The Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery is a World War I cemetery located in the commune of Fleurbaix, in the Pas-de-Calais departement of France, about 3 kilometres...
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as the Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after the Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Montparnasse Cemetery. In the mid-18th...
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Montparnasse Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Montparnasse) is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is...
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Catacombs of Paris (category Cemeteries in Paris)
between the present rue Saint-Denis, rue de la Ferronnerie, rue de la Lingerie and the rue Berger, had become the city's principal cemetery. By the end of...
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Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz]; formerly cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris...
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Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery "Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix"...
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French Revolution, including Jardin de Picpus. The entrance to the cemetery is at 35 rue de Picpus in the 12th arrondissement. It can be visited in the afternoon...
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prostitution after dark. The Bois de Vincennes has a total area of 995 hectares (2,459 acres), making it slightly larger than the Bois de Boulogne, (846 hectares...
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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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Royal Palace Place du Musée/Museumplein Brussels Park Royal Museums of Fine Arts Academy Palace From the Place Royale/Koningsplein, the Rue de la Régence/Regentschapsstraat...
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France. The current cemetery replaced the old cemetery (l'ancien cimetière communal de Passy, located on Rue Lekain), which was closed in 1802. In the early...
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Montsouris is one of the four large urban public parks, along with the Bois de Boulogne, the Bois de Vincennes and the Parc des Buttes Chaumont, created by Emperor...
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Palais-Royal (redirect from Place du Palais-Royal)
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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Jacques de Bascher (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
from Air France, he moved to a small studio that Lagerfeld paid for him on rue du Dragon, a few minutes from Lagerfeld's place; they never lived together...
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George Challis (Australian rules footballer) (category Burials at Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery)
into his trench in Armentières, France. He is buried at the Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, in Pétillon, near Fleurbaix, in France. List of Victorian Football...
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Place de la Nation (redirect from Place du Trône)
circle on the eastern side of Paris, between the Place de la Bastille and the Bois de Vincennes, on the border of the 11th and 12th arrondissements. Widely...
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of the city. At the time, the Concorde bridge and the Rue de Rivoli did not exist, and the Rue Royale was a muddy lane that descended down to a marsh...
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Trocadéro, Paris (redirect from Place du Trocadéro-et-du-11-Novembre)
officially named Place du Trocadéro et (and) du 11 Novembre (for the WWI armistice), although it is usually simply called the Place du Trocadéro. The hill...
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Avenue Foch (redirect from Avenue du Bois de Boulogne)
Marshal Ferdinand Foch in 1929. Previously it was known as the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, as well...
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Seine. Nearly half its length (2,069 metres (2,263 yd)), between the Rue du Faubourg du Temple and the Place de la Bastille, was covered in the mid-19th century...
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The Rue Foyatier is a street on the Montmartre butte ("outlier"), in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in...
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hectares (61 acres), it is the fifth-largest park in Paris, after the Bois de Vincennes, Bois de Boulogne, Parc de la Villette and Tuileries Garden. Opened in...
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Invalides, Louis XIV decided to restore the old "Chemin du Bois de la Garenne," which had become the "Rue de Varenne," that linked Saint-Germain-des-Prés, at...
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Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail. It is split between...
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Château de Vincennes (Vincennes Castle) - a large medieval castle nearby the Bois de Vincennes (Vincennes Wood) Château Villette - a château built in the 18th...
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Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue Mazarine on the east, and the rue du Four on the south. Residents...
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decor. Restaurant. Restaurant. Interior Court. The minaret seen from the rue du Puits-de-l'Ermite. Detail of geometric motif on the north side of the minaret...
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Day military parade, also known as the 14 July military parade, translation of the French name of Défilé militaire du 14 juillet, is a French military parade...
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Chapelle expiatoire (category Cemeteries in Paris)
peristyle, that isolates the chapel from the outside world. The building on Rue Pasquier is the entrance. There is an inscription above the entrance, which...
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Arc de Triomphe (redirect from Arc du Triomphe)
of monuments that forms Paris's Axe historique. After the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, the Grande Arche is the third...
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