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    France. Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and the capital city of Périgord. It is also the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese. The name Périgueux comes...
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    Périgueux Cathedral is a Catholic church located in the city of Périgueux, France. A cathedral since 1669, it is dedicated to Saint Front [fr] (French:...
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    Lavergne, "Le château de Bourdeilles" ("The château de Bourdeilles"), in Congrès archéologique de Périgueux de 1927 (Archeological Congress of Périgueux of 1927)...
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    of Périgueux catalogues, studies and interprets all the events, both ancient and more recent, associated with this French town. Although Périgueux has...
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    André Noël, born in Périgueux in 1726 and died in Berlin on May 4, 1801, was a French chef in the service of King Frederick II of Prussia. He created...
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    objets d'art de la ville de Périgueux, Imprimerie E. Laporte, Périgueux, 1886 (lire en ligne). Michel Soubeyran, « À Périgueux, le Musée du Périgord », dans...
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    pronunciation: [o.tɛl dez ɛ̃valid]; lit. 'House of the Invalids'), commonly called Les Invalides (French pronunciation: [lez ɛ̃valid]; lit. 'The Invalids'), is...
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    February 1999 in Le Cayrou) and his then-partner and future wife Renée-Yvonne Doursenot (24 October 1909 in Périgueux – 11 February 2001 in Le Cayrou), who...
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    18th century 19th to 21st century The islet belongs to the French commune of Le Mont-Saint-Michel, in the département of Manche, in Normandy. The nearest...
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    bought the chateau of Château-l'Évêque, the former summer palace of the Bishop of Périgueux, in 1923. She married Emil Sacerdote in 1909 and they divorced...
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    studied with the Dominican Order of Asnières-sur-Seine (later moving to Périgueux), and was encouraged, as many girls were at the time, to become proficient...
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    21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 "LE PARCOURS DU RELAIS DE LA FLAMME OLYMPIQUE". Paris 2024. 23 June 2023. Retrieved...
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    for the Tuileries Palace and redone by André Le Nôtre between 1664 and 1672, and the Luxembourg Garden, for the Luxembourg Palace, built for Marie de'...
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    persons, now occupies two wings of the Popes' Palace. Avignon is commemorated by the French song 'Sur le Pont d'Avignon' ('On the bridge of Avignon'),...
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    Archbishop Henri de Braine, in the axial chapel The episcopal palace, known as the Palace of Tau, adjoins the cathedral on the south side of the apse....
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    porch of the church has three bays, and is modelled after the porch of Périgueux Cathedral. The dominant feature is the immense elongated ovoid cupola...
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    son église et ses cloîtres, imprimerie Dupont, Périgueux, 1840 ; p. 34 (online) Michelle Fournié, Le saint suaire de Cadouin et son dépôt à Toulouse...
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    the Cathedral of Saint Étienne, was built on the site, close to the royal palace. The entrance was situated about 40 metres (130 ft) west of the present...
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    Île-de-France Mont Saint-Michel – Lower Normandy Périgueux: cathedral Saint-Front Saint-Avit-Sénieur: church Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: former abbaye Bazas: former...
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    the 12th century) as well as the Palace of Poitiers, until recently a courthouse (12th century), the former palace of the Counts of Poitou, Dukes of...
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    Solo exhibition, Chapelle du Crusifix. Le Croisic 2015 Solo exhibition, Centre Culturel de la Visitation. Périgueux 2015 Solo exhibition, Galerie MoreArt...
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    The Église Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand is a church in Poitiers, France. It was named after Hilary of Poitiers (Hilaire in French). The church dates back to...
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    dome over the crossing point of the transept and nave. Saint-Front de Périgueux, modeled after St Mark's Basilica in Venice, is an example. Plan of Cluny...
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    capital was at Toulouse. The other cities of his kingdom were Cahors, Agen, Périgueux, Bordeaux, and Saintes; the duchy of Vasconia was also part of his allotment...
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    examples, particularly in France, such as the church of Saint-Front, Périgueux and Angoulême Cathedral. Much of Europe was affected by feudalism in which...
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    both on the exterior and interior. An example of this is the Périgueux Cathedral (Périgueux, France), built in the early 12th century and designed on the...
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    and the other in Aquitane including the dioceses of Agen, Bazas, and Périgueux. In 516, Gundobad, king of Burgundy, died, and the throne passed to his...
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    distributed the ordinance to neighbouring territories and Condom, Casteljaloux, Périgueux and the Quercy assured that they would work together. The Catholic league...
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    Central-Europe Atlantique Limoges-Saintes. Angoulême is also connected to Périgueux and Saint-Jean-d'Angely by the D939 and to Libourne by the D674. By train:...
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    (civitates) of Toulouse, Agen, Nantes, Angers, Saintes, Angoulême, Périgueux, Blois, Chartres, and Le Mans. During his minority, and later, he reigned under the...
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