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    The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade...
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    Championships were held in Paris. Every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ancient oppidum that...
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    it). It was built on the site of the Hôtel des Tournelles and its gardens, which were demolished by Catherine de' Medici. The Place Royale was inaugurated...
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  • "Hôtel des Arts et Métiers, dit aussi Maison des Corporations". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. "Hôtel des Postes". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. "Palais de Justice"...
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    The Palace of Versailles (/vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ/ vair-SY, vur-SY; French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ) is a former royal residence commissioned...
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    October 2021. Hôtel des Invalides website Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. "History of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris". Places in France. Archived...
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    and seeking to arm themselves. Early on 14 July, a crowd besieged the Hôtel des Invalides for firearms, muskets, and cannons stored in its cellars. That...
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    example of his continued care for the capital, Louis constructed the Hôtel des Invalides, a military complex and home to this day for officers and soldiers...
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    of France, officially the president of the French Republic (French: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and...
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    Geographic code 84060". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. "Fort-Coulonge, Village (VL) Census Profile, 2021...
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    Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; 13 August 1574 – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier...
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    ground around a Saint-Etienne church and burial ground (behind the present Hôtel de Ville), and urban expansion on the Right Bank began in earnest after other...
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    Cayenne (redirect from Cayenne, France)
    in this area: the Hôtel de Ville (the town hall) built by Jesuits in the 1890s, the Post Office, the Préfecture, residence of French Guiana's Préfect,...
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    Musée de l'Orangerie. Georgel, Pierre (trans. from the French by John Adamson) (2006). The Musée de l'Orangerie Paris: Éditions Gallimard/Réunion des musées...
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    Notre-Dame de Paris (French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] ; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral...
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    Quebec (redirect from Province de Québec)
    and establish fur trading forts. The Compagnie des Cent-Associés, which had been granted a royal mandate to manage New France in 1627, introduced the Custom...
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    Italian fort atop Mont Chaberton—nicknamed "battleship in the clouds" (cuirassé des nuages) by the French—switched targets to the French fort Ouvrage...
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    Montpellier (redirect from Tour des Pins)
    wealthy merchants surround the city Montpellier City Council is based at the Hôtel de Ville, completed in 2011. Nearly 80 private mansions were built in the...
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    for my dear friend." From 1783, La Fayette grew up in the Hôtel de La Fayette at 183 rue de Bourbon, Paris. Their home was the headquarters of Americans...
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    The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize]; English: Great Palace of the Champs-Élysées), commonly known as...
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    Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a French and later British fortification established in 1701 on the north side of the Detroit...
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    hotel from the northeast to the southeast, overlooking the Saint Lawrence River. Two public roads run through the hotel, rue du Trésor, and rue des Carrières...
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    Sortie de l'usine Lumière, at the Salon Indien du Grand Café of the Hôtel Scribe, boulevard des Capucines, on 28 December 1895. A young French entrepreneur...
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    death of her husband, Henry II, Queen Catherine de' Medici decided to leave her residence of the Hôtel des Tournelles, at the eastern part of Paris, near...
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  • the way. Des barbelés sur la prairie is a Lucky Luke comic written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris. It was originally published in French by Dupuis...
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    Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest...
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    surrendered to the French at the Hôtel Le Meurice, the newly established French headquarters. General Charles de Gaulle of the French Army arrived to assume...
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    Besançon (redirect from Besançon, France)
    arcades. Palais Granvelle. Former Saint-Jacques hospital. Hôtel de Ville (city hall). Hôtel Mareschal. Vauban Quay. During the Age of Enlightenment, the...
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    Antibes (redirect from Antibes, France)
    capes house the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc and Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat respectively, widely considered two of the most exclusive hotels in the world. The...
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    The Château de Vincennes (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛ̃sɛn]) is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern...
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