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    The Rue de Rivoli (French pronunciation: [ʁy də ʁivɔli]; English: "Rivoli Street") is a street in central Paris, France. It is a commercial street whose...
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    The Rue Mouffetard (French pronunciation: [ry muf.taʁ]) is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Rue Mouffetard is one of Paris's oldest...
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  • the main road the name of rue Gallois and the other service roads the first names of members of his family. In 1819, Baron Louis, Minister of Finance...
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    Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) øʒɛn (baʁɔ̃) osman]; 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), was a French official...
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    Beaux-Arts wing bordering the new street all the way to what is now the Rue Baron Horta/Baron Hortastraat, designed by Jacques Van Mansfeld [fr]. Meanwhile, in...
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    owner: Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, usually just referred to as Baron de Besenval. The premises are at 142 Rue de Grenelle in the district...
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  • conseillers or councillors. The council sits at a two-storey structure on rue Baron de l'Espérance. The current council consists of: Le Maire de Miquelon-Langlade...
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  • the great works of Baron Haussmann. The Rue Rambuteau has a length of 975 metres (3,199 ft) and a width of 13 metres (43 ft). The Rue Rambuteau was created...
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    Victor Pierre Horta (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ ɔʁta]; Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and...
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    Baron James Mayer de Rothschild (born Jakob Mayer Rothschild; 15 May 1792 – 15 November 1868) was a German-French banker and the founder of the French...
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    Several streets bear his name: in Paris in the 12th arrondissement where rue Baron-Le-Roy was created during the reconstruction of Bercy, two in Occitania...
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    boulevards, rue de Rome and rue Saint-Lazare. In addition, the rue de Madrid was extended and two other streets, rue de Rouen (the modern rue Auber) and rue Halevy...
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    was hot and humid, Baron d'Holbach retreated to his country estate at Grandval, Le Château de Grand-Val (Sucy-en-Brie today N° 27 rue du Grand-Val on the...
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    The Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin is a street in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It runs north-northwest from the Boulevard des Italiens to the Église de...
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    Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces...
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    des Beaux-Arts - Rue Ravenstein 5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23 - Rue Baron Horta 1-3-5-7-9 - Rue Royale 6 - HORTA Victor". www.irismonument.be. Retrieved 3...
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    Rue Saint-Honoré, dans l'après-midi. Effet de pluie ("Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain") is an 1897 oil painting by Camille Pissarro...
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    side of the Rue de Turin [fr], looking north toward the Place de Dublin. The neoclassical buildings reflect the construction works of Baron Haussmann....
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    naturalness and lack of idealization" General Belliard (1838), on the Rue Baron Horta in Brussels; more than life-size Monument to the Martyrs of the...
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    companions bound themselves by vows in the Martyrium of Saint Denis, 11 Rue Yvonne Le Tac, the first step in the creation of the Jesuits. Near the end...
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    Gereuth (German: Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth; French: Maurice, baron de Hirsch de Gereuth; 9 December 1831 – 21 April 1896), commonly known as...
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    constructed through this old quarter of Paris by Baron Haussmann, relegated the roughly parallel Rue Saint-Jacques to a backstreet. The Paris base of...
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    ultimately never achieved. The street was renamed the Rue Alibert on January 19, 1840, in homage to Baron Jean-Louis Alibert, assistant physician at the Hôpital...
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    the Rue de Ménilmontant. In 1860, Baron Haussmann integrated the village of Ménilmontant into Paris, making the Rue de Ménilmontant a street of Paris...
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    Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (French: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ də fʁedi baʁɔ̃ də kubɛʁtɛ̃]; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937)...
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    Laporte, rue des Noyers, Paris, 1789, p. 25 Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval: Mémoires de M. Le Baron de Besenval, imprimerie de Jeunehomme, rue de Sorbonne...
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    The Rue Mosnier with Flags is an 1878 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet, showing the eponymous Parisian street, decorated with French flags for...
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    Hans Heinrich August Gábor Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon, Baron Thyssen (13 April 1921 – 27 April 2002), was a Dutch-born Swiss industrialist and art collector...
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    Magenta Rue Beaurepaire Rue Léon-Jouhaux Rue du Faubourg du Temple Avenue de la République Boulevard Voltaire Boulevard du Temple Passage du Vendôme Rue du...
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    Thiéry took his chance and, accompanied by the baron, took an extensive tour of this hôtel particulier on the Rue de Grenelle. He describes his tour of the...
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