Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (French: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ də fʁedi baʁɔ̃ də kubɛʁtɛ̃]; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937)...

Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1822–1908) was a French aristocrat and painter. He married a woman from Normandy, Agathe Marie Marcelle Gigault...

Committee (IOC), which had been created by French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin, the event was held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. Fourteen...

western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by...

original drawing by Coubertin, was an engraved brass shield and plaque, fixed to an ash wood board, and it was named after him. In 1907, Charles Simon's CFI organized...

Olympic Truce was inaugurated by a religions celebration. When Pierre de Coubertin, who was a devout Catholic, intended to bring this spiritual dimension...

president. Baron de Blonay was, for a time, one of the closest confidants of the IOC's second president Pierre de Coubertin. When de Coubertin joined the French...

French history by Philippe de Champaigne, Pierre Mignard, Laurent de La Hyre, Charles Le Brun, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Nicolas de Largillière, Hyacinthe...

modernes. ISBN 2-256-90364-8. Frédy de Coubertin, Paul (1898). "La famille de Cyrano de Bergerac" [The family of Cyrano de Bergerac]. La Nouvelle Revue (in...

92, which plays some of its games at the 4,000 capacity Stade Pierre de Coubertin. Another top-level professional team, Nanterre 92, plays in Nanterre...

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879), area 18, plot 101 Charles Brent (1862–1929) Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), area 9, plots 153-154 Alphonse Laverrière...

crowded neighboring hospital for the elderly. 1944 – On 26 August, General Charles de Gaulle celebrates the Liberation of Paris with a special Mass at Notre-Dame...

The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Harmony Square') is a public square in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area...

such as Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), Nicolas Beaujon (1718–1786), Bathilde d'Orléans (1750–1822), Joachim Murat (1767–1815), and Charles Ferdinand, Duke...

(1494–1547) Henry II (1519–1559) and Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589) Francis II (1544–1560) Charles IX (1550–1574) (no monument) Henry III (1551–1589)...

The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres...

Champ de Mars Massacre Fête de la Concorde Monument to the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Medal commemorating Charles and Robert’s...

France. Charles Brennus sculpted the shield himself in 1892, based on an original design from his friend and fellow USFSA co-founder Pierre de Coubertin, the...

FC Neudorf" to the current "Racing Club de Strasbourg", in imitation of Pierre de Coubertin's Racing Club de France, a clear gesture of francophilia....

that bears his name. Like the Hôtel de Rambouillet in Paris, the château was owned by Charles d'Angennes, the marquis de Rambouillet during the reign of Louis...

postcards, etc. The Charles de Gaulle Monument (Historial) is an interactive multimedia space dedicated to the work of Charles de Gaulle, the leader of...

"International Winter Sports Week", the closing ceremony included Pierre de Coubertin presenting gold medals in "Alpinism" (mountaineering) to the members...

the French championship today. The trophy was the idea of de Coubertin, who commissioned Charles Brennus, a member of the USFSA and a professional engraver...

camps during World War II. It was dedicated in 1962 by then-President Charles de Gaulle. The monument is at a lower level than the park, reached by a narrow...

Emilie du Châtelet, Lycée technique Pierre de Coubertin, LEP Auguste Perdonnet in Thorigny-sur-Marne, LEP Charles Baudelaire in Meaux, and LEP Louis Lumière...

Saint-Paul to Saint-Charles-Borromée in a piece of land on the boulevard l'Assomption Ouest, at the corner of rue Pierre-de-Coubertin. It will be the first...

Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to...

of a deep moat. The last project begun by Charles the V was laying the foundations of the Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes to hold a set of sacred relics obtained...

the Second Empire (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) 1957:89. Charles Merruau, Souvenirs de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 1848-1852 (Paris 1875:37), quoted in David...

organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) founded by Pierre de Coubertin. The tradition of awarding medals began in 1904; in each Olympic event...