The Palais-Royal (French: [pa.lɛ ʁwa.jal]) is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The screened...
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The Palais Bourbon (pronounced [pa.lɛ buʁ.bɔ̃]) is the meeting place of the National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French Parliament....
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Palais Royal! is a 2005 French comedy film, co-written, directed by and starring Valérie Lemercier. Valérie Lemercier as Princess Armelle Lambert Wilson...
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and architecture prefigure the major Sainte-Chapelle which Saint Louis built within the Palais de la Cité at Paris between 1240 and 1248. Both buildings...
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Luxembourg Palace (redirect from Palais du Luxembourg)
The Luxembourg Palace (French: Palais du Luxembourg, pronounced [palɛ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France...
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the rule of the native king, Henry II. Its capitals were Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Saint-Palais. In the extreme north there was the little sovereign Principality...
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The Théâtre du Palais-Royal (or Grande Salle du Palais-Royal) on the rue Saint-Honoré in Paris was a theatre in the east wing of the Palais-Royal, which...
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Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux-Grand Palais. p. 63. ISBN 978-2-7118-5631-2. "Les Apôtres de Saint-Jacques-de-l'Hôpital". Catalogues des collections...
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Saint James the Great's Vision of the Virgin Mary (French - L'Apparition de la Vierge à saint Jacques le Majeur) is a c.1629-1630 oil on canvas painting...
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Duke of Orléans, presented him with a small flat in the Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre. Saint-Georges was drawn into the whirlpool of political and social...
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Paris. Hospital and chapel of the prison Saint-Lazare, Paris (1834) Prison Saint-Joseph, Perrache Lyon (1836) Palais de Justice (nicknamed « Les 24 colonnes »)...
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The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille (Lille Palace of Fine Arts) is a municipal museum dedicated to fine arts, modern art, and antiquities located in Lille...
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Louvre Palace (redirect from Palais du louvre)
The Louvre Palace (French: Palais du Louvre, [palɛ dy luvʁ]), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank...
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part between the Palais-Royal, Comédie-Française, and Place André Malraux was given the name Place Colette. In 1631, the old Porte Saint-Honoré, across...
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Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (category Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis)
elaborate the décor at Saint-Cloud and the Palais-Royal. As early as 1660, Philippe also ordered Antoine Lepautre to begin extensions at Saint-Cloud; later he...
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The Dame du Palais, originally only Dame, was a historical office in the royal court of France. It was a title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official...
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Philippe became the duc d’Orléans' lover in 1658, while living at the duke's Palais-Royal residence in Paris, where the young Princess Henriette Anne of England...
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"Niki de Saint Phalle, l'exposition". RMN – Grand Palais (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-14. "Niki de Saint Phalle : toute l'expo". RMN – Grand Palais (in French)...
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The Palais Brongniart (French pronunciation: [palɛ bʁɔ̃ɲaʁ]; English: Brongniart Palace) is a building in Paris that was built at the direction of Napoleon...
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Pope Urban IV (redirect from Jacques Pantaléon de Court-Palais)
page 59 Norwich 1995, pp. 218, 219 Norwich 1995, pp. 217–218 "Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes – Sites Religieux". Visiter la Champagne (in French). Archived...
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meeting place to the chapel of Saint-Michel-du-Palais, part of Paris' medieval royal residence the Palais de la Cité which the kings no longer used, to...
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institutions to Saint Palais (Donapaleu) on safety grounds. The town has traditionally been an important point on the Way of St. James, the pilgrimage...
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Carré Marigny (stamp market) Varenne station (interior of the Saint-Jacques station) Palais-Royal (chase in the colonnade) Comédie-Française (the theatre)...
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Les Invalides (redirect from Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides)
Alexandre III links this grand urbanistic axis with the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais. The Pont des Invalides is next, downstream the Seine river....
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Sorbonne, and a palace for himself, the Palais-Cardinal. After Richelieu's death in 1642, it was renamed the Palais-Royal. Due to the Parisian uprisings...
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The Tour Saint-Jacques (French pronunciation: [tuʁ sɛ̃ ʒak], 'Saint James's Tower') is a monument located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, at...
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stone in October 1896. The style of the bridge reflects that of the Grand Palais, to which it leads on the right bank. The construction of the bridge is...
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France...
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most of the downtown portion of the street. Bell Centre Palais de justice (Montreal) Palais des congrès de Montréal Tour de la Bourse World Trade Centre...
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The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés...
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