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    The Merian map of Paris (French: plan de Merian) was created in 1615 by Matthäus Merian the Elder. It presents a bird's eye view looking east with a scale...
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  • travel magazine Plan de Mérian, a map of Paris, France created in 1615 Villa Merian, a Villa in Münchenstein, Switzerland Christoph Merian Stiftung, a non-profit-making...
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    Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany...
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    observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian received her artistic training from...
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    Tower and hôtel de Nesle with on the other side of the river the Palais du Louvre (Plan de Truschet & Hoyau, circa 1550) Plan de Mérian (1615) : at bottom...
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    Plan de Belleforest, 1575 Detail of the Plan de Mérian, 1615 The Palais in the 1730s, detail of the Turgot map of Paris 19th-century reconstructed plan of...
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    Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American filmmaker, actor, and producer, as well as a former aviator who served as an...
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    effect part of the works planned in the "Plan des Artistes",: 140  ordering the creation of what would become rue de Rivoli and rue de Castiglione over the...
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    in 1824 from Merian's father. The Merians died childless and they left the estate to the Christoph Merian Foundation (CMS). The Merian Gardens are located...
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    his sons, Johann Theodor and Johann Israel de B.; parts X to XII by J. T. de B., and part XIII by M.Merian.) 1596 (America. Part VI.) Historiae ab A....
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    artist/writer Joe DeVito partnered with the Merian C. Cooper estate to write and/or illustrate various publications based on Merian C. Cooper's King Kong...
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    the urging of his associate producer, DeMille wanted to return to the set right away. DeMille developed a plan with his doctor to allow him to continue...
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    Basel: Christoph Merian. pp. 106–109. ISBN 978-3856168476.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) "Factsheet La Chaux-de-Fonds". Swiss...
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    Thesaurus Pictuarum, circa 16th century The castle and town, by Matthäus Merian Plan of the Castle and its Defenses from 1622 Castle with the Hortus Palatinus...
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    by prehistoric creatures. The original film King Kong was co-directed by Merian C. Cooper (creator of the character) and Ernest B. Schoedsack and was released...
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    Ulm Minster (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    modification of the vaulting. Ulm Minster in 1643, depicted by Matthaeus Merian Photo of 1854, before completion of much of the second phase Photo of 1887...
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    Wall of Philip Augustus is the oldest city wall of Paris (France) whose plan is accurately known. Partially integrated into buildings, more traces of...
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    palaces. The Tuileries Palace (bottom) and its garden, in plan engraved by Matthieu Merian in 1615 The Tuileries Palace in the 1600s The old medieval...
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    Matthäus Merian shows the complex in 1615, after Henry IV's additions. Knecht, 229. Historian R. J. Knecht suggests, (after Blunt, Philibert de l'Orme,...
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    the Left Bank of the Seine in the Hostel de la Reyne Margueritte, which is illustrated in Merian's 1615 plan of Paris; the hostel was built for her to...
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    way in Lower Austria. Merian shows that ravelins were added to the corners of the defences of Krems, and the Merian ground plan of Korneuburg shows angle...
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    Wolfsburg Castle (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    Topographia Braunschweig Lüneburg (Matthäus Merian) Photo series of the castle from 2002–2005 with floor plan, baroque gardens, park, garden exhibitions...
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    Basel (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Universitätskinderspital Basel. Private health centres include the Bethesda Spital and the Merian Iselin Klinik. Additionally the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute...
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    Ahlden House (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    demolished probably around 1800. The building is clearly recognisable on the Merian engraving of 1654 as a detached building. Originally the castle was surrounded...
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  • Klarna (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    with plans to expand its operations the US, with participation from Dragoneer Investment Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, HMI Capital, Merian Chysalis...
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    Schloss Philippsburg (Koblenz) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Plan of the Ehrenbreitstein fortress and Philippsburg by Merian (1639)...
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  • (2018). Jewish Switzerland: 50 Objects Tell Their Stories. Basel: Christoph Merian. pp. 110–113. ISBN 9783856168476.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names:...
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    reproductive organs of insects and metamorphosis. In 1705, Maria Sibylla Merian published the book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium about the tropical...
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  • Théâtre de la foire is the collective name given to the theatre put on at the annual fairs at Saint-Germain and Saint-Laurent (and for a time, at Saint-Ovide)...
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    Louvre Palace (category Castles in Île-de-France)
    castle still standing, Merian map of Paris (1615) View of the Louvre from the Left Bank, with the Pavillon du Roi and Pavillon de l'Horloge (left) and the...
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