Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ losɛʁwa]) is a medieval Roman Catholic church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, directly...
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politician Germain of Paris (496–576), bishop and saint Germaine Cousin (1579–1601), French saint Germanus of Auxerre (c. 378–448) (Saint Germain l'Auxerrois),...
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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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Germanus of Auxerre (redirect from St. Germain d'Auxerre)
(Latin: Germanus Autissiodorensis; Welsh: Garmon Sant; French: Saint Germain l'Auxerrois; c. 378 – c. 442–448 AD) was a western Roman clergyman who was bishop...
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter of Paris...
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Montreuil, who adapted the architectural formulae invented at Saint Germain for use in Paris. A single nave ends in a chevet, with almost all the wall areas...
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Markets Authority. The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 81,000-seat Stade de France, built...
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and the leading Huguenots remained in Paris to discuss some outstanding grievances about the Peace of St. Germain with the king. An attempt was made on...
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front of Notre-Dame until the work of Jacques-Germain Soufflot in the 18th century. In 1160, the bishop of Paris, Maurice de Sully, decided to build a new...
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Paris syndrome (パリ症候群, Pari shōkōgun) is a sense of extreme disappointment exhibited by some individuals when visiting Paris, who feel that the city was...
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in Paris, and Paris architects also influenced the postmodern architecture of the second half of the century. The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (990–1160)...
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Paris, the capital of France, has an annual 30 million foreign visitors, and so is one of the most visited cities in the world. Paris' sights include...
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Panthéon (redirect from Pantheon, Paris)
by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, at the behest of King Louis XV of France; the king intended it as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, Paris's patron saint...
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Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, which became the parish church of the kings of France. He died in 661. He was buried at the Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois,...
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The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six...
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chapel was badly damaged by a fire which destroyed the nearby Foire Saint-Germain in 1762. The dome, lit by natural light from hidden windows devised by...
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François-Henri Clicquot (category Engineers from Paris)
construction of organs in Poitiers Cathedral and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, both of which were completed by his son Claude-François Clicquot...
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make room for the Boulevard Saint Germain. The Bievre river was used to dump the waste from the tanneries of Paris; it emptied into the Seine. Barricade...
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Montmartre, pronounced [sakʁe kœʁ]), is a Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was formally approved as a national...
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Genevieve (redirect from Sainte-Geneviève of Paris)
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois near the Louvre, and ended back at Notre-Dame. It was the first time a procession marched in the commercial section of the Paris,...
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ʁɔk]) is a 17th–18th-century French Baroque and classical style church in Paris, dedicated to Saint Roch. It is located at 284 rue Saint-Honoré, in the...
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Pigalle (French pronunciation: [piɡal] ) is an area in Paris, France, around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements...
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Paris Fashion Week (French: Semaine de la mode de Paris, commonly [la] Fashion Week) is a series of designer presentations held semi-annually in Paris...
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Church of St. Eustache, Paris (French: église Saint-Eustache, pronounced [eɡliz sɛ̃t‿østaʃ]), is a church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The present...
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(1660); and holy water stoup of conjoined putti's heads at St-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris. He was among the first generation of sculptors providing sculpture...
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Mosque of Paris (French: Grande Mosquée de Paris, pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d mɔske də paʁi]), also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque,...
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Tower. The Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre is also where the Paris Saint-Germain F.C. celebrates its French championships victories and where sometimes...
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Sainte-Chapelle (redirect from Sainte-Chapelle, Paris)
when the organ was transferred from the Sainte-Chapelle to Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois due to the French Revolution. The organ was built by François-Henri...
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performance. Around 1692, he can be located in the environs of St. Germain-l’Auxerrois, Paris. In December 1693, he was appointed Choirmaster of the cathedral...
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Rive Gauche (redirect from Rive Gauche (Paris))
Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940–50 (2018) Webster, Paul. Saint-Germain-des-Pres (1984) Weiss, Andrea. Paris Was a Woman: Portraits of the Left...
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