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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given to the part comprising the rue de Vaugirard and the Rue d'Assas, then in 1918, the name Rue Guynemer. The rue Bonaparte itself contains some of...
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Madame Campan, Lectrice de Mesdames et Première Femme de Chambre de la Reine, Baudouin Frères, Libraires, 36, rue de Vaugirard, tome premier, chapitre...
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15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse...
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Vaugirard (French pronunciation: [voʒiʁaʁ]) is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement. It is named after the nearby rue de...
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Petit Luxembourg (redirect from Hôtel de Luxembourg)
of the president of the French Senate. It is located at 17–17 bis, rue de Vaugirard, just west of the Luxembourg Palace, which serves as the seat of the...
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Rive Gauche (category Île-de-France geography stubs)
Boulevard Saint-Germain, Boulevard Saint-Michel, the Rue de Vaugirard, Rue Bonaparte and the Rue de Rennes. The Latin Quarter is situated on the Rive Gauche...
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historique des rues de Paris [Historical dictionary of Paris streets] (8th ed.). de Minuit. p. 543. ISBN 978-2-7073-1054-5. Media related to Rue Foyatier (Paris)...
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enclosure bounded by rue du Regard, rue du Cherche-Midi and rue Cassette - it was also bordered to the south by rue de Vaugirard. It was the site of one...
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named after the nearby rue des Volontaires. In 1822, locals transformed an existing dead end into an alley that led to rue de Vaugirard, hence, its initial...
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Luxembourg (French pronunciation: [myze dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is a museum at 19 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Established in 1750, it was initially...
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Stade de France (French pronunciation: [stad də fʁɑ̃s], lit. 'Stadium of France') is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the...
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station at the Rue de Vaugirard, remaining elevated through four more stations on the Rive Gauche, crossing the Seine on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, then...
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Fontaine de Léda, (1807), a wall fountain built during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte at the corner of the Rue du Regard and Rue de Vaugirard, with a bas-relief...
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Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (redirect from Université de Paris II)
Cairo, Nest of Spies was filmed in its entrance hall. The campus on Rue de Vaugirard provides for first-year students. It is located in the chapel wing...
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fighting duels. In 1360 it was cut in half by a canal, at about the current Rue Poulettiere, in order to bring it into the protection of the new wall around...
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and some other businesses largely occupy the location of the fort, and the Rue Saint-Antoine passes directly over it as it opens onto the roundabout of...
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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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and several restaurants, gardens, and monuments. The Élysée Palace on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré—official residence of the President of the French...
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The Hôtel de Condé comprised almost all the terrain in the 6th arrondissement of Paris that is now enclosed within rue de Condé, Vaugirard and Monsieur-Le-Prince...
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Pasteur, the rue de Vaugirard and the rue de Staël. Its nearest métro station is Pasteur. It is named for Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon. Jean-Claude...
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started at the Hôtel de Ville. The northern (left) side of the building is located on the Rue de Rivoli. The nearby Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV) is a department...
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of the city. At the time, the Concorde bridge and the Rue de Rivoli did not exist, and the Rue Royale was a muddy lane that descended down to a marsh...
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The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize]; English: Great Palace of the Champs-Élysées), commonly known as the...
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Achille Valois. It was originally located at the corner of the rue de Vaugirard and rue du Regard, hence the alternative name; however, in 1864, during...
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6th arrondissement of Paris (redirect from 6e arrondissement de Paris)
after one of his first names Rue de Tournon named after Cardinal François de Tournon (1489–1562) Rue de Vaugirard (partial) Rue Vavin named after the 19th-century...
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Eiffel Tower (redirect from La dame de fer)
French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose...
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Salle du Bel-Air (redirect from Jeu de paume de Béquet)
It was located in the Rue de Vaugirard, just west of the city moat (fossé) and the Rue des Fossés Monsieur-le-Prince (now the Rue Monsieur-le-Prince)....
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The Champ de Mars (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃ də mars]; lit. 'Field of Mars') is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement...
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Catacombs of Paris (redirect from Catacombes de Paris)
ground, filling the land between the present rue Saint-Denis, rue de la Ferronnerie, rue de la Lingerie and the rue Berger, had become the city's principal...
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