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    Fiacre (Irish: Fiachra, Latin: Fiacrius) is the name of three different Irish saints, the most famous of which is Fiacre of Breuil (c. AD 600 – 18 August...
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  • The Hôtel de Saint Fiacre was an inn and tavern on Rue Saint-Martin in Paris. It was identified by its sign showing Saint Fiacre, from the 1640s its proprietor...
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    by the Paris Commune (May 1871) The walls of the Tuileries Palace after arson by the Paris Commune Ruins of the Ministry of Finance on the Rue de Rivoli...
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    fiacre, a coach and driver which could be hired for short journeys. The business was started by an entrepreneur from Amiens named Sauvage on the rue Saint-Martin...
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    registered fiacres in Paris. There were 161 fiacre companies in Paris in 1820, most with one or two coaches each. Those without the means to hire a fiacre or...
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  • The following is a list of songs about Paris, France. "10 rue Caumartin" by Lionel Hampton "118 Bd Brune" by Algemona Group, Robin Kenyatta "14 Juillet...
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    de Saint Fiacre Hotel des Trois Collèges Hotel La Louisiane Hôtel Raphael Hôtel Régina L'Hôtel Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile InterContinental Paris Le Grand...
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    later called fiacres because of their habit of waiting for fares in front of one of Paris's (then few) major hotels named for the Saint Fiacre. 1653. New...
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    the rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré and rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin: Joseph Bonaparte, the older brother of the Emperor, lived at 31 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré...
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    Saint Francis of Assisi. with painting by Emile Desouches Chapel of Saint Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris" by Guiseppe Uberti Chapel of Saint Fiacre...
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    Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville is one of the first churches of Neo-Gothic architecture built in Paris. Located at 139 rue de Belleville, in the 19th...
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    operated fiacres were merged into a single company, the Compagnie impériale des voitures de Paris. In 1855, the company had a fleet of 6,101 fiacres with...
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    opera house, plus abbeys, churches such as Saint-Germain-des-Prés, cathedrals such as Notre-Dame de Paris and hotels such as the Hôtel de Crillon. As...
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    of Saint-Côme-Saint-Damien. Marie-Jeanne (born on 25 June 1746, in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont parish, Paris) was a servant and the daughter of Fiacre Aladame...
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    the Rue Rambuteau) to connect the Marais district with the markets and began construction of Les Halles, the famous central food market of Paris, finished...
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    Montmartre Entrance 4 - Boulevard Poissonnière Entrance 5 - Rue Saint-Fiacre Entrance 6 - Rue Rougemont The platforms of the two lines, 105 meters long...
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    Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine, was the daughter of the seneschal Château-Thébaud. Some time after her birth, Trébuchet was baptized in the church of Saint-Laurent...
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    vivid evocation of time and place. Among his most notable works are The Saint-Fiacre Affair (1932), Monsieur Hire's Engagement (1933), Act of Passion (1947)...
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    which establish his year of birth as 1887. In the 1932 novel L'affaire Saint-Fiacre, Maigret is 42, which would mean he was born in 1890, assuming that Maigret...
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  • Mimi Pinson (1958) - Jean-Lou Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) - Lucien Sabatier 125 Rue Montmartre (1959) - Didier Barrachet Adieu Philippine...
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    Hôtel du Louvre (category Hotels in Paris)
    chain. The hotel occupies the block between Rue de Rivoli (facing the Louvre Palace), Rue de Rohan, Rue Saint-Honoré (opposite the Comédie-Française), and...
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    There are many hôtels particuliers in Paris. Numerous hôtels particuliers have survived the transformation of Paris over the centuries to form part of the...
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    body to Paris along with a batch of stuffed animals in crates. In 1831, the African's body appeared in a showroom at No. 3, Rue Saint Fiacre. He was later...
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    Amies de Saint-Denis (1878) La Femme de Paillasse (1878) Le Médecin des folles (1879) La Dame de pique (1879) Le Médecin des folles (1879) Le Fiacre Nº 13...
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    International. Auclair moved to Paris when he was three years old. He entered medical school but then studied acting at the CNSAD in Paris. While a major French...
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    have a Rue du Quatre-Septembre. In Paris, few locations serve to preserve the memory of the event. On that very day, demonstrators renamed Rue du Quatre-Septembre [fr]...
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    eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in Île-de-France 26.1 km (16.2 mi) from the centre of Paris (20 minutes away...
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    Montmartre Funicular (category Rail transport in Paris)
    between the Place Saint-Pierre and the Place Suzanne-Valadon, and the upper one (Gare Haute) on the Rue du Cardinal-Dubois. The Paris city government voted...
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  • Jacques Morel (actor) (category Male actors from Paris)
    Charlemagne Drôles de phénomènes (1959) - Jérôme Dandaine Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) - Maître Mauléon Le panier à crabes (1960) - Le producteur À rebrousse-poil...
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    Jacques Marin (category Male actors from Paris)
    (1959) as Lesquet (uncredited) Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) as Albert, le chauffeur Rue des prairies (1959) as M. Mauduis (uncredited) Match...
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