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    Henri-Camille Danger, sketch for the North entrance lounge. The night. The Dragon. The salle des fêtes (ballroom) was designed as a "republican" replica of the Hall...
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    which today houses the French Senate.[full citation needed] The Jardin des Plantes was the first botanical garden in Paris, created in 1626 by Louis...
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    Jacques B. Brunius asked Méliès to make an advertising film for the Régie des Tabacs of France. Méliès's contribution, his final completed work as a film...
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    neoclassical sculptor Charles Percier at the École des Beaux-Arts, who had served as the official Architect of Festivals and Ceremonies for the deposed King, and...
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