Esther Lachmann (French: [ɛstɛʁ laʃman]; better known as La Païva (French: [la paiva]); 7 May 1819 – 21 January 1884) was the most famous of the 19th-century...
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The Hôtel de la Païva ("Mansion of La Païva") is a hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse of France, that was built between 1856 and 1866, at 25...
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(1894-1896) La Fleur blanche contained a lavishly carved mahogany bed. It was reputed to have been commissioned by French courtesan La Païva, but she never...
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December 1860. La Païva, a wealthy French courtesan, later commissioned the painting from Gérôme, intending it for display in the Hôtel de la Païva, her mansion...
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his mistress (later wife), Pauline Thérèse Lachmann, Marquise de Païva, known as La Païva, the most successful of 19th century French courtesans. He engaged...
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The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Concord Square') is a public square in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area...
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Adidas Arena (redirect from Porte de La Chapelle Arena)
its trade name Adidas Arena) is a multi-purpose and modular hall located in La Chapelle neighborhood of Paris (18th arrondissement). The arena has a capacity...
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L'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine), or less formally, La Madeleine, is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It...
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1930) to create a shimmering semi-translucent interior wall. The Hôtel de la Païva in Paris is noted for its yellow onyx décor, and the new Mariinsky Theatre...
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Barrias was involved in the decoration of the Paris Opéra and the Hôtel de la Païva in the Champs-Élysées. His work was mostly in marble, in a Romantic realist...
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La Défense (French: [la de.fɑ̃s]) is the major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits. It...
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such as posting indiscreet photos on Twitter, have earned her the nickname la scandaleuse ("the scandalous one") in the French press. Dehar achieved celebrity...
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Fisher (died 1767), British courtesan and model La Belle Otero (1868–1965), Spanish courtesan La Païva (1819–1884), French demimonde-courtesan ('Grande...
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Paris were built for "cocottes", such as that of Esther Lachmann, known as la Païva, on the Champs-Élysées. Rudorff, Raymond. "Courtesans and Prostitutes"...
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Montparnasse Cemetery (section Moulin de la Charité)
the Hôtel-Dieu hospital and an estate of the Brothers of Charity (frères de la Charité). During this time monks built a windmill that later became a Guinguette...
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causes, described by Italian psychiatrist Graziella Magherini in her book La sindrome di Stendhal. Although the BBC reported in 2006 that the Japanese...
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Eiffel Tower (redirect from La Tour Eiffel)
company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed as the centerpiece...
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Paris La Défense Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. Opened in October 2017, it was developed by the rugby union...
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remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire. [fr] The ossuary remained largely forgotten until it became...
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The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the...
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June 2014). "La réouverture des salles d'objets d'art du Louvre, de Louis XIV à Louis XVI". La Tribune de l'Art. "Elias Crespin, l'art de la ligne au Louvre"...
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Paris Fashion Week (redirect from Semaine de la mode de Paris)
Paris Fashion Week (French: Semaine de la mode de Paris) is a series of designer presentations held semi-annually in Paris, France, with spring/summer...
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Arc de Triomphe (redirect from La Marseillaise (sculpture))
on a route running from the courtyard of the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Défense), the Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806; its iconographic...
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kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the...
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22 January 2019 "Paris perd ses habitants, la faute à la démographie et aux... meublés touristiques pour la Ville." Le Parisien, 28 December 2017 "Statistics...
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controversial teaching, he was pressured into relocating from the prestigious Île de la Cité to a less conspicuous residence. As he and his followers populated the...
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Île de la Cité (French: [il də la site]; English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site...
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Grande Arche (redirect from La Grande Arche de la Défense)
La Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ də la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité...
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2004 (consulté le 18 octobre 2018). « Pourquoi veut-on la peau du Sacré-Cœur ? » "Pourquoi veut-on la peau du Sacré-Cœur?" Liberation, February 27, 2017 Ouest-France...
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Lemonier2015, p. 118. Hensinger, Eliane. "La prostitution et la police des mœurs au xviiie siècle à Paris" (PDF). Maison de la Géographie de Montpellier (in French)...
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