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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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    struggling financially and artistically. Saint-Georges was proposed as the next director of the opera. (Perhaps by Denis-Pierre-Jean Papillon de la Ferté, intendant...
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    ordered to leave their abbey. Marie-Louise retired to the Basilica of Saint-Denis with nine of her nuns, but afterwards found temporary asylum at the Château...
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    part of Saint-Denis, then Neuilly, and was finally annexed by Paris in 1860. The Barrière des Ternes was a gate (also known as the Barrière du Roule)...
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    walkway (chemin de ronde), except between the barrière d'Italie (now the Place d'Italie) and the barrière d’Enfer (now the Place Denfert-Rochereau).  Architect...
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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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    la Cité Île aux Cygnes Île Saint-Louis Waterways of Paris Canals in Paris Canal de l'Ourcq Canal Saint-Denis Canal Saint-Martin Rivers in Paris Bièvre...
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    Battle of Saint-Denis. However, they were unorganized and badly equipped, leading to their loss against the British army in the Battle of Saint-Charles...
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    Consulate, leaving only the guesthouses at 229—235 rue Saint-Honoré (built in 1776 by Jacques Denis Antoine and classed as a historic monument in 1987) and...
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    It is named after the Place de la Chapelle, which was named after the Barrière de la Chapelle, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of...
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    27 December 2023. "Barrière du Maine, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009. Barrière du Maine (in French)...
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    Aved (1702–1766) Jean Bardin (1732–1809) Rex Barrat (1914–1974) Georges Barrière (1881–1944) Cécile Bart (born 1958) Jacques Barcat (1877-1955) Adrien Bas...
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    Aurélie Trouvé (category Members of Parliament for Seine-Saint-Denis)
    p. ISBN 9782348068713 Clément Ghys (29 June 2011). "Portrait. Lagarde-barrière". Libération. Retrieved 23 September 2021. Erwan Cario (2021). "Aurélie...
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    church was built on the site of the grave of St. Denis, which later became the Basilica of Saint-Denis. By the 4th century, the city had its first recognized...
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    Chapelle-Franciade" during the French Revolution. It is sometimes called "La Chapelle-Saint-Denis" or "La Chapelle-Sainte-Geneviève". The village of La Chapelle lies on...
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    uncertain. P. Barrière's account indicates that the route departed from Périgueux via the Normande gate, traversing the present-day Denis-Papin and Pierre-Sémard...
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    was a single space, flooded with light. The choir of the Basilica of Saint-Denis (completed 1144), the birthplace of the Gothic style The later eastern...
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  • nationality List of people by occupation Dupuy, Aimé (1951). "Rose Combe, garde-barrière et romancière". La Vie du Rail (in French): 2. "Maëlle Guillaud". www.lisez...
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    Joseph Beaume, (1831), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Defence of the porte Saint-Denis, after Hippolyte Lecomte, (1831), Rikjsmuseum, Amsterdam. Siege of Antwerp...
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    first tramway line in Paris, between the Place de la Concorde and the Barrière de Passy in November 1853. He extended the line, known as the Chemin de...
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  • Demos (born 1962) Jörg Demus (1928–2019) Pietro Denis (1720–1790) William Denis Browne (1888–1915) Denis Le Grant (died 1352) Edison Denisov (1929–1996)...
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    in Vaugirard, and the main body was posted between the Barrière de l'Ecole Militaire and Barrière de l'Enfer (both in the 10th arrondissement of Paris)...
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    Isabelle 2016: Deux au carré by Philippe Dajoux: Annabelle 1998: La Vieille Barrière by Lyèce Boukhitine: A student 1998: Casting: ça va pas du tout ! by Lyèce...
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    intersections, namely the Porte Saint-Antoine in 1671, the Porte Saint-Bernard [fr], the Porte Saint-Denis in 1672-1673, and the Porte Saint-Martin in 1674. The project...
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    rue de la Gaîté, which was a country road connecting Clamart with the Barrière du Montparnasse, a gate in the Wall of the Farmers-General at the intersection...
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  • Milton Babbitt Claude Ballif Clarence Barlow Natasha Barrett Françoise Barrière Louis and Bebe Barron Sergio Barroso Marc Battier François Bayle Martin...
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    Ahuntsic was created in 1966 from Saint-Denis and Laval ridings. In 1976, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Saint-Michel riding. In 1987, the...
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    Château de Trousse-Barrière...
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    of the same day, with her brother and husband accompanying them to the Barrière du Trône. She, her daughter and governess dressed shabbily to avoid attracting...
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    whose intersection lies above it. The intersection is on the site of the Barrière de Bercy, one of the gates in the Wall of the Farmers-General (1784-1860)...
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