Club Colonial is a professional football club of Martinique, playing in the town of Fort-de-France. They played in the Martinique's first division, the...
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Stade Pierre-Aliker (redirect from Stade de Dillon)
d'Honneur de Dillon), is a multi-purpose stadium in Fort-de-France, Martinique. It is currently used mostly for football matches, as the home of the Club Colonial...
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Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present-day Duval County. It was established...
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as a threat. The fort was named after Louis, duc de Chartres, son of the regent of France. Because of frequent flooding, another fort was built further...
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Cayenne (redirect from Cayenne, France)
Affiliations French colonial empire 1643–1658 Dutch Empire 1658–1664 French colonial empire 1664–1676 English Empire 1667 Dutch Empire 1676 French colonial empire...
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Ciudad Colonial (Spanish for "Colonial City") is the historic central neighborhood of the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo. It is the oldest...
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another. La Salle departed for France in 1683 to gather colonists for a new Louisiana venture, leaving de Tonti behind to hold Fort St. Louis. In La Salle's...
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Paris (redirect from Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Authority. The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 81,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998...
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Fort Duquesne (/djuːˈkeɪn/ dew-KAYN, French: [dykɛːn]; originally called Fort Du Quesne) was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the confluence...
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François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a French Navy officer and nobleman. He...
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he was appointed to the French ship Célèbre and participated in a supply expedition to the fort of Louisbourg in New France. Lapérouse also took part...
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Cartagena, Colombia (redirect from Cartagena de Indias)
(/ˌkɑːrtəˈheɪnə/ KAR-tə-HAY-nə), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (Spanish: [kaɾtaˈxena ðe ˈindjas] ), is a city and one of the major ports...
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Bastille Day (redirect from Fete nationale de la France)
("Regiment of French Guards"), whose usual role was to protect public buildings. They proved a fair match for the fort's defenders, and Governor de Launay,...
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2021–22 Coupe de France was the 105th season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation...
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Castillo San Felipe del Morro (redirect from El Morro Fort)
Cañuelo, and other forts part of the Walls of Old San Juan, protected strategically and militarily important Puerto Rico, or La Llave de las Indias (The...
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Emmanuel Vermignon (category Footballers from Fort-de-France)
(born 20 January 1989 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Club Colonial in the Martinique Championnat...
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previous fort, the Fuerza Vieja (Old Fort), was damaged in 1555 during an attack on Havana by the French privateer Jacques de Sores, and eventually was demolished...
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Port-Royal (Acadia) (redirect from Charles Fort (Acadia))
key step in the development of New France and was the first permanent base of operations of the explorer Samuel de Champlain, who would later found Quebec...
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Martinique Championnat National (redirect from Olympique de Marin)
Emulation Case-Pilote Fort-de-France teams: Club Colonial Golden Star Good Luck AC Vert-Pré Aiglon du Lamentin Aussaut CS Case-Pilote Colonial Golden Lion Golden...
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Puebla (city) (redirect from Puebla de los Ángeles)
Nde'ma), formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, formerly Puebla de los Ángeles during colonial times, or known simply as Puebla, is the seat of Puebla Municipality...
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Versailles, Yvelines (redirect from Versailles, Ile-de-France)
Versailles (French pronunciation: [vɛʁsɑj] ) is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles...
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Quebec (redirect from Province de Québec)
French explorer Samuel de Champlain chose the name Québec in 1608 for the colonial outpost he would use as the administrative seat for New France. The...
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Le Havre (redirect from Le Havre, France)
(in French) Tourneville Fort Archived 18 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Ville du Havre, consulted on 20 July 2012 (in French) Recensement de la population:...
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uniforms and other artefacts from England, Scotland, France and India dating back to the colonial period. Original letters written by Clive and Cornwallis...
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Aiglon du Lamentin (Le Lamentin) Anses d'Arlet Case-Pilote Colonial (Fort-de-France) Diamantinoise (Le Diamant) Emulation (Schœlcher) Essor-Préchotain...
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Castine, Maine (redirect from Fort Pentagoët)
Benjamin Church destroyed the fort and looted the settlement. With the return of Baron de Saint-Castin and his sons to France, the settlement became sparsely...
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background with three gold fleurs-de-lis. A white flag of the French Royal Navy was also flown from ships and forts and sometimes flown at land-claiming...
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development have retained many of its colonial elements. Another prominent example of Dutch colonial architecture is Fort Rotterdam in Makassar. The earlier...
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Saint Barthélemy (redirect from Saint Barthelemy (French West Indies))
Saint Barthélemy (French: Saint-Barthélemy, [sɛ̃ baʁtelemi] ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, also known as St Barts (English)...
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construction when it was discovered by the French, who sent troops to capture it. The French then constructed Fort Duquesne on the site. In 1749 the British...
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