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    years in the Palais Barckhaus in Frankfurt. Most of Bohemia was lost in December 1742, when the Austrians allowed the French under the Duc de Belle-Isle...
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    Court of honor (architecture) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    block (corps de logis), sometimes with a fourth side, consisting of a low wing or a railing. The Palace of Versailles (illustration) and Blenheim Palace (plan)...
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    lake and gardens at Blenheim Palace. In 1650, Vauban joined the household of his local magnate, the Prince de Condé, where he met de Montal; a close neighbour...
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    young children, particularly François de Villeroy, and divided his time between the Palais-Royal and the nearby Hotel de Villeroy. Sensing imminent death in...
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    forming a crucial partnership with the Duke of Marlborough, securing wins at Blenheim (1704), Oudenaarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709). His success continued...
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  • then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of the Second World War, when he again went on tour. On 7 July 1939 at Blenheim Palace, less than two...
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    father's death, her mother sought to raise her spirits by taking her to the Palais de Luxembourg's art gallery; seeing the works of Peter Paul Rubens and other...
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    John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, for Castle Howard (1699–1712) and Blenheim Palace (1705–1724). West façade of Saint Paul's Cathedral by Christopher...
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    had a residential function; for example in French-speaking countries Palais de Justice is the usual name of important courthouses. Many historic palaces...
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  • Edmond de Fels Water parterres of Blenheim Palace for the ninth Duke of Marlborough Château de Langeais Château de Sassy (Boischampré), about 1925, for...
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  • mainly southern England, Scotland and Germany. Locations in England include Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; Castle Howard, North Yorkshire (exteriors of the Lyndon...
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    Blenheim. Saint-Simon writing about her in the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans said the following on Madame de Verrue: M. de Savoie often met Madame de...
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  • 1817, an augmentation of honour was granted commemorating the victory at Blenheim by the 1st Duke of Marlborough. As Churchill's father, Lord Randolph Churchill...
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  • The Queen's Gambit (miniseries) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    where some filming was done are on Salisbury Ave. in Cambridge and on Blenheim Road; the latter is a mansion built in the 19th century. The exterior of...
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  • of Liverpool Castle are demolished. 1725 – 1724 – The construction of Blenheim Palace is completed. 1723 – Mavisbank House in Loanhead, Scotland is designed...
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    a mural of Strummer was unveiled on the corner of Portobello Road and Blenheim Crescent and attended by a number of Strummer's former friends including...
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  • theft #1, 1974 Palais des Papes Picasso theft, 31 January 1976 Corridart installation destruction, Montreal, 1976 Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro fire...
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    the Battle of Hochstedt. In 1704, the regiment fought at the Battle of Blenheim, a disgraceful defeat for the French. It continued to fight in Flanders...
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    than it. At the Baroque Castle Howard and its slightly younger relation Blenheim Palace completed in 1722, the service wings are of monumental proportions...
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  • commemorate this event. Dey (1991) states that the bomber was a "British" Blenheim bomber with a crew of two Canadians and one Englishman. The plaque ceremony...
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    1997: The Century of Rubens in French Collections, Paris. 2004: Rubens, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Lille. 2005: Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings, Metropolitan...
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  • Oxford (Christ Church College – Tom Quad) Oxford (Bear Inn) Woodstock (Blenheim Palace) Episode summary At the start of this leg, teams were instructed...
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    Needham, Volume 4, Part 2, 305. Ebrey, Walthall & Palais (2006), p. 120. Lee, Peter H & Wm. Theodore De Bary. Sources of Korean Tradition, pp. 24–26. Columbia...
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    Vrtba Garden, Prague (1720s) Gardens of the Wallenstein Palace in Prague Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (1705–1724) The Parterre, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire...
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    database van de Amsterdamse grachtengordel". www.amsterdam-monumentenstad.nl. Retrieved 2024-06-12. "Amsterdam Monumentenstad, database van de Amsterdamse...
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    the Pont de Neuilly, Les Invalides, Palais du Roi de Rome, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Étienne-Louis Boullée's chapel at Sainte-Roche, the Arc de Triomphe...
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  • premiere of the play Idoménée by Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon takes place in Paris. Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England; it is completed...
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    United Kingdom Blenheim Palace 25-26 June 2016 Ghent Belgium Sint-Pietersplein 24-25 September 2016 Paris France Palais des congrès de Paris 5–7 October...
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    List of cycling tracks and velodromes (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    wielerpiste Hulshout. Wielerpistehulshout.be. Retrieved on 2012-01-13. Vélodrome de Charleroi-Gilly. Cipposr.skyblog.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-13. Wielercentrum...
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  • by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is stolen while installed at Blenheim Palace in the United Kingdom, where it was available for use as part of...
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