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    to Nation. It is named after the district of Picpus and the Boulevard de Picpus. It was renamed Picpus on 1 March 1937 to avoid confusion with Saint-Mandé...
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    of Picpus, which contained large convents, schools and retreats. Originally, the square accommodated two pavilions and two columns of the barrière du...
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    1794, before being buried in the Picpus Cemetery. Moorehead, Caroline (22 Jun 2010). Dancing to the Precipice: Lucie de la Tour du Pin and the French Revolution...
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    Philippe de Noailles, comte de Noailles and later prince de Poix, duc de Mouchy, and duc de Poix à brevêt (27 December 1715 in Paris – 27 June 1794 in...
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    the Barrier of La Villette (now Place de Stalingrad), the Barrière du Trône (now Place de la Nation), the Barrière d'Enfer (now Place Denfert-Rochereau)...
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    II) at the Barrière du Trône in Paris. She was buried in the Picpus Cemetery. "Montmartre, the "Mount of Martyrs"". Basilique du Sacré Cœur de Montmartre...
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    the names barriers (barrières) until 1860 (e.g. barrière de la Villette, barrière du Trône, barrière d'Italie, etc.) They were, in fact, toll gates used...
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    consolidate Paris's ancient stone quarries, they extend south from the Barrière d'Enfer ("Gate of Hell") former city gate; the ossuary was created as part...
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    de l'Arsenal Cimetière de Picpus Musée des Arts Forains Palais de la Porte Dorée (Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration) Palais Omnisports de...
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    the Picpus Cemetery. Louise Henriette Charlotte Philippine de Noailles (1745–1832) Charles Adrien de Noailles (1747) Prince of Poix Louis Philippe de Noailles...
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    Paris, between the Place de la Concorde and the Barrière de Passy in November 1853. He extended the line, known as the Chemin de fer américain ("American...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Prés, cathedrals such as Notre-Dame de Paris and hotels such as the Hôtel de Crillon. As of 2011 there were 1,816 monuments listed,...
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    many as fifty a day; the cadavers were buried in common graves on rue de Picpus. Among those executed in the last great surge of the reign of terror were...
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  • contains the Place de la Bastille and Place de la Nation (bordering the 11th), Picpus Cemetery and Parc de Bercy, and the Boulevard de la Bastille runs...
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  • Arinto d'Anadia, Arinto de Bucelas, Arinto do Dão and Arinto do Douro as well as Asal Espanhol, Pé de Perdiz Branco and Terrantez de Terceira. Further confusion...
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