Wissant (French pronunciation: [ɥisɑ̃]; from Dutch: Witzand, “white sand”) is a seaside commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France...
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Jacques de Wissant was, together with his brother Pierre, one of the six burghers of Calais. Because of the name, it can be assumed that the brothers...
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six burghers depicted are: Eustache de Saint Pierre Jacques de Wissant Pierre de Wissant Jean de Fiennes Andrieu d'Andres Jean d'Aire Under French law...
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Museum Kunstmuseum Basel Rupert Museum, Stellenbosch Pierre de Wissant Jacques de Wissant Eustache de Saint Pierre Jean de Fiennes Jean d'Aire Wikimedia...
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Philippe (2013). L'École de Wissant et ses peintres [The School of Wissant and its painters] (in French). Art et Histoire de Wissant. ISBN 9782954567303. Couples...
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Operation Undergo (section Wissant)
Batterie Lindemann (four 406 mm guns at Sangatte), Batterie Wissant (150 mm guns near Wissant), Batterie Todt (four 380 mm guns), Grosser Kurfurst (four...
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1851, Douai - 25 October 1928, Wissant) was a French landscape painter; associated with the artists' colony at Wissant. At first, he studied law, but...
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Retable of Pierre de Wissant, may be another work by Colart de Laon. Annunciation by the Master of the Retable of Pierre de Wissant Reverse of the Retable...
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department, and Université d'Artois on the eastern part. Mussel aquaculture in Wissant Cap Gris Nez Cap Blanc Nez Boulogne-sur-Mer Nausicaä Le Touquet Grand-Place...
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location is unknown. The main candidates have been Saint-Omer (Sithiu), Wissant and Boulogne (more usually called Gesoriacum and later Bononia), but a...
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the east. The Pale roughly encompassed the land between Gravelines and Wissant, which was about 20 square miles (52 km2). Throughout its history, the...
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Sainte-Cécile-Plage Hardelot-Plage Équihen-Plage Wimereux Audresselles Ambleteuse Wissant Blériot-Plage Bray-Dunes From south to north: Merlimont Cucq Saint-Étienne-au-Mont...
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was travelling through France in late 1254. It was kept for a while at Wissant on the northern French coast, whilst transport was arranged to England...
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medal at the Amsterdam Exposition. In 1890, she and her husband moved to Wissant, a small village on the Côte d'Opale, where they built a villa designed...
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Portus Dubris, modern Dover, England Itius Portus, perhaps Boulogne or Wissant, France Portus Julius, near Naples, Italy Search for "portus" on Wikipedia...
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Pierre de Wissant is a bronze sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin, part of his sculptural group The Burghers of Calais. This sculpture represents...
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Scarborough, headed by Heath Samples, crossed from Shakespeare Beach to Wissant.[citation needed] It took 12 hours 26 minutes 39 seconds and set a new...
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the Channel to Sumeran (now called Sombres), landing at the village of Wissant. The route continues through Guînes (Sigeric's Gisne), Thérouanne (Teranburh)...
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parents in France until the end of the year. They were later settled in Wissant, a seaside community in Calais along the English Channel. Yvonne met Charles...
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fanning out behind Cape gris-Nez. Other firing locations were set up behind Wissant and near Calais, at the level of the Digue Royale (royal dyke). Copied...
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vertical garden in 2011. The Thinker, temporary exhibition. Pierre de Wissant, one of The Burghers of Calais, by Auguste Rodin CaixaForum Lleida CaixaForum...
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1890. At about that time, Demont-Breton moved to a small village named Wissant. Encouraged to follow, the Duhems established a home in Camiers and gathered...
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husband of the painter Virginie Demont-Breton. It was at their workshop in Wissant that she met her future husband, the painter Henri Duhem, eleven years...
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was a French landscape painter; associated with the artists' colony at Wissant. After completing his primary education in Douai, he began his artistic...
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points of France to England), and attractive seaside resorts like Wimereux, Wissant, Hardelot and Le Touquet. The hinterland is mainly rural and agricultural...
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Solebay First and Second Schooneveld James River Texel Masulipatnam Málaga 2nd Messina Stromboli Augusta Bornholm Öland Palermo Tobago Møn Køge Bay Wissant...
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Willencourt Willerval Wimereux Wimille Wingles Wirwignes Wismes Wisques Wissant Witternesse Wittes Wizernes Ytres Zoteux Zouafques Zudausques Zutkerque...
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Solebay First and Second Schooneveld James River Texel Masulipatnam Málaga 2nd Messina Stromboli Augusta Bornholm Öland Palermo Tobago Møn Køge Bay Wissant...
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war, Louise lived in a villa at Wissant that was rented by her brother Albert. Before August was over, Louise left Wissant and returned to Saint-Omer. From...
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Solebay First and Second Schooneveld James River Texel Masulipatnam Málaga 2nd Messina Stromboli Augusta Bornholm Öland Palermo Tobago Møn Køge Bay Wissant...
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