Saint-Jean de Montmartre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ d(ə) mɔ̃maʁtʁ]) is a Roman Catholic parish church located at 19 Rue des Abbesses in the 18th arrondissement...
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Saint-Pierre de Montmartre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ də mɔ̃maʁtʁ]) is the second oldest surviving church in Paris, after the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres...
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Saint Pierre de Montmartre, built in 1147, was the church of the prestigious Montmartre Abbey. On 15 August 1534, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis...
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The Cemetery of Montmartre (French: Cimetière de Montmartre) is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century...
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Sacré-Cœur, Paris (redirect from Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre)
Cœur de Montmartre (English: Sacred Heart of Montmartre), commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (French: Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre...
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The Musée de Montmartre (English: Montmartre Museum) is located in Montmartre, at 8-14 rue Cortot in the 18th (XVIII) arrondissement of Paris, France...
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The Montmartre Funicular (French: Funiculaire de Montmartre) is an inclined transport system serving the Montmartre neighbourhood of Paris, France, in...
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Paul Cottancin (section Saint-Jean de Montmartre)
known for the church of Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre in Paris, which he designed in collaboration with the architect Anatole de Baudot. Paul Cottancin was...
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Catacombs of Paris (redirect from Catacombes de Paris)
of the "Saints Innocents" from 1130, this burial ground, filling the land between the present rue Saint-Denis, rue de la Ferronnerie, rue de la Lingerie...
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designs used in the extension of the church of Saint-Maclou in Pontoise (begun in 1525) point to Jean Delamarre and/or Pierre Lemercier, who collaborated...
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the church of Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre in Paris, the first to be built using concrete reinforced with steel rods and wire mesh. Anatole de Baudot was born...
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were Jean de Felin, Julien Ménart and Jean de Revier. It was built in 1509 to 1523, during the reign of King Francis I. With a dedication to Saint James...
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building was founded in 1646 by parish priest Jean-Jacques Olier (1608–1657) who had established the Society of Saint-Sulpice, a clerical congregation, and a...
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reinforced concrete was Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre, at 19 rue des Abbesses at the foot of Montmartre. The architect was Anatole de Baudot, a student of Viollet-le-Duc...
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tourists in Paris. Jean-Francois Zhou, president of the association of Chinese travel agencies in France (Association Chinoise des Agences de Voyages en France)...
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The following year, on 17 July 1791, the massacre on the Champ de Mars took place. Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first mayor of Paris, became a victim of his...
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the courtyard of the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Défense), the Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806; its iconographic programme pits...
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1528 and 1531, for Anne de Montmorency by Pierre Chambiges. The Petit Château was also built for him, around 1560, probably by Jean Bullant. In 1632, after...
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Luxor Obelisks (redirect from Obélisque de Louxor)
The Luxor Obelisks (French: Obélisques de Louxor) are a pair of ancient Egyptian obelisks, over 3,000 years old, carved to stand either side of the portal...
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Alexandre Bigot (section Saint Jean de Montmartre)
Tschudi, Art Nouveau, 1967 Simier, Amélie, ed. (2007). Jean Carriès, 1855-1894 : la matière de l'étrange : 11 octobre 2007-27 janvier 2008. Paris: Paris-Musées...
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Adidas Arena (redirect from Porte de La Chapelle Arena)
11 February 2024 during the LNB Élite basketball match between Paris and Saint-Quentin, won 87 to 65 by Paris. It was originally intended to host the wrestling...
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Jardin du Luxembourg (redirect from Jardins de Luxembourg)
religious order of the Carthusian monks. The architect Jean Chalgrin, the architect of the Arc de Triomphe, took on the task of restoring the garden. He...
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arches was a strikingly modern. Église Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre (1894) Interior of the Église Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre (1894) Detail of ceramic decoration...
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movement (associated with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir). It is also home to the École des Beaux-Arts, Sciences Po, the Saints-Pères biomedical university...
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rectangular groves (cabinets de verdure). The gardens of the town houses of the nobility built along the Faubourg Saint-Honoré backed onto the formal...
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The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɑ̃ lɛ]) is a former royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye...
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Passy Cemetery (redirect from Cimetiere de Passy)
replaced by several large new ones outside the precincts of the capital. Montmartre Cemetery was built in the north, Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, and...
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Hôtel de Sens Hôtel Soubise Maison de Jean Herouet Entrance of l'Hôtel d'Almeras Interior of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais Church Saint-Paul Saint-Louis...
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the Champs-Élysées or the Invalides. The bridge was built by the engineers Jean Résal and Amédée Alby [fr]. It was inaugurated in 1900 for the Exposition...
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an unobstructed view west towards the Arc de Triomphe. It was originally surmounted by the Horses of Saint Mark from St Mark's Basilica in Venice, which...
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