Pitti Palace in her native Florence. She purchased the Hôtel du Luxembourg (today the Petit Luxembourg) and began construction of the new palace. She commissioned...
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Gardens of Versailles (redirect from Jardins du château de Versailles)
Adolphe (1885). Le Petit-Trianon: histoire et description. Versailles: L. Bernard, Libraire-Editeur. Félibien, André. Description sommaire du chasteau de Versailles...
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housed in the petit appartement du roi. In 1797, the Muséum national was reorganised and renamed Musée spécial de l'École française. The grands appartements...
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France and the central square (cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire). Between...
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Universelle (universal exhibition) World's Fair, as were the nearby Grand Palais and Petit Palais. Numerous sculptors provided the sculptures that feature prominently...
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Tuileries Garden (redirect from Jardins du Carrousel)
Triomphe du Carrousel, but they were never put in place. The Grand Bassin, or circular pond, originally part of the private royal garden The Grand Carré...
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Nearly half its length (2,069 metres (2,263 yd)), between the Rue du Faubourg du Temple and the Place de la Bastille, was covered in the mid-19th century...
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national des arts et métiers (English: National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts; abbr. CNAM) is an AMBA-accredited French grande école and grand établissement...
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(1882). "Documents inédits sur la construction du Pont-Neuf," Mémoires de la Société de l'Histoire de Paris et de l'Ile de France, vol. 9 (1882), pp. 1–94...
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– Vendôme, Hôtel de Toulouse (headquarters of Banque de France), Hôtel du Petit-Bourbon, Hôtel Meurice, and Hôtel Regina Les Halles were formerly Paris's...
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Sculpture, Gravure, Architecture et Arts Décoratifs" (in French). Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées. p. 228. Société du Salon d'Automne (1906). Cie Française...
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the world. Two architectural legacies of the Exposition, the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, are still in place. The outbreak of the First World War in...
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6 million francs). Work began in 1805 under Édouard de Villiers du Terrage. The bassin de la Villette was filled with water on 2 December 1808, and on...
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de Musset, Le Rêve du poèt. Cour la Reine, Grand Palais, 1910. A Moncel, sculptor. Miroir d'eau, la Seine et ses affluents. Avenue du General Eisenhower...
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d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais Communauté de communes du Bazadais...
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former fort has been transformed into a marina for pleasure boats, the Bassin de l'Arsenal, to the south, which is bordered by the Boulevard de la Bastille...
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List of museums in France (section 71 - Saône-et-Loire)
Montélimar Musée du château des Adhémar Musée européen de l'aviation de chasse Palais des Bonbons et du Nougat Valence Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Histoire Naturelle...
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done at the Valley of the Creuse, which were shown at the Galerie Georges Petit. Among his other famous series are his Haystacks. During the 1920s, the...
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offered as a gift in return for a Huichol mural displayed at Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre; and Chicago Metra (Van Buren Street, at South Michigan...
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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Avenue Hoche Champs-Élysées Petit Palais Grand Palais Élysée Palace Four Seasons Hotel George V Hôtel de Crillon Hôtel...
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Gare de Lyon Gare du Nord Gare Montparnasse Gare Saint-Lazare Grand Palais and Petit Palais Institut de France Jeanne d'Arc Les Invalides Louvre Pyramid...
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Town)), including Place Royale, the Old Port and the area around the Gare du Palais. Colline Parlementaire, (Parliament Hill), including the area of Place...
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Société du Salon d'automne Catalogue des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, dessin, gravure, architecture et art décoratif. Exposés au Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées...
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1553 in the Rhenish Renaissance style. Montaigne described it as a "palais magnifique et tout doré" ("splendid golden palace") in 1580. It is known for its...
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He was posthumously awarded the Grand Officer of the Order of the National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba at the Palais du Peuple in Kinshasa. Studio albums...
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city's merchants. A location downstream of Petit-Pont was chosen, on the line of Rue Saint-Denis, from the Grand-Pont on the right bank and of Rue de la...
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Château de Meudon (section Salon du Petit Pont)
Recueil des Plans, Elevations, et Veües du Château de Petit-Bourg (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Mémoires du marquis de Sourches, 17 avril...
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"Musique : Koffi Olomide et charlotte Dipanda dévoilent "Mon amour" ce samedi | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". adiac-congo.com...
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were decorated "au petit feu" with flowers and Chinese figures then in fashion." Cahiers de la céramique du verre et des arts du feu, Issues 41–45 Musée...
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(25 April 2024). "Les membres du Conseil présidentiel de transition ont prêté serment, tôt jeudi 25 avril 2024, au Palais national". Le Nouvelliste (in...
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