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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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