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    The Place Charles de Gaulle (French: [plas ʃaʁl də ɡol]), historically known as the Place de l'Étoile (French: [plas də letwal]), is a large road junction...
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    Charles de Gaulle–Étoile station (French: [ʃaʁl də ɡol etwal] ) is a station on Line 1, Line 2 and Line 6 of the Paris Métro, as well as on Île-de-France's...
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    end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its...
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    (Lycée Jean-de-la-Fontaine) Lycée Octave-Feuillet Lycée Notre-Dame des Oiseaux École Pascal [fr] Institut de l'Assomption [fr] Institut de La Tour Lycée...
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    (administratively part of la Muette), Boulogne-Billancourt to the southwest, and the Bois de Boulogne to the northwest. Auteuil was originally a hamlet named Attolium...
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    unsuccessfully to burn the cathedral. 1944 – On 26 August, General Charles de Gaulle celebrates the Liberation of Paris with a special Mass at Notre-Dame....
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    the ministry of Industry and Trade. Then, in 1967, President Charles de Gaulle chose him as Vice-President of the European Commission for Economic &...
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    Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey (French pronunciation: [ɛʁnɛst lwi ɔktav kuʁto də sisɛ]; 1810–1882) was a French general and Prime Minister. de Cissey...
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    Quebec (redirect from Province de Québec)
    continued on with major reforms. In 1967, President of France Charles de Gaulle visited Quebec, to attend Expo 67. There, he addressed a crowd of more...
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    Sack of Dinant (redirect from Sac de Dinant)
    d'une descente en enfer ». De Gaulle 2014, p. non numérotées. (fr) Frédérique Neau-Dufour, La Première guerre de Charles de Gaulle: 1914-1918, Tallandier...
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    Place de la Porte-Maillot Access 4 - Avenue de la Grande-Armée Access 5 - Avenue de Malakoff Access 6 - Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle Access 7 - Rue de Chartres...
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    starting in 2006. It is adjacent to the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, bordering on Neuilly-sur-Seine...
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    assassinated. Although Charles de Gaulle - Étoile is designated as the terminus of Line 6, the single track loop at Charles de Gaulle - Étoile limits the capacity...
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    Kléber, which goes to the Place Charles de Gaulle; and the Avenue du Président Wilson, which goes to the Pont de l'Alma and the Seine. There is a large...
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    the southwest (administratively part of la Muette) and is bound by Avenue de la Grande-Armée to the north. It is home to many of the city's wealthiest...
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    Léon Werth (category Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
    a French writer and art critic, a friend of Octave Mirbeau and a close friend and confidant of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Léon Werth wrote critically and...
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    Ambassadeur de Suisse, chapitre Lettres de condoléances, Télégramme du Général de Gaulle – Président de la République Française au Président fédéral de la Suisse...
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    1907. Although Line 2 had then been completed only as far as Charles de Gaulle–Étoile, it now runs from Porte Dauphine, around the northern part of Paris...
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  • French critics denounced it for its perceived glorification of Charles de Gaulle. American art-film programmers of the time took their cues from Cahiers...
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    The Palais de Tokyo (Tokyo Palace) is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro...
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    Porte Molitor, 16th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, Paris, France. It is next to the Bois de Boulogne park, and between Stade Roland Garros and...
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    composer and conductor Alexandre Millerand (1859–1943), President of France Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917), anarchist, art critic, and novelist Berthe Morisot...
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    The Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague (Franklin), founded in 1894, is a highly selective Roman Catholic, Jesuit school in the 16th arrondissement of Paris...
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    Rue de la Pompe (French pronunciation: [ʁy d(ə) la pɔ̃p]) is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro, named after the Rue de la Pompe. The station opened...
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    Hundred Days of 1815, concerns the disastrous results when an aristocrat Octave de Ternove unwisely marries the daughter of a miller. Gobineau was horrified...
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    part of the first section of the line from Trocadéro to Exelmans. The Place de Trocadéro owes its name to the fortified position in Puerto Real, on the Bay...
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    Chateau de Versailles. It was dependent on the parish of Auteuil until 1761. The Hôtel de Valentinois (at that time the property of Monsieur de Chaumont)...
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    Porte de Saint-Cloud (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də sɛ̃ klu]) is a station of Line 9 the Paris Métro. The station is named after the Porte de Saint-Cloud...
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    station has 2 accesses divided amongst 3 access points: Access 1: avenue de Versailles (with a Guimard entrance – it was listed as a historical monument...
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    Métro located in the 16th arrondissement. It is named after the nearby rue de Ranelagh, which in turn was named after Lord Ranelagh, an Irish peer and amateur...
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