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    Crystal Palace in 1851. Work on the Trocadéro Palace took place between November 1876 and June 1878; in 1877, the square was renamed "Place du Trocadéro", while...
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    the name of the 1878 Trocadéro Palace which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the Palais de Chaillot. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot...
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  • The Organ of the Trocadero Palace was built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll for the 1878 Universal Exhibition at the Palais du Trocadéro in Paris, France. The...
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    The Jardins du Trocadéro (French pronunciation: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ dy tʁɔkadeʁo]; Gardens of the Trocadéro) is a public space in the 16th arrondissement of Paris...
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    colonial power through numerous pavilions built on the hill of the Trocadéro Palace. Major structures built for the exposition include the Grand Palais...
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    The Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro (Ethnographic Museum of the Trocadéro, also called simply the Musée du Trocadéro) was the first anthropological museum...
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    Palais du Trocadéro with new taller portions built in front. The pair of larger central pavilions are also those of the former Palais du Trocadéro, encapsulated...
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    bank, to the Trocadero Palace, which had been built on the heights for the 1878 Exposition. The slope from the Trocadero Palace down to the Seine was filled...
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    Petit Palais (redirect from Small Palace)
    The Petit Palais (French: [pəti palɛ]; English: Small Palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built for the 1900 Exposition...
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    bank of the Seine River, an elaborate palace was constructed for the exhibition at the tip of the Place du Trocadéro. It was a handsome "Moorish" structure...
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    du Trocadéro, which was founded in the Trocadéro Palace in 1828. In 1928, Paul Rivet became the new director of the Musée d’Ethnographie du Trocadéro. He...
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    Theatre and the Trocadero Restaurant. The name Trocadero indirectly derives from the Battle of Trocadero in 1823, through the Palais du Trocadéro in Paris,...
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    is named after the Place du Trocadéro. The station opened on 2 October 1900 as a branch of Line 1 from Étoile to Trocadéro. On 5 November 1903, the line...
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    Universal Exposition Site Champ de Mars, Trocadéro and esplanade des Invalides. Paris Pavilions Palace of Machines Palace of Various Industries Fontaine Bartholdi...
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    "HD Stock Video Footage – The Germans unfurl Nazi flags at the captured Palace of Versailles and Eiffel Tower during the Battle of France". www.criticalpast...
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    in sales. The 403 debuted as a sedan/saloon on 20 April 1955 at the Trocadéro Palace in Paris. For several months before it was launched, numerous 403s...
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    the planning and construction of the Grand Palais. Unlike plans for the Trocadéro or the Garnier opera house, only French architects were considered for...
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    stairway (1871–1883) A vestige of the Palace now in the gardens of the Palais du Trocadéro Vestige of the Palace in the Tuileries Garden The demolition...
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    of Social Economy US: The Exhibit of American Negroes Petit Palais Trocadéro Palace Pavilion of Finland The Defense of the Sampo fresco Royal Pavilion...
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    Emperor Napoleon: an immense palace designed by the emperor in Paris on the hill of Chaillot, in the modern day area of Trocadéro in the 16th arrondissement...
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    the junction with the 8th and 17th arrondissements) and the Place du Trocadéro, where the Palais de Chaillot stands, itself concentrating three museums...
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    The Palace of Versailles (/vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ/ vair-SY, vur-SY; French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ) is a former royal residence commissioned...
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    yet been built. It was reused for the 1900 Exposition Universelle as the Palace of Agriculture and Food (officially: Palais de l'Agriculture et des Aliments)...
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    depiction of a rhinoceros in cast iron. Commissioned to stand outside the Trocadéro Palace for the 1878 Exposition Universelle, it was completed quickly to be...
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    of Social Economy US: The Exhibit of American Negroes Petit Palais Trocadéro Palace Pavilion of Finland The Defense of the Sampo fresco Royal Pavilion...
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    atop one corner of the station, similar in style to the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, home to Big Ben. The station houses the Le Train Bleu restaurant...
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    Universal Exposition Site Champ de Mars, Trocadéro and esplanade des Invalides. Paris Pavilions Palace of Machines Palace of Various Industries Fontaine Bartholdi...
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    The Élysée Palace (French: Palais de l'Élysée, pronounced [palɛ də lelize]) is the official residence of the President of the French Republic in Paris...
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    1878. He proposed to the Minister of Education, Jules Ferry, that the Trocadéro Palace, the main building of the Exposition on the hilltop of Chaillot, be...
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    royal architect Louis Le Vau to build a new palace for King Louis XIV next to the chateau. The new palace featured a pavilion for the King and another...
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