chivalry. It is located in the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur beside the Musée d'Orsay at 2, rue de la Légion-d'Honneur, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris...
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The Palais de la Légion d'Honneur (French pronunciation: [palɛ də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ]; Palace of the Legion of Honour), also known as the Hôtel de Salm ([otɛl...
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Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur George Lenthal Cheatle, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1935) The 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur...
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Grande Arche (redirect from La Grande Arche de la Défense)
La Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ də la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité...
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Façade on rue de Richelieu Main courtyard (Cour d'honneur) Courtyard of former Hôtel Tubeuf, on rue des Petits-Champs Garden bordering rue Vivienne Salle...
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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 exist...
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Gainsbourg Maison de Verre Musée du quai Branly Musée national de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de Chevalerie Musée Maillol Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération...
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René Quinton (category Commanders of the Legion of Honour)
de la Légion d'honneur, on 20 July 1916 Officier de la Légion d'honneur, on 10 July 1917 Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, on 16 June 1920 Croix de guerre...
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Hôtel de Salm, or Palais de la Légion d'Honneur. No. 69: Paris address of Stendhal in 1804, 1806, and 1807, and of Daisy Fellowes. When the Rue de Solférino...
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Jeanne Lanvin (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
at 16 Rue Boissy d’Anglas in Paris. Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur, to Jeanne Lanvin, 1926 Officier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur, to Jeanne...
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Île de la Cité (French: [il də la site]; English: City Island), 22.5 hectares (56 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine, in central...
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in the Légion d'Honneur. Besides numerous articles in the Memoirs of the Royal Society of London, the Mémoires de l'Institut, the Mémoires de la Societé...
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Prince d'Umbriano del Precetto (1808–1865), Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, that the corps de logis was altered to its present appearance after the...
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Tour Saint-Jacques (redirect from Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie)
the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the intersection of Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas Flamel. This 52-metre (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower is...
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professeur au Muséum, premier grand chancellier de la Légion d'honneur, et la sociologie humanitaire selon la nature. Paris: Flammarion. (in French). Internet...
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Jean Gabin (category Lycée Janson-de-Sailly alumni)
Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin...
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historique des rues de Paris [Historical dictionary of Paris streets] (8th ed.). de Minuit. p. 543. ISBN 978-2-7073-1054-5. Media related to Rue Foyatier (Paris)...
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Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place de la Concorde. It was dedicated in 1764 by Louis...
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Rive Gauche (category Île-de-France geography stubs)
Boulevard Saint-Germain, Boulevard Saint-Michel, the Rue de Vaugirard, Rue Bonaparte and the Rue de Rennes. The Latin Quarter is situated on the Rive Gauche...
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Adidas Arena (redirect from Porte de La Chapelle Arena)
marché global de performance | CCI Business Grand Paris". grandparis.ccibusiness.fr. "Le chantier de la future Arena 2 lancé Porte de la Chapelle". CNEWS...
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p. 392. "Chronologie: Légion d'honneur". www.kronobase.org (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-28. ""Cent Jours. La tentation de l'impossible (mars-juillet...
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Bois de Boulogne, as well as the 5,100 ha Forêt Domaniale de la Londe-Rouvray in Normandy. The rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré was incorporated into Paris's...
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Émile Baudot (category Officers of the Legion of Honour)
prolong the duration of his patents, 100,000 Francs, and election to the Légion d'honneur. A commission directed by Jules Raynaud (head of telegraph research)...
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Élysée Palace (redirect from Palais de l'Élysée)
Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, a nobleman and army officer who had been appointed Governor of Île-de-France in 1719. It is located on the Rue du Faubourg...
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the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de la Paix. Its regular architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart...
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la légion d'honneur" (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2019. Government of the French State (16 June 1920). "Décret portant promotion dans la légion d'honneur"...
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La Défense (French: [la de.fɑ̃s]) is the major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits. It...
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branch line to Place de la Bastille. But instead of that, Lyon Street (fr. Rue de Lyon) was laid out between the station and Place de la Bastille. The station...
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Catacombs of Paris (redirect from Catacombes de Paris)
remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire. [fr] The ossuary remained largely forgotten until it became...
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On 18 September 1914, Castelnau was promoted to Grand Officer de la Legion d'Honneur. Joffre then withdrew him from the Lorraine front and entrusted...
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