• Villette or Villettes may refer to: Arthur Villettes, (fl. 1746–1765), British diplomat Francois Villette (1621-1698), engineer, optician and fireworks...
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    Villette (/viːˈlɛt/ vee-LET) is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe...
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    The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, 55.5 hectares (137 acres) in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th...
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    Porte de la Villette (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də la vilɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro. The origin of the commune of the Villette was a Gallo-Roman...
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    Villette is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux...
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  • Pierre Villette (7 February 1926 – 6 March 1998) was a French composer of choral and instrumental music. Villette was born into a musical family in 1926...
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    Villette is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) northeast...
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    Armand Gabriel Rétaux de Villette (9 February 1754-1797)[citation needed] was a French procurer, forger, blackmailer and pimp. He participated in the famous...
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    The Château de Villette is a château (a French manor house) located in Condécourt, France, 40 km (24.8 mi) northwest of Paris. There are numerous outbuildings...
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    Charles Michel, Marquis de Villette (4 December 1736 – 7 July 1793) was a French writer and politician. Charles was born in Paris as the heir of a financier...
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    The Grande halle de la Villette (originally: Grande Halle aux Boeufs; translation: "Great Hall of Cattle"), formerly a slaughterhouse and now a cultural...
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    multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de l'Ourcq. Its ability...
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    Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l'Ourcq, which meet near the Parc de la Villette. The 19th arrondissement, mixing the Old French bohemianism and also the...
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    La Villette (French pronunciation: [la vilɛt] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The commune is part...
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  • Rita Strohl (born Aimée Marie Marguerite Mercédès Larousse La Villette) (8 July 1865 – 27 March 1941) was a French composer and pianist. Born in Lorient...
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    The Bassin de la Villette (La Villette Basin) is the largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water on 2 December 1808. Located in the 19th...
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    Brussels as the inspiration for some of the events in The Professor and Villette. After returning to Haworth, Charlotte and her sisters made headway with...
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    The Tour La Villette (previously known as the Tour Daewoo, Tour Périphérique and Tour Olympe) is an office skyscraper located in Aubervilliers, in the...
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    The École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette is a public tertiary school located in Paris, France. It is placed under the supervision...
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  • Lieutenant-General William Anne Villettes, (20 August 1754 – 13 July 1808) was a senior officer of the British Army during the early nineteenth century...
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    Villette-sur-Ain (French pronunciation: [vilɛt syʁ ɛ̃], literally Villette on Ain, before 1991: Villette) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern...
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    François Villette (1621- 1698) was an engineer, optician and fireworks expert at the court of Louis XIV of France. An early demonstrator of the potential...
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    Villette VD railway station (French: Gare de Villette VD) is a railway station in the locality of Villette, within the municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux...
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    Muille-Villette is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune is situated on the D932 road, some 15 miles (24 km)...
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    La Villette (French pronunciation: [la vilɛt] ) was a French commune (municipality) in the Seine département lying immediately north-east of Paris. It...
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    Villette (French pronunciation: [vilɛt]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Communes of the Yvelines...
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    Villette Sonique is an annual music festival in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, featuring a combination of experimental music, noise rock, electronic...
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    Porte de Pantin (Parc de la Villette) (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də pɑ̃tɛ̃ paʁk də la vilɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5. It is...
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    Villette-d'Anthon (French pronunciation: [vilɛt dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère department...
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  • American performer and transgender activist Villette Sonique, a yearly music festival in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France This disambiguation page lists...
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