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    Rue Saint-Jacques is a street in the Latin Quarter of Paris which lies along the cardo of Roman Lutetia. This street was a main axial road of medieval...
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    The Tour Saint-Jacques (French pronunciation: [tuʁ sɛ̃ ʒak], 'Saint James's Tower') is a monument located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France,...
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    Rue Saint-Denis is one of the oldest streets in Paris. Its route was first laid out in the 1st century by the Romans, and then extended to the north in...
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  • Rue Saint-Jacques. The rue Saint-Jacques (in French, literally "Saint James Street"), is a street in a number of cities, including: Rue Saint-Jacques...
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    building on rue Saint‑Honoré and moved to the left bank, to the passage de Pont-Neuf (the present-day rue Jacques‑Callot), just outside the Saint‑Germain...
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    Lycée Louis-le-Grand (category Buildings and structures in the 5th arrondissement of Paris)
    secondary school, also known as sixth form college) located on rue Saint-Jacques in central Paris. It was founded in the early 1560s by the Jesuits as the Collège...
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    covered wagons transferred remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire. [fr] The ossuary remained largely...
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    Couvent Saint-Jacques, Grand couvent des Jacobins or Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques was a Dominican monastery on rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, France...
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    Rue Saint-Florentin is a thoroughfare in the 1st and 8th arrondissement of Paris. The street took its name from the Duc de la Vrillière, Louis Phélypeaux...
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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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    Henri Mondor Rue Jacques Callot named after Jacques Callot (1592–1635), engraver Rue du Jardinet Rue Jacob Rue Lobineau Rue Mabillon Rue Madame named after...
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    The rue Saint-Séverin is a sometimes boisterous street running parallel to the river in the north of Paris' Latin Quarter. Lined with restaurants and souvenir...
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  • Lagerfeld's companion from 1971 until his death, as well as Yves Saint Laurent's lover in 1973. Jacques de Bascher was the son of Antony de Bascher (1909-1975)...
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    1532 and 1632. Situated near the site of Paris' medieval marketplace (Les Halles) and rue Montorgueil, Saint-Eustache exemplifies a mixture of multiple...
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    distance are the Hôtel de Ville, Paris and the Tour Saint-Jacques Jeanne d'Arc, Place des Pyramides Rue de Rivoli near Châtelet Rue des Archives, an adjoining...
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    Rue Mouffetard (French pronunciation: [ry muf.taʁ]) is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Situated in the fifth (cinquième) arrondissement...
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    Saint-Jacques in the 14th arrondissement. The Boulevard Saint-Jacques and Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques also intersect the square. It is one of only a few...
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    1757, Saint-Georges lived at 49, Rue Saint André des Arts with his parents. In 1774 he lived at Rue Guénégaud (also 6th arrondissement of Paris) with...
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    Cardinal-Lemoine, rue Blainville, rue de l'Estrapade, rue des Fossés-Saint-Jacques, rue Malebranche, rue Monsieur-le-Prince, rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, rue Mazarine...
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    Grâce Saint-Ephrem church Notre-Dame-du-Liban church Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas church Saint-Jean-l'Evangéliste church Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre...
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    The Marais (redirect from Le Marais (Paris))
    la Ville de Paris (City of Paris History Library) View of rue Aubriot Temple du Marais, a Protestant church Courtyard of the Hotel de Saint-Aignan, which...
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    the (current) rue Jacob, to the East by the rue de l'Echaudée, to the south by the south side of the Boulevard Saint-Germain and the rue Gozlin, and to...
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    neighborhoods in Paris, where the cholera epidemic had been the worst, between the rue Saint-Martin and rue Saint-Denis. "It was the gutting of old Paris," Haussmann...
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    The Rue de l'Université is a street located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The 2,785 m long street (the tenth longest in the French capital...
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    to the Rue Saint-Paul and Rue du Petit-Musc, begins at Rue des Lions-Saint-Paul and ends at Rue Saint-Antoine. It successively crosses the Rue Charles-V...
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    created by Baron Haussmann to run parallel to Rue Saint-Jacques which marks the historical north-south axis of Paris. It is known colloquially as Boul'Mich'...
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    The Canal Saint-Martin (French pronunciation: [kanal sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃]) is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river...
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    "Contact". Ki-oon. Retrieved 2023-02-12. Éditions Ki-oon 2 rue de Saint-Pétersbourg 75008 PARIS "Terms of use Archived 2012-05-30 at the Wayback Machine...
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    la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV...
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    the Rue de Rivoli did not exist, and the Rue Royale was a muddy lane that descended down to a marsh beside the Seine. The architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel...
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