Monument historique (French: [mɔnymɑ̃ istɔʁik]) is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure...
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The term monument historique is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which...
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Grand Palais (category Monuments historiques of Paris)
framing and reinforced concrete. It is listed as a historic monument (monument historique) by the Ministry of Culture. The decision to hold the Universal...
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Pont Alexandre III (category Monuments historiques of Paris)
extravagant bridge in the city. It has been classified as a French monument historique since 1975. The Beaux-Arts style bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau...
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Eiffel Tower (category Monuments historiques of Paris)
most visited monument with an entrance fee in the world: 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. It was designated a monument historique in 1964, and...
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Sacre-Coeur - Monument Historique? Polemique en Vue." by Baudouin Eschapasse, "Le Point" magazine, October 14, 2020 Harvey it said "Monument and Myth" 1979...
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Aimé Millet and constructed in 1865. It is designated as a monument historique. The monument was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III from the sculptor...
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Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (category Monuments historiques of Dordogne)
engines, mangonneaux, and trebuchets. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Château des Milandes, also in...
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Saint-Michel tumulus (category Monuments historiques of Morbihan)
pearls, flint tools and sillimanite. It has been classified as a "Monument historique" (National heritage site) since 1889. Around 1900, the archaeologist...
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House of Nicolas Flamel (category Monuments historiques of Paris)
house is probably the oldest in Paris. The house's facade became a monument historique on 23 September 1911. The building is currently[when?] used as a...
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Notre-Dame de Paris (category Monuments historiques of Paris)
quotations related to Notre-Dame de Paris. "Monument historique – PA00086250". Mérimée database of Monuments Historiques (in French). France: Ministère de la...
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Château de Caen (category Monuments historiques of Calvados (department))
Calvados département (Normandy). It has been officially classed as a Monument historique since 1997. The castle was built c. 1060 by William the Conqueror...
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Germans' Gate (category Monuments historiques of Grand Est)
round towers and two gun bastions of the 15th century." It is a monument historique of France (list number: PA00106837). Baedeker's France. 1981. p. 154...
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Château de Lagarde (category Monuments historiques of Ariège (department))
towers and curtain walls. Château de Lagarde has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1914. The first documented...
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Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey (category Monuments of the Centre des monuments nationaux)
fishermen's and farmers' housing. The abbey has been protected as a French monument historique since 1862. Since 1979, the site as a whole – i.e., the Mont-Saint-Michel...
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Château d'Amboise (category Monuments historiques of Indre-et-Loire)
defensive circuit of towers and walls. It has been recognised as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1840. The Château d'Amboise...
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Luxor Obelisks (category Monuments and memorials in Paris)
Egypt. The Luxor Obelisk in Paris was classified officially as a monument historique in 1936. The Luxor Temple predated Ramesses II by about 150 years...
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-de-Luz (category Monuments historiques of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
the apse, and the two wings that flank it. The church has been a Monument historique since 1931. Interior Exterior The organ The altarpiece The pulpit...
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La Palette (category Monuments historiques of Paris)
restaurant in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is listed as a monument historique since 1984. The café was bought by Jean Louis Hilbert between the...
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Pile of Saint-Lary (category Monuments historiques of Gers)
Saint-Lary, in the Gers department of France. It has been listed as a Monument historique since 1875. The pile is situated on the top of a hill, within a wooded...
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Grande Arche (category Monuments historiques of Île-de-France)
turn emphasises the depth of the monument and is similar to the turn of the Louvre at the other end of the Axe Historique. In addition, the Arche is placed...
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Laon Cathedral (category Monuments historiques of Hauts-de-France)
of the Diocese of Laon until 1802, and has been recognized as a monument historique since 1840. The Diocese of Laon was established by archbishop Remigius...
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Villa Kerylos (category Monuments historiques of Alpes-Maritimes)
archaeologist Theodore Reinach. It has been listed since 1966 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. A Greek word, kerylos means halcyon...
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(22 mi) to the southwest of Paris. The château was designated a monument historique in 1973. The family of the Marquis de Breteuil gave three ministers...
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Argentan (category Monuments historiques of Orne)
classed as a Monument historique in 1945. Tour Marguerite - a 12th century medieval tower built by Henri I. It was classed as a Monument Historique in 1965...
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Headquarters of the French Communist Party (category Monuments historiques of Paris)
Prouvé, and Jacques Tricot. In 2007, the building was classed as a monument historique. A survey by 20 minutes in 2020 found the building to be one that...
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Buildings Dolmen of the Collets de Cotlliure (Monument historique) Dolmen of the Cova de l'Alarb (Monument historique) Dolmen of Sant Pere dels Forquets Chapel...
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Fort Libéria (category Monuments historiques of Pyrénées-Orientales)
staircase leading to it, is classified by the French state as a monument historique, and it is also listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The fort...
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founded in 1896, located in the 9th arrondissement and classified as a monument historique since 1989. The restaurant was created in 1896 by two brothers, Frédéric...
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Château des Milandes (category Monuments historiques of Dordogne)
the château and then bought it in 1947. It has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1986. List of castles in...
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