Rue Saint-Denis is one of the oldest streets in Paris. Its route was first laid out in the 1st century by the Romans, and then extended to the north in...
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The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (pronounced [ʁy dy fobuʁ sɛ̃tɔnɔʁe]) is a street located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Relatively narrow...
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1532 and 1633. Situated near the site of Paris' medieval marketplace (Les Halles) and rue Montorgueil, Saint-Eustache exemplifies a mixture of multiple...
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue...
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covered wagons transferred remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire. [fr] The ossuary remained largely...
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35639 Île Saint-Louis (French: [il sɛ̃ lwi]), eleven hectares (27 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the...
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on the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. In the 19th century, the name Hôtel Lambert also came to designate a political...
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Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas Flamel. This 52-metre (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint...
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Charles V, one of Paris' former city walls. It is located at the crossing of the Rue Saint-Denis continued by the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, with the...
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the (current) rue Jacob, to the East by the rue de l'Echaudée, to the south by the south side of the Boulevard Saint-Germain and the rue Gozlin, and to...
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The Canal Saint-Martin (French pronunciation: [kanal sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃]) is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river...
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la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV...
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The Rue de Vaugirard (French pronunciation: [ʁy də voʒiʁaʁ]; English: Street of Vaugirard) is the longest street inside Paris's former city walls, at...
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crossing of Rue Saint-Martin, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the grands boulevards Boulevard Saint-Martin and Boulevard Saint-Denis. The Porte Saint-Martin...
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The Church of Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃sylpis]) is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the...
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Rive Gauche (redirect from Rive Gauche (Paris))
famous streets are the Boulevard Saint-Germain, Boulevard Saint-Michel, the Rue de Vaugirard, Rue Bonaparte and the Rue de Rennes. The Latin Quarter is...
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The Marais (redirect from Le Marais (Paris))
la Ville de Paris (City of Paris History Library) View of rue Aubriot Temple du Marais, a Protestant church Courtyard of the Hotel de Saint-Aignan, which...
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Pomme), 73 Rue Pigalle (owned and associated with Adelaide Hall... "Emile Savitry. Photographe" (in French). Rue Pigalle et ses boîtes de nuit, Paris, 1938-1939...
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Palais-Royal (category Office buildings in Paris)
jal]) is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal...
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style church in Paris, dedicated to Saint Roch. It is located at 284 rue Saint-Honoré, in the 1st arrondissement. The current church was built between...
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Montmartre (category Districts of Paris)
five other companions bound themselves by vows in the Martyrium of Saint Denis, 11 Rue Yvonne Le Tac, the first step in the creation of the Jesuits. Near...
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Jardin du Luxembourg (redirect from Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris)
Zadkine. In 1865, during the reconstruction of Paris by Napoleon III, the rue de l'Abbé de l'Épée, (now rue Auguste Comte) was extended into the park, cutting...
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The Rue Brancion is a street in the Saint-Lambert quarter in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. Rue Brancion starts at 6, Place d'Alleray and ends...
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Basilica of Saint Clotilde (Basilique Ste-Clotilde) is a basilica church located on the Rue Las Cases, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed...
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la Société bibliographiqque, 35 Rue de Grenelle, Paris, 1881, pp. 32 & 48 Fierro 1996, pp. 52–53. "Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day". Encyclopædia...
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(rue Léon Delhomme) Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital affiliated to the University of Paris Descartes, (pediatrics) Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Saint Charles...
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The Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a church on rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais quarter of Paris. The present building was constructed from 1627 to '41...
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Musée de Cluny (redirect from Musée de Cluny, Paris)
south, boulevard Saint-Michel to the west, boulevard Saint-Germain to the north, and rue Saint-Jacques to the east. Its building combines Roman-era thermae...
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The Rue Foyatier is a street on the Montmartre butte ("outlier"), in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in...
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century, politics. The first famous Paris salon of the 18th century was that of Madame de Lambert in her town house on rue Richelieu in 1710, followed by those...
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