The Place des Victoires (French pronunciation: [plas de viktwaʁ]; English: Victory Square, lit. 'Square of Victories') is a circular square in central...
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Marais among the Parisian nobility. Along with Place des Victoires, Place Dauphine, Place Vendôme and Place de la Concorde, it is one of the five royal squares...
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Notre-Dame-des-Victoires is a small Roman Catholic stone church on Place Royale in the lower town of Old Quebec City. Construction was started in 1687...
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Champs-Élysées (redirect from Avenue des Champs-Élysées)
lower part of the Champs-Élysées, from the Place de la Concorde to the Rond-Point, runs through the Jardin des Champs-Élysées, a park which contains the...
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today. The Place Vendôme was begun in 1698 as a monument to the glory of the armies of Louis XIV, the Grand Monarque, and called the Place des Conquêtes...
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"Connaissance du Vieux Paris" (2017), p. 236 "Les statues des villes de la Concorde, formant les limites de la place, valorisent les richesses économiques du pays"...
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primarily those during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672–1678, on the Place des Victoires (Victories' Square) in central Paris. It was designed and sculpted...
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Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Invalides (1690)...
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The Place de la République (French pronunciation: [plas də la ʁepyblik]; English: Republic Square; known until 1879 as the Place du Château d'Eau, [plas...
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Hall of Mirrors (redirect from Galerie des glaces)
with a different iconography, in the Louis XIV Victory Monument on Place des Victoires in the center of Paris. The King rules by Himself, 1661 (top) and...
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Les Invalides (redirect from Hôtel des Invalides)
The Hôtel des Invalides (English: "house of invalids"), commonly called Les Invalides (French pronunciation: [lezɛ̃valid]), is a complex of buildings...
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Victory Square (redirect from Place de la victoire)
Plaza, Guangzhou Victory Square (Dalian), Liaoning Place des Victoires, Paris Place de la Victoire (Pointe-à-Pitre), in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Victory...
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Located at 6, rue Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, The Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires is one of ten minor basilicas...
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Trocadéro, Paris (redirect from Place du Trocadéro)
the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, including the Musée national des Monuments Français, in the eastern (Paris) wing, from which one also enters...
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The Parc des Buttes Chaumont (pronounced [paʁk de byt ʃomɔ̃]) is a public park situated in northeastern Paris, France, in the 19th arrondissement. Occupying...
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2018 The Truk François 2019 Losing It Le professeur Gerando 2019 Place des Victoires Meneur groupe de parole 2020 A Friendly Tale Serveur restaurant 2020...
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Victoire (French, 'victory') or Victoires may refer to: Victoire of France (1733–1799), daughter of King Louis XV of France Victoire Babois (1760–1839)...
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monuments to him, one on the Place Dauphine and the other in the Place des Victoires in Paris. The memorial in the Place des Victoires was later destroyed. A...
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distinctive concrete ribs or razors. The inauguration of the Parc des Princes took place on 25 May 1972 on the occasion of the football match between France...
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place in France's cultural history, as it was the starting point of a public controversy known as the Quarrel of Inscriptions (French: querelle des inscriptions)...
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CNEWS. "Paris 2024 : village des athlètes, Arena, centre aquatique... A J-500 du lancement, où en sont les chantiers pérennes des Jeux ?". Franceinfo. March...
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Paris (category Populated places established in the 3rd century BC)
Other marks of his reign were the Collège des Quatre-Nations, the Place Vendôme, the Place des Victoires, and Les Invalides. Paris grew in population...
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Inside Man Captain John Darius Paris, je t'aime Le Cowboy Segment: "Place des Victoires" 2007 The Walker Larry Lockner Mr. Bean's Holiday Carson Clay Spider-Man...
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and little building took place there; it was largely open fields, or prés, which gave the quarter its name. The Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey in the center...
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A monument to France's six Cup championships stands at the center of Place des Mousquetaires, a circular courtyard near the venue's entrance. In October...
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Grand Palais (redirect from Grand Palais des Beaux-Arts)
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize]; English: Great Palace of the Champs-Élysées), commonly known as...
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l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture, relatif au terrain de la place de Fontenoy, à Paris (7e), affecté au ministère des affaires...
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Tuileries Garden (redirect from Jardins des Tuileries)
Tuileries Garden (French: Jardin des Tuileries, IPA: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ de tɥilʁi]) is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement...
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the Champs-Élysées. The name Élysée derives from the Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed dead in Greek mythology. The Élysée Palace has been the home...
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The Musée des Arts et Métiers (French pronunciation: [myze dez‿aʁz‿e metje]; English: Museum of Arts and Crafts) is an industrial design museum in Paris...
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