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    The Rue Saint-Jacques (French pronunciation: [ʁy sɛ̃ ʒak]) is a street in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Formerly lying along the cardo of Roman Lutetia,...
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    Nanterre, Pontoise, Saint-Denis, and Versailles. Its liturgical centre is at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The archbishop resides on rue Barbet de Jouy in...
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    The Rue Saint-Florentin is a thoroughfare in the 1st and 8th arrondissement of Paris. The street took its name from the Duc de la Vrillière, Louis Phélypeaux...
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    1757, Saint-Georges lived at 49, Rue Saint André des Arts with his parents. In 1774 he lived at Rue Guénégaud (also 6th arrondissement of Paris) with...
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    Henry, on rue de Faubourg Saint-Honoré (c. 1900) Two unusual galleries in the museum display the distinctive signs that hung in front of Paris shops in...
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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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  • This is a list of streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris with etymological information. Rue Adolphe-Jullien - Adolphe Jullien (1803-1873) - director...
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    arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, of Paris, on the lively tourist street Rue Saint-Séverin. It was constructed beginning in 1230, then, after a fire, rebuilt...
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    of Paris, France. It is located 6.6 km (4.1 mi) from the centre of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and in the Métropole du Grand Paris. With...
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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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    The Rue de l'Abbaye is a residential street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, named after the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It has a length of some...
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    Basilica of Saint Clotilde (Basilique Ste-Clotilde) is a basilica church located on the Rue Las Cases, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed...
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    in 1941 Crowds celebrating the liberation of Paris scatter from German sniper fire August 1944. Rue Saint-Florentin is in the background. The square was...
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    a restaurant. A Paris street near the Tour Saint-Jacques, the rue Nicolas Flamel, has been named after him; it intersects with the rue Pernelle, named...
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    markets and children's parks. The Place de la Bastille and the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine are full of fashionable cafés, restaurants, as well as nightlife;...
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    François Guillaume Jean Stanislaus Andrieux (6 May 1759 – 9 May 1833) was a French man of letters and playwright. Born and educated at Strasbourg, Andrieux...
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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 Church of Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis] ) is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the...
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  • ... (in French). Paris: Chez Buisson, hotel Coetlosquet, rue Hautefeuille [fr]. p. 163. This pretended sorcerer was named Guillaume Edelin; he had obtained...
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  • marriage-of-convenience between her and his younger brother Guillaume Dubarry at the église Saint-Laurent de Paris on 1 September 1768. Through that union the two...
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    city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, about two-thirds of the commune of Saint-Mandé was annexed to Paris, and...
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    of Saint-Étienne that, although enlarged and remodelled, was found to be unfit for the growing population of Paris. A baptistery, the Church of Saint-John-le-Rond...
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  • Barrière d'Enfer (category Tourist attractions in Paris)
    comes from the street "Rue d'Enfer" (now called "Rue Denfert-Rochereau) which leads there after crossing the Rue de Faubourg-Saint Jacques. Some historians...
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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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    flood rue de la Convention Avenue Félix-Faure Cour de Rome, gare Saint-Lazare Rue de Poitiers Rue de Seine Rue Trousseau Trousseau Square "Is Paris prepared...
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    by the Paris Commune (May 1871) The walls of the Tuileries Palace after arson by the Paris Commune Ruins of the Ministry of Finance on the Rue de Rivoli...
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    Cordeliers Convent, then in 1622 to the nearby Confrérie de Saint-Côme et de Saint-Damien [fr] on the rue de la Harpe. The appointment of Jacques Auguste de Thou...
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    Another unusual house was the Maison de Verre or "Glass house" at 31 rue Saint-Guillaume in the 7th arrondissement, built for Doctor Dalace by Pierre Chareau...
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  • Moulin was situated at 16 rue Blondel, Paris. The facade has curved floral art nouveau decoration. Located at 50 rue Saint-Georges, Chez Marguerite had...
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    Faubourg Saint-Germain (French pronunciation: [fobuʁ sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]) is a historic district of Paris, France. The Faubourg has long been known as the favourite...
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