de l'Université Laval (PUL). p. 558....
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    recreation of her studio The entrance of the cemetery is located at 2, Rue du Commandant Schlœsing. The street in which it is situated is named for a Free French...
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    cabinet du conseil in 1720) Degagement Petite Cour Appartement du Commandant des Gardes du Corp Appartement d'une Dame d'honneur de la Reine Logement du premier...
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    Pont du Feneau was the last battle of the siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré by the English forces that had come to help the Huguenot rebellions of La Rochelle...
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    Club de France. The stadium capacity was increased to 20,000 by the start of the 1924 Summer Olympics, held in Paris. However, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir...
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  • upmarket hotel. In French, it can describe any shop, clothing or otherwise. The expression hôtel-boutique can be used to refer to upmarket hotels, but the...
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    national de la Légion d'honneur [ɔʁdʁ nɑsjɔnal də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ] ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre impérial de la Légion d'honneur)...
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    "Les évadés de Drancy". IMDb. 6 March 2017. "Ensemble de logements HBM, Cité de la Muette – Patrimoine – Atlas de l'architecture et du patrimoine". 15...
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    celebrated architect, and commandant of the French militia at Fort Natchez. Her only brother was wealthy plantation owner Pierre Denis de La Ronde (1762 - 1824)...
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    Charles de Gaulle and his supporters (initially the Union pour la Nouvelle République-Union Démocratique du Travail, then the Union des Démocrates pour la Vème...
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    Ajaccio (category Communes of Corse-du-Sud)
    "Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie d'Ajaccio et de la Corse-du-Sud". www.corse-du-sud.cci.fr. "Schedules | Le train Corse - Chemin de fer de la Corse"...
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    pour la Suisse illustrée." "La social-démocratie a placé un des gendres du prussien Karl Marx, l'heimatlos Lafargue, cubain pendant la guerre de 1870...
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    l’hôtel royal des Invalides de Paris, et la construction de son tombeau aux frais de l’État. S.A.R. le prince de Joinville, commandant l’expédition" (Law of...
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    "LE COMMANDANT NGOUABI DEVIENT CHEF DE L'ÉTAT". Le Monde.fr. 2 January 1969. "Accession de Marien Ngouabi à la présidence de la République du Congo"...
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    French). "Les Affiches de Grenoble et du Dauphiné". Les Affiches de Grenoble et du Dauphiné (in French) (3). May 27, 1994. "Place de la Résistance". Grenoble-resistance...
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