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    Louvre Palace (category Castles in Île-de-France)
    Pavillon de Flore (right) damaged after the 1871 fire, showing the greater damage to the former than to the latter A tall monument to Léon Gambetta [fr] was...
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    himself with the Chamber, Charles de Freycinet drafted two decrees on March 29, 1880. He did so at the advice of Léon Gambetta and Jules Ferry. These decrees...
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    The Phantom of the Opera author Gaston Leroux, French prime minister Léon Gambetta, and the first president of the International Court of Justice José...
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    intersect at Place Gambetta, one linking La Madeleine Cemetery [fr], the Church of Saint-Acheul, Cagnard bridge, Rue de Noyon and Rue Jules-Barni; the other...
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    Mans, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross, beatified in Le Mans in 2007 Léon Bollée, born 1870, car manufacturer and inventor Henri Fournier, born 1871...
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    replaced by large boulevards, and major avenues such as the rue d'Alsace-Lorraine and the rue de Metz opened up the historic centre. In 1875, a flood of the...
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