The Pont de l'Alma (English: Alma Bridge) is a road bridge in Paris, France, across the Seine. It was named to commemorate the Battle of Alma during the...
7 KB (617 words) - 04:37, 14 August 2024
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (/djuːˈpɒnt, ˈdjuːpɒnt/; French: [dypɔ̃]; 24 June 1771 – 31 October 1834) was a French-American chemist and industrialist...
12 KB (1,407 words) - 07:19, 21 August 2024
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and...
92 KB (8,391 words) - 02:08, 18 August 2024
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (English: /duːˈpɒnt/ or /djuːˈpɒnt/; French: [dypɔ̃]; 14 December 1739 – 7 August 1817) was a French-American writer...
10 KB (993 words) - 14:59, 20 August 2024
The du Pont family (English: /duːˈpɒnt/) or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817)....
34 KB (3,225 words) - 00:36, 2 September 2024
The Pont de Normandie (English: Normandy Bridge) is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern...
6 KB (482 words) - 16:46, 26 August 2024
The Pont de Grenelle-Cadets de Saumur, formerly known as Pont de Grenelle (English: Grenelle Bridge. "Cadets de Saumur" is the name of the students of...
3 KB (271 words) - 00:25, 11 December 2023
Bridgehead (redirect from Tête de pont)
some cases a bridgehead may exist for months. Bridgehead (French tête de pont) is a High Middle Ages military term, which before the invention of cannons...
4 KB (613 words) - 18:06, 19 February 2024
Fort Frontenac (redirect from Tête-de-Pont Barracks)
bakehouse were completed. In 1787, the rebuilt fort became known as Tête-de-Pont Barracks. During the War of 1812, the fort was the focus of military activity...
24 KB (2,986 words) - 22:13, 25 April 2024
The Pont de l'Archevêché (Archbishop's Bridge) is a bridge crossing the Seine river in Paris, France. The bridge links the 4th Arrondissement, at the...
3 KB (255 words) - 13:54, 13 December 2023
48°23′04″N 4°29′48″W / 48.384381°N 4.496541°W / 48.384381; -4.496541 The Pont de Recouvrance (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də ʁəkuvʁɑ̃s]) is a vertical-lift...
3 KB (207 words) - 15:32, 25 August 2024
The Musée des Beaux Arts de Pont-Aven also known as Museum of Pont-Aven was created in 1985 with the support of the French Museum Department and the Finistère...
5 KB (600 words) - 08:24, 25 April 2024
Turold, also Thorold or Touroude, Sire de Pont-Audemer / de Ponteaudemer (born c. 950 A.D.) was a Norman aristocrat in Normandy that is today a region...
1 KB (164 words) - 11:12, 21 April 2024
Cookies (film) (redirect from Les Galettes de Pont-Aven)
Cookies (French: Les Galettes de Pont-Aven, "The Galettes of Pont-Aven") is a French drama film directed by Joël Séria. Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle)...
4 KB (386 words) - 14:32, 18 August 2024
Pont de Pierre may refer to the following bridges: Pont de Pierre (Aosta), a Roman bridge in Aosta, Italy Pont de Pierre (Bordeaux), a 19th-century bridge...
257 bytes (66 words) - 11:26, 7 July 2019
the ennobling suffix "de Nemours" after election to the Constituent Assembly) and patriarch of the du Pont family. Du Pont de Nemours immigrated to America...
20 KB (2,055 words) - 03:12, 30 June 2024
department, Picardy Pont-l'Évêque cheese, named after the commune in Normandy Pont l'Eveque (horse), winner of the 1940 English Derby Roger de Pont L'Évêque, 12th-century...
527 bytes (91 words) - 03:25, 29 December 2020
Doris de Pont ONZM (born 1954) is a New Zealand fashion designer and director of the New Zealand Fashion Museum. Doris de Pont was born in Auckland, New...
7 KB (680 words) - 12:33, 21 November 2022
The Pont de Bercy (English: Bridge of Bercy) is a bridge over the Seine in Paris. It links the 12th and 13th arrondissement of Paris by extending the...
3 KB (308 words) - 13:58, 13 December 2023
John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published...
46 KB (4,594 words) - 05:10, 15 August 2024
Pont-Aven School (French: École de Pont-Aven; Breton: Skol Pont Aven) encompasses works of art influenced by the Breton town of Pont-Aven and its surroundings...
13 KB (1,577 words) - 20:22, 28 July 2024
The Brotonne Bridge (pont de Brotonne) is a bridge in the region of Normandy in France, situated between the cities of Le Havre and Rouen. It has crossed...
3 KB (235 words) - 16:05, 28 August 2024
The Pont de l'Iroise (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də liʁwaz], literally Bridge of the Iroise) is a cable-stayed bridge in Finistère, Brittany, France,...
3 KB (139 words) - 17:24, 25 August 2024
1961. Alexis Vastine, boxer, was born there in 1986. Pont-Audemer has a railway station, Gare de Pont-Audemer, but passenger services were ceased in 1969...
5 KB (401 words) - 10:37, 21 August 2024
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes)...
43 KB (5,494 words) - 14:20, 24 April 2024
The Pont de Rei (English: King's Bridge, French: Pont du Roi, Occitan: Eth Pònt de Rei) is a bridge and border crossing over the river Garonne that connects...
3 KB (237 words) - 08:23, 20 October 2023
The Pont de Bir-Hakeim (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ d(ə) biʁ akɛm]; English: Bridge of Bir-Hakeim), formerly the Pont de Passy ([pɔ̃ d(ə) pasi]; Bridge...
7 KB (786 words) - 12:19, 22 August 2024
Pont-de-Chéruy (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də ʃeʁɥi]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Pont-de-Chéruy is located in the department...
4 KB (258 words) - 10:13, 21 August 2024
Pont de l'Artuby, also called Pont sur l'Artuby or Pont de Chaulière, is a two-lane road bridge that connects Route D 71 to the Artuby Gorge in the Var...
4 KB (383 words) - 02:06, 31 December 2023
Sérusier. They were collectively known as "Pont-Aven School" (French: École de Pont-Aven, Breton: Skol Pont-Aven). Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art (PASCA)...
6 KB (622 words) - 07:00, 22 August 2024