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    The Rue Saint-Denis is one of the oldest streets in Paris. Its route was first laid out in the 1st century by the Romans, and then extended to the north...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue...
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    The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (pronounced [ʁy dy fobuʁ sɛ̃tɔnɔʁe]) is a street located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Relatively narrow...
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    covered wagons transferred remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire  [fr]. The ossuary remained...
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    1532 and 1633. Situated near the site of Paris' medieval marketplace (Les Halles) and rue Montorgueil, Saint-Eustache exemplifies a mixture of multiple...
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    35639 Île Saint-Louis (French: [il sɛ̃ lwi]), eleven hectares (27 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the...
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    on the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. In the 19th century, the name Hôtel Lambert also came to designate a political...
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    Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas Flamel. This 52-metre (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint...
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    the (current) rue Jacob, to the East by the rue de l'Echaudée, to the south by the south side of the Boulevard Saint-Germain and the rue Gozlin, and to...
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    site on Rue Popincourt in 1636. They left their convent in 1782, and two new streets were opened at the site in 1783, rue Saint-Ambroise and rue de Beauharnais...
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    The Canal Saint-Martin (French pronunciation: [kanal sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃]) is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river...
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    The Marais (redirect from Le Marais (Paris))
    la Ville de Paris (City of Paris History Library) View of rue Aubriot Temple du Marais, a Protestant church Courtyard of the Hotel de Saint-Aignan, which...
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    Charles V, one of Paris's former city walls. It is located at the crossing of the Rue Saint-Denis continued by the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, with the...
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    The Church of Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃sylpis]) is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the...
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    famous streets are the Boulevard Saint-Germain, Boulevard Saint-Michel, the Rue de Vaugirard, Rue Bonaparte and the Rue de Rennes. The Latin Quarter is...
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    la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV...
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    Pomme), 73 Rue Pigalle (owned and associated with Adelaide Hall... "Emile Savitry. Photographe" (in French). Rue Pigalle et ses boîtes de nuit, Paris, 1938-1939...
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    Palais-Royal (category Office buildings in Paris)
    jal]) is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal...
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    Montmartre (category Districts of Paris)
    five other 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...
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    Zadkine. In 1865, during the reconstruction of Paris by Napoleon III, the rue de l'Abbé de l'Épée, (now rue Auguste Comte) was extended into the park, cutting...
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    The Rue Brancion is a street in the Saint-Lambert quarter in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Rue Brancion starts at 6, Place d'Alleray and...
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    south, boulevard Saint-Michel to the west, boulevard Saint-Germain to the north, and rue Saint-Jacques to the east. Its building combines Roman-era thermae...
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    The Rue Foyatier is a street on the Montmartre butte ("outlier"), in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in...
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    style church in Paris, dedicated to Saint Roch. It is located at 284 rue Saint-Honoré, in the 1st arrondissement. The current church was built between...
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    Lycée Louis-le-Grand (category Buildings and structures in the 5th arrondissement of Paris)
    secondary school, also known as sixth form college) located on rue Saint-Jacques in central Paris. It was founded in the early 1560s by the Jesuits as the Collège...
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    the Rue Saint-Martin, the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the grands boulevards Boulevard Saint-Martin and Boulevard Saint-Denis. The Porte Saint-Martin...
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    The Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a church on rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais quarter of Paris. The present building was constructed from 1627 to '41...
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    la Société bibliographiqque, 35 Rue de Grenelle, Paris, 1881, pp. 32 & 48 Fierro 1996, pp. 52–53. "Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day". Encyclopædia...
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    The Rue de Vaugirard (French pronunciation: [ʁy də voʒiʁaʁ]; English: Street of Vaugirard) is the longest street inside Paris's former city walls, at...
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    is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church located at 12 Rue Daru in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The closest métro station is Courcelles . The Cathedral...
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