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    Ronchamp (French pronunciation: [ʁɔ̃ʃɑ̃]) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is...
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    immigration to the Ronchamp coalfield is the largest and most influential immigration of people of Polish origin to the Ronchamp coalfield. It took place...
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    in French: Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut) is a Roman Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France. Built in 1955, it is one of the finest examples of the architecture...
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    The Ronchamp colliery shafts (French, Les puits des houillères de Ronchamp) are a series of collieries undertaken by the various mining companies in the...
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    The Ronchamp Coal Mines were an area of coal mines located in the Vosges and Jura coal mining basins, in eastern France. They covered three municipalities;...
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    The Ronchamp thermal power station is a coal-fired power plant near the Chanois coal mine in the town of Ronchamp, Haute-Saône, in the French region of...
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    The Ronchamp coal mine railway is a former industrial rail track serving the Ronchamp coal mines. It is located in the French department of Haute-Saône...
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    The mining basin of Ronchamp and Champagney is a territory located in the department of Haute-Saône and the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; economically...
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    The hamlet of La Houillère is located in the French communes of Ronchamp and Champagney, in the heart of the mining region, in the Haute-Saône département...
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  • filming took place in late November 2011 at the Notre-Dame du Haut chapel in Ronchamp, France. On 4 January 2013, it was announced that Rick Smith of the band...
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    Sainte-Barbe Coal Mine (category Ronchamp coal mines)
    The Sainte-Barbe Coal Mine is a former shaft of the Ronchamp coal mines located near the Champagney ballast pits (Haute-Saône department), in eastern France...
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  • Capitol Complex in India; and the 1955 church of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France. Banham further expanded his thoughts in the 1966 book, The New...
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    The Ronchamp coal mines adit is a large drainage channel with brick walls. It was used to drain the mine water between 1783 and 1840. It has a section...
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    Magny shaft (category Ronchamp coal mines)
    The Magny shaft is one of the main shafts of the Ronchamp colliery, located in the commune of Magny-Danigon, in the French department of Haute-Saône and...
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    modifications, according to their joint plan. The chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950–1955) The convent of Sainte Marie de La Tourette near Lyon (1953–1960)...
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    textile and industry groups. DMC was the owner and then shareholder of the Ronchamp coal mines. Listed on the Paris stock exchange since 1922, it merged with...
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    Chanois Coal Mine (category Ronchamp coal mines)
    Chanois coal mine is one of the main shafts of the Ronchamp coal mines, in the French commune of Ronchamp, within the Haute-Saône department, belonging to...
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    runs in a north-northeast direction from the Burgundian Gate (the Belfort–Ronchamp–Lure line) to the Börrstadt Basin (the Winnweiler–Börrstadt–Göllheim line)...
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  • Reims Notre Dame des Cyclistes, Labastide-d'Armagnac Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Church of Notre-Dame de Dives-sur-Merent...
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    functioning for a reduced population of friars, La Tourette has, like Ronchamp, become something of a pilgrimage site for students of architecture. The...
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    Bourlémont is a hill located in Ronchamp, Haute-Saône, eastern France with an elevation of 474 m (1,555 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Ballons...
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    l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris (1952) The Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950–1955) Shortly after the War, the French architect Le Corbusier, who...
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    America) (1959) (designed as an homage to the Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, by Le Corbusier) A. Quincy Jones: Palm Springs Tennis Club (with Paul...
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    This "spoil tip" at the Ronchamp coal mines is colored red due to combustion....
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  • 965 ha (17.21 acres) 1321-012 Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp France (Ronchamp) 47°42′16.164″N 6°37′14.808″E / 47.70449000°N 6.62078000°E...
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    Cokerie-lavoir du Chanois (category Ronchamp coal mines)
    The cokerie-lavoir du Chanois is an industrial complex of the Ronchamp collieries that combines coal sorting-screening, washing, and preparation: facilities...
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    Saint-Joseph Coal Mine (category Ronchamp coal mines)
    Saint-Joseph Coal Mine is one of the main shafts of the Ronchamp coal mine, in the Ronchamp commune, within the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté...
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    contemporary buildings in France Villa Savoye Notre Dame du Haut – "Chapel du Ronchamp" Le Corbusier buildings Villa Noailles Institut du Monde Arabe Jean Nouvel...
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    last private mine in France (Cruéjouls in Aveyron) closed in 1988. The Ronchamp coal mines (Haute-Saône) were an exception, as they were handed over to...
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    with the design being influenced by Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp. Since the fall of the USSR, the city that was once a showpiece for Stalinism...
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