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    The Organisation armée secrète (OAS, "Secret Army Organisation") was a far-right French dissident paramilitary and terrorist organisation during the Algerian...
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    façade reads "JUL. MAZARIN S.R.E. CARD BASILICAM ET GYMNAS F.C.A M.D.C.LXI", attesting that Mazarin ordered its construction in 1661. The Institut de...
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    resignation. His friend Mário de Figueiredo [pt], Minister of Justice, passed new legislation that facilitated the organisation of religious processions....
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    Arche seen from the Arc de Triomphe on the Axe historique North façade of the Grande Arche de la Défense Western part of La Défense as seen from the Grande...
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    April 1931, when the flag of the Second Republic was raised on the façade of the Palacio de Comunicaciones. The first remodelling was undertaken, adding two...
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    is the seat for organisations like Association for Equal and Fair Trade Pangaea. Under the Köppen climate classification, Santiago de Compostela has a...
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    all, the succeeding architects kept a stylistic unity to the façade. The gothic-style façade of this cathedral is a masterpieces of the Late Middle Ages...
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    Archdiocese of Manila with the help from various religious and civic organisations. On August 5, 2007, which is the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica...
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  • The Day of the Jackal (category Fiction about the Organisation armée secrète)
    is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. The novel received admiring...
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    Antoni Gaudí (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Passeig de Sant Joan, as well as the Villaricos church (Almería). He also carried out a project for Martorell for the competition for a new façade for Barcelona...
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    persuade a reluctant de Havilland to accept the role of Miriam Deering, a cruel, conniving character hidden behind the charming façade of a polite and cultured...
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    New World. The cathedral is fronted with a golden-tinted coral limestone façade. The building is Gothic, a notable example of real Gothic architecture outside...
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    the 11 March 1975 attempted coup and the terrorist organisation Movimento Democrático de Libertação de Portugal (Democratic Movement for the Liberation...
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    charter from King Alfonso X, dated 8 May 1254, established rules for the organisation and financial endowment of the university, and referred to it for the...
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    award to ensure political loyalty. The organization would be used as a façade to give political favours, gifts, and concessions. The Légion d'honneur...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    European Space Agency, the International Energy Agency, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the European Union Institute for Security Studies...
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    Romanesque façade. It is a symmetrical arrangement of nave flanked by two tall towers each with two buttresses of low flat profile that divide the façade into...
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    Money Museum [de] (1999). The Bank of France's main building built in the 1920s on rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs in Paris Façade of the Hôtel de Toulouse on...
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    of the violinist Ara Malikian, as well as a projection of images on the façade of the palace attended by the royal family. Felipe is a huge fan of sports...
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    with the inscription 'Bonaparte' on the long sides and 'De Aste' on the short sides. The façade on Via del Corso has the same characteristics as the previous...
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    ProRail (category Organisations based in Utrecht (city))
    ProRail (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈproːreːl]) is a Dutch government organisation responsible for the maintenance and extension of the national railway network...
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    façade was designed by Raymond Duchamp-Villon. The décor of the house was by André Mare. La Maison Cubiste was a furnished installation with a façade...
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    Gaston (1925). "Organisation du régime des études et des examens en vue du doctorat en droit et création dans les Facultés de Droit de diplômes d'études...
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    were added. Balat also planned a new façade but died before the plans could be executed. The palace's current façade was only executed after 1904 according...
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    Friedrichshain Combined Heat and Power Plant (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Stalinallee." A particular similarity exists between the north façade of the boiler house and the façade of the Deutsche Sporthalle arena. Its architect was Richard...
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    period from 1868 to 1874. The current façade is reflective of the efforts of Countess Louise-Dorothée de Baglion de la Dufferie (1826–1902), who told her...
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    surrounding a spacious central courtyard. The southern frontal façade onto the Plaza de Vázquez de Molina is simple and restrained with a marked horizontal...
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    was begun by architect Diego de Riaño, who worked on it between 1527 and 1534 and designed the eastern façade on Plaza de San Francisco, a highlight of...
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    Balañá family, who placed it under the control of the Casa Matilla, an organisation which manages a number of bullrings. The plaza is currently used for...
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  • the Chinese Communist Party stated that Temu did not maintain "even the façade of a meaningful compliance program" with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention...
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