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    Revolution), Louis-Philippe laid the first stone for a previously nameless suspension bridge, located on the extension of the Rue du Pont Louis Philippe. Built...
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    royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the...
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    needed] Pont Saint-Louis from the Île de la Cité; Pont de la Tournelle from the Rive Gauche; Pont Louis-Philippe from the Rive Droite; Pont Marie from...
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    180 kilometres of sidewalks, a new street, rue Lobau; a new bridge over the Seine, the Pont Louis-Philippe; and cleared an open space around the Hôtel...
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    the buildings along both sides of the Seine. Pont au Change The Pont Saint-Michel Pont Saint-Louis Pont d'Arcole From early times wooden bridges linked...
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    for the King Louis XIII, decided to build a palace in imitation of the Pitti Palace in her native Florence. She purchased the Hôtel du Luxembourg (today...
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    de Paul. 1834 30 October – The Pont du Carrousel is inaugurated. 1835 28 July – Assassination attempt on Louis-Philippe by Giuseppe Marco Fieschi, using...
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    monarchy. King Charles X was replaced by a constitutional king, Louis Philippe. Louis-Philippe, reluctant to have garden visitors walking by his window, had...
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    Napoleon Bonaparte began to construct the Rue de Rivoli along the edge of the square. Under King Louis-Philippe and his prefect of the Seine, Claude-Philibert...
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  • Battle of Jena, disregarding other names considered previously: pont du Champ-de-Mars and pont de l'École militaire. During the occupation of Paris by the...
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    The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (pronounced [ʁy dy fobuʁ sɛ̃tɔnɔʁe]) is a street located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Relatively narrow...
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    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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    Vergniaud Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (6 November 1793), father of king Louis Philippe I Madame Roland (8 November 1793) Madame du Barry (8 December...
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    Loire: Pont de l'Europe, Pont du Maréchal Joffre (also called Pont Neuf), Pont George-V (also called Pont Royal, carrying the commune tramway), Pont René-Thinat...
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    are: rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard, rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, rue Blainville, rue de l'Estrapade, rue des Fossés-Saint-Jacques, rue Malebranche, rue Monsieur-le-Prince...
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    victims of the Giuseppe Marco Fieschi's failed assassination attempt on Louis-Philippe I. The significant development came with the building's designation...
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    Vosges. The Pont Neuf was constructed over the Île de la Cité, adding a major link between the two banks of the Seine In his urban planning, Louis XIV promised...
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    François Mitterrand to its south, the avenue du Général-Lemonnier to its west (thus named since 1957; formerly rue des Tuileries and Avenue Paul-Déroulède...
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    Rue Saint-Jacques. It crossed the Seine and traversed the Île de la Cité on two wooden bridges: the "Petit Pont" and the "Grand Pont" (today's Pont Notre-Dame)...
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    Paul founded. 1834 30 October – The pont du Carrousel opens. 1835 28 November – Assassination attempt on Louis-Philippe by Giuseppe Marco Fieschi, using...
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    brands have their main store in 8th arrondissement, Avenue Montaigne or Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, both in the Champs-Élysées Avenue shopping district...
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  • bridges, including Pont au Change, Pont au Double, Pont de Sully, Pont Louis-Philippe, Pont Marie, Pont Notre-Dame, Pont Saint-Louis, and Pont Saint-Michel...
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    IV dwelled among the people by the Pont Neuf, and Louis XIII among the aristocrats of the Place des Vosges, Louis XIV preferred the company of the tax...
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    convoy continued on its way along the boulevards and the rue de la Révolution (now rue Royale). Louis' carriage arrived at the Place de la Révolution at around...
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    du Peuple Belge, Rue du Pont-Neuf, Porte de Gand, and Boulevard Carnot) are also part of Vieux-Lille. The part of Vieux-Lille to the north of rue du Pont-Neuf...
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    population. By 1124, King Louis VII established a large leprosarium in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis. Between 1254 and 1260, Louis IX built a special hospital...
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    It has formerly been known as the "Pont Louis XVI", "Pont de la Révolution", "Pont de la Concorde", "Pont Louis XVI" again during the Bourbon Restoration...
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    Church) Tour des archives (Philippe Auguste's Keep) Maison du Temps Jadis (Medieval House) Corner of Rue du Pont and Rue Carnot Museum Place Barette...
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    notably rue de la Ferronnerie (1st arr.), rue Saint-Honoré (1st arr.), rue du Mail (2nd arr.), and rue Saint-Louis-en-Île on the Île Saint-Louis. They usually...
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    with as many as five hundred towers. The Wall of Philippe Auguste ran from the current location of the Pont des Arts, approached the porte Saint-Honoré, opened...
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