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    The Institut de France (French for 'Institute of France'; French: [ɛ̃stity də fʁɑ̃s]) is a French learned society, grouping five académies, including...
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    the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in 1795 by Napoleon and still held by the Institut de France in Paris. Leonardo biographer Walter Isaacson has expressed the belief...
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    reopened in December 2012. The Institut d'Égypte was founded on 22 August 1798 by Napoleon Bonaparte for the Institut de France, their mission was "progress...
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    The Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, Academic Institute of France), is a service of the French Ministry of Higher Education that annually distinguishes...
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    Bastille Day. Budapest's two-day celebration is sponsored by the Institut de France. The festival is hosted along the Danube River, with streets filled...
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  • excavations of the Villa of the Papyri from 1752–1754. Held by the Institut de France in its rolled state, it is now known to be a cornerstone example of...
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    transcendantes qui dépendant de la théorie de la chaleur. Vol. 7. Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Institut de France. 1827b. pp. 605–624. Analyse...
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  • The Académie française and the Institut de France are important linguistic and artistic institutions in France, and French television features shows on...
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    Tower (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl; 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...
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    idea of a French military expedition to Egypt had been proposed by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord in a memoir to the Institut de France as early...
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    author and an influential member of three of the academies of the Institut de France, noted especially for his accessible treatment of scientific topics...
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    The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Harmony Square') is a public square in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area...
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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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    The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, pronounced [ɛ̃stity nɑsjɔnal...
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    Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s. The château is owned by the Institut de France, which received it from Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale. An historic...
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    The Institut national de l'audiovisuel (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity nɑsjɔnal də lodjɔvizɥɛl]; transl. "National Audiovisual Institute"; abbr. INA) is...
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    the five academies of the Institut de France. The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect. The academy was...
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    Provinces" l'Académie française: Dictionnaire de la langue française (Institut de France. 6th edition. 1835): 'C'est un vert galant' se dit d'un homme vif...
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    Yoyotte Don Zagier Institut de France Raymond Couvègnes "Search". Internet Archive. "Les membres de Couperin", Couperin.org (in French), archived from the...
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  • The Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (French for 'French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea') or Ifremer is an...
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    Panthéon-Assas and first woman professor of law of France, has been the first female member of the Institut de France. Among its members or former members, there...
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    The Institut Français (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity fʁɑ̃sɛ]; French capitalization, Institut français; "French institute") is a French public industrial...
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    Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution, it was restored as a division of the Institut de France in 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte. It is the...
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  • Kimya, 73, French-Cambodian politician, MP (2013–2018). 8 January: Gabriel de Broglie, 93, historian, chancellor of the Institut de France (2006–2017)...
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    Bras, L'invention de la France : atlas anthropologiue et politique, chapter "Les grandes familles" Ibid. "Insee − Institut national de la statistique et...
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    holding of elections and maintenance of the firefighters force, as the Institut de France and national public libraries were transferred to the Public Instruction...
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    Château de Langeais came under the control of the Institut de France, who owns the site today. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry...
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    the CNRS's Gold Medal, several hundred members of the Institut de France, as well as several French and foreign politicians and statespeople. The current...
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    The Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity nɑsjɔnal də lɛ̃fɔʁmasjɔ̃ ʒeɔɡʁafik e fɔʁɛstjɛʁ]; "National...
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    Bibliothèque Mazarine (category 17th-century establishments in France)
    Collège des Quatre-Nations became the Palace of the Institut de France, the headquarters of the French scholarly and scientific academies. Since that time...
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