Louvre Palace (redirect from Château du Louvre)
de Rivoli are three courtyards, from east to west the Cour Khorsabad (formerly Cour de la Poste), Cour Puget (formerly Cour des Guichets or Cour de l'Horloge)...
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Finances, at his palatial residence, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Louis XIV was impressed by the château and its gardens, which were the work of Louis...
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The Hôtel de Besenval is a historic hôtel particulier in Paris with a cour d'honneur and a large English landscape garden, an architectural style commonly...
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Vaux-le-Vicomte (redirect from Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte)
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (French pronunciation: [ʃato də vo lə vikɔ̃t]) is a Baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 kilometres...
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Institut de France and the central square (cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire)...
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Dictionnaire Historique des rues de Paris. Vol. II. Paris: Editions de Minuit. Delon 2000, p. 41. "La Cour de cassation (1865)". Sous le ciel de Paris et d'ailleurs...
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Palace of Fontainebleau (redirect from Château de Fontainebleau)
new courtyard, called the Cour de la Conciergerie or the Cour des Princes, to the east of the Gallery of Deer. On the Cour du Cheval Blanc, the wing of...
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Les Invalides (redirect from Hôtel des Invalides)
Invalides. To the north, the courtyard (cour d'honneur) is extended by a wide public esplanade (Esplanade des Invalides) where the embassies of Austria...
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The Château d'Écouen is an historic château in the commune of Écouen, some 20 km north of Paris, France, and a notable example of French Renaissance architecture...
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Garden and the Cour-la-Reine, a popular lane for horseback riding at the edge of the city. At the time, the Concorde bridge and the Rue de Rivoli did not...
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home of the Préfecture de Police, the Palais de Justice, and the Tribunal de commerce de Paris. The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation, a memorial...
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Sciences et Lettres University, is located on two sites: Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, and Saint-Ouen. The Parisian institution is made up of a complex...
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The Château de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne, built in 1526 by Francis I of France. It was demolished after the French Revolution. The Château de la Muette...
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The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles. It was located...
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is known for his vigorous criticism of royal abuses as President of the Cour des aides and his role, as director of censorship, in helping with the publication...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. English Website of the Château de Castelnaud Château de Castelnaud Camping de Castelnaud v t e...
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l'avenue du château, en direction du nord. Schéma de la Grande Perspective de Meudon, 2015. Légende : 1.Avenue du château; 2.Grande Terrasse du château; 3. Orangerie;...
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Peter (1992). "Un séjour de Josquin des Prés a la cour de Hongrie?" [A stay of Josquin des Prés at the court of Hungary?]. Revue de musicologie [fr] (in French)...
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Petit Palais (redirect from Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris)
it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris). The Petit Palais is located across from the Grand Palais...
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First Chamber of the civil Cour de Cassation Courtroom in the Cour de Cassation Library of the Cour de Cassation Palais de la Cité Court of Cassation (France)...
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Champs-Élysées (redirect from Avenue des Champs-Élysées)
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (UK: /ˌʃɒ̃z eɪˈliːzeɪ, ɛ-/, US: /ʃɒ̃z ˌeɪliˈzeɪ/; French: [av(ə)ny de ʃɑ̃z‿elize] ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement...
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Grand Palais (redirect from Grand Palais des Beaux-Arts)
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize]; English: Great Palace of the Champs-Élysées), commonly known as...
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Conciergerie (redirect from La Conciergerie)
the historic Salle des Pas-Perdus and restored the clock tower, and built a new building next to the Conciergerie for the Cour de Cassation. At the same...
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Tuileries Garden (redirect from Cour du Carrousel)
Tuileries Garden (French: Jardin des Tuileries, IPA: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ de tɥilʁi]) is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement...
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(1844). "Les sires de Retz et le château de Machecoul". Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine (in French). 2. Tours: Imprimerie de Mame: 39. Bossard...
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Loire Valley (redirect from Vallée de la Loire)
Château de Montsoreau, Château d'Amboise, Château d'Azay-le-Rideau, Château de Chambord, Château de Chinon, Château du Rivau, Château d'Ussé, Château...
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Chambéry (redirect from Château de Chambéry)
Massif des Bauges to the east (dominated by Le Nivolet, upon which La Croix du Nivolet is found), Mont Granier (Chartreuse) and the Chaîne de Belledonne...
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the Marquis de la Faye. This château evokes part of France's history, through illustrious characters like the Condés, the Savoies, Jean de La Fontaine,...
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Élysée Palace (redirect from Palais de l'Élysée)
backing onto royal property, the Grand Cours through the Champs-Élysées. He sold this in 1718 to Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Count of Évreux, with...
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Room) is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the Royal Chapel in the North Wing of the château with the grand appartement du roi...
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