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    The Grand Châtelet was a stronghold in Ancien Régime Paris, on the right bank of the Seine, on the site of what is now the Place du Châtelet; it contained...
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  • Look up châtelet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Châtelet or Chatelet may refer to: Châtelet, a type of large gatehouse, a fortified entry point of...
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    right bank. The closest métro station is Châtelet The name "Châtelet" refers to the stronghold, the Grand Châtelet, that guarded the northern end of the...
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    the Rue de Rivoli. Châtelet is connected by another long underground corridor to the southern end of the RER platforms at Châtelet–Les Halles, the northern...
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    Toise of Châtelet, which was fixed outside the Grand Châtelet in Paris. In 1735 two geodetic standards were calibrated against the Toise of Châtelet. One...
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    municipality consists of the following districts: Bouffioulx, Châtelet, and Châtelineau. Châtelet was a long established independent city prior to its fusion...
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    seven prisoners: four forgers arrested under warrants issued by the Grand Châtelet court; James F.X. Whyte, an Irish born "lunatic" suspected of spying...
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  • taking separate hotels. Two days later, Lefèvre filed a complaint at the Grand Châtelet, accusing Marguerite and Julien of adultery and incest. Commissioner...
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    exchange to defraud two Parisian bankers. During their trial at the Grand Châtelet, they were being held at the Bastille, where they were consulting daily...
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    Favras and his wife were separated, and Favras was removed to the Grand Châtelet. He was charged with the crime of lèse-nation. In the course of a trial...
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    position was given to proven administrators. The provost lived in the Grand Châtelet fortress. He combined the positions of financial manager, chief of police...
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    torture and incarceration, were mainly located at the Grand Châtelet. In 1505, as the Châtelet underwent renovation works, its judicial functions were...
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    The Théâtre du Châtelet (French pronunciation: [teɑtʁ dy ʃɑtlɛ]) is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement...
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    cellule du Baron de Besenval à la prison du Châtelet (View from the Baron de Besenval's cell in the Châtelet prison) bears witness to his visit to this...
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    no certain news was to be had, rumor-mongers were imprisoned in the Grand Châtelet and, if convicted of lying, sentenced to death by drowning. The King...
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    standard was found to have been deformed, and it was replaced by the toise du Châtelet which, to accommodate the deformation of the earlier standard, was around...
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    royal court in triumph. Afterwards, however, she was imprisoned in Grand Châtelet and Conciergerie. She was freed 15 September 1791 by the efforts of...
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    initiative of Joscelin, the bishop of Paris. The Grand Châtelet gave its name to the modern Place du Châtelet on the same site. In the fall of 978, Paris was...
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    Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (category Masonic grand masters)
    "Long live our father, long live King d'Orléans!" The High Court of the Grand Châtelet also accused him of acting as an accomplice to Honoré Gabriel Riqueti...
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    nationale (National Museum of Archaeology). The first castle, named the Grand Châtelet, was built on the site by Louis VI in 1124. The castle was expanded...
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    of mostly ecclesiastical enclaves that was transferred to the king's Grand Châtelet in 1674;: 134  and the erection or refurbishment of monumental gates...
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    been killed. The Grand Châtelet from the north where about 220 people were killed Mass killing of more than 200 prisoners in the Châtelet on 3 September...
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    debt to support the company, and is imprisoned in August 1645 in the Grand Châtelet. 1645 28 February – First performance of an opera in Paris, La Finita...
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    imprisoned for theft. He was taken to the Grand Châtelet fortress that stood at what is now Place du Châtelet in Paris. In default of evidence, the old...
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    particularly prudent, was arrested on a charge of heresy and lodged in the Grand Châtelet in February 1526. This was only a foretaste of his coming trouble, and...
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    Victoire is a monumental fountain located in the Place du Châtelet, between the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Théâtre de la Ville, in the First Arrondissement...
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    the city and its surrounding prévôté (county) from his office in the Grand Châtelet. Many functions from both provost offices were transferred to the office...
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    enquêteurs-examinateurs of the Grand Châtelet. Long before 1667, they had served as all-purpose agents of the Châtelet in the various quarters of Paris...
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    a case was formed on April 17, 1668, and presented to the Court of Grand Châtelet. Denys was convinced that his transfusions did not cause Mauroy's death...
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    Olympique (now Théâtre du Châtelet) 30 October – Inauguration of the Théâtre Lyrique, facing the Cirque Olympique on Place du Châtelet. 1863 Le Petit Journal...
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