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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Grande Arche (redirect from Arche de la Defense)
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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Cybele Palace (redirect from Palacio de Comunicaciones)
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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Orvieto Cathedral (section The façade)
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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Marikina Church (redirect from Nuestra Senora de los Desamparados)
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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Cathedral of Santo Domingo (redirect from Catedral de Santa María de la Encarnación de Santo Domingo)
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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University of Salamanca (redirect from Universidad de Salamanca)
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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Legion of Honour (redirect from Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur)
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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Bank of France (redirect from Banque de france)
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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Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (redirect from Université de Paris II)
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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Royal Palace of Brussels (redirect from Palais de Bruxelles)
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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Seville (section Parque de María Luisa)
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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La Monumental (redirect from The Plaza Monumental de Barcelona)
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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