the city of Verdun, France, since the 1890s. By 1915, the French General Staff had concluded that even the best-protected forts of Verdun could not withstand...
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The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18...
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Christianity in Verdun is associated with the name Sanctinus. One legend, recorded by Bertarius of Verdun (early 10th century), states that Saint Denis (mid-3rd...
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of Verdun. Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed a garrison of 150 men. Vaux was the second fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun after...
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the Airbase 942 Lyon-Mont Verdun. This belt of forts included the forts of Bron, Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun itself. Work began in 1874...
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German troops took Saint-Mihiel and Fort du Camp-des-Romains, but they were ultimately stopped at Fort de Troyon to the south of Verdun. During the course...
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arrondissement Arènes de Lutèce Centre de la Mer et des Eaux Fontaine Saint-Michel Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute) Jardin des Plantes and the Musée...
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Témiscamingue Terrebonne Trois-Rivières Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun (renamed Verdun—Saint-Paul in 1980) Algoma Beaches Brampton—Georgetown (Brampton—Halton...
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District 3, Portage-du-Fort; Districts 3 & 6, Rémigny; District 2, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly; District 3, Sainte-Rose-de-Watford; District 4, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton;...
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LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laurier—Sainte-Marie Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Outremont Papineau Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Ville-Marie—Le...
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wing called "des Forts" was added in 1714, under the ownership of Michel-Robert Le Peletier des Forts (1675-1740), later Count of Saint-Fargeau. He later...
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Baring's memoirs.. He subsequently commanded the Fort des Sartelles [fr] during the Battle of Verdun in 1916, where his conduct earned him the Croix de...
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Varennes-Saint-Sauveur) Grosne (in Marnay) Doubs (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs) Loue (near Dole) Allaine/Allan (near Montbéliard) Ouche (in Saint-Jean-de-Losne)...
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Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Rivière-du-Nord Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Saint-Maurice—Champlain...
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later. Pétain was first interned at Fort du Portalet in the Pyrenees, then transferred on November 16, 1945 to Fort de la Citadelle in the commune of L'Île-d'Yeu...
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Fort Souville, briefly called Fort Lemoine, was one of the forts of the Verdun Fortification District, situated in the commune of Fleury-devant-Douaumont...
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Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Cités Nouvelles, Le Messager Verdun, Progrès Villeray – Parc-Extension, Progrès Saint-Léonard, Guide Montréal-Nord, Journal de Rosemont...
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web site (in French) Base Mérimée: Fort de Joux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Caroit, Jean-Michel, "L’INDEPENDENCE DE LA PREMIERE REPUBLIQUE...
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from the Parish of Saint-David, the Parish of Saint-François-du-Lac, the Parish of Saint-Michel-d’Yamaska and the Parish of Saint-Pie-de-Guire. 6 March:...
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Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Rivière-du-Nord Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Saint-Maurice—Champlain...
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The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis) is a large former...
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fortifications around Lyon, which also includes Fort de Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun. Its history is linked to the Franco-Prussian War...
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Saint-Sulpice, is expelled from Ensemble Montréal and sits as an independent. August 3 - Giuliana Fumagalli, borough mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension...
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The Fort du Télégraphe, or Fort Berwick, is located in the Maurienne valley on the road to the Col du Galibier between Valloire and Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne...
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built near Saint-Fons in 1895 to store picric acid. Military leaders saw an urgent need to construct four additional forts: The Fort du Mont Verdun in 1874...
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2022-04-21. "HISTORIQUE DU DIOCÈSE ET DE LA PROVINCE DE PARIS". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1966-10-10. Retrieved 2022-04-21. "Saint Denis - bishop of Paris"...
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Les Invalides (redirect from Eglise du Dome)
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine. The complex also includes the Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, the national cathedral of the French military. It is...
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The Fort du Bruissin is a fort in Francheville, France, near the city of Lyon. Built between 1878 and 1881, the fort is part of the Séré de Rivières system...
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step in the History of longitude. On 29 October 1771, under Lieutenant Verdun de la Crenne, Flore departed Brest for a scientific voyage intended to test...
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Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
French) (Château du Taureau) (in French), Rocroi, Saarlouis, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Saint-Omer, Sedan, Strasbourg, Toul, Valenciennes, Verdun, Villefranche-de-Conflent...
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