The Lion's Mound (French: Butte du Lion, lit. "Lion's Hillock/Knoll"; Dutch: Leeuw van Waterloo, lit. "Lion of Waterloo") is a large conical artificial...
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Waterloo, Belgium (section Lion's Mound)
and became part of Waterloo together with a part of the hamlet next to the Lion. In 1995, the province of Brabant was divided to match the limits of the...
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The site of the battlefield today is dominated by the monument of the Lion's Mound, a large artificial hill constructed from earth taken from the battlefield...
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Histoire générale des guerres de Savoie, de Bohême, du Palatinat et des Pays-Bas 1616-1627 par le seigneur Du Cornet, Gentilhomme belgeois, avec une introduction...
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Vienna. Ambiorix, in Tongres Manneken Pis, in Brussels Butte du Lion ("Hillock of the Lion", "Lion's Mound") in Waterloo Godfrey of Bouillon, Royal Square...
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which inspired Hergé's Moulinsart castle. Church of St. Étienne The Butte du Lion ("Lion's Mound") on the battlefield of Waterloo View of the town from the...
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Title/Author Location/Theatre Notes 2011 Les Miserables, Victor Hugo Butte du Lion de Waterloo 2011 The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco Abbey of Villers-la-ville...
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Belgium, a country which O'Connor visited in 1826. The famous Butte du Lion (or Lion's Mound) features prominently in this painting. A View on the Liffey...
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Louvre (redirect from Musee du Louvre)
Louvre (English: /ˈluːv(rə)/ LOOV(-rə)), or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one...
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Place de la République (category Sculptures of lions)
də la ʁepyblik]; English: Republic Square; known until 1879 as the Place du Château d'Eau, [plas dy ʃɑto do]) is a square in Paris, located on the border...
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Parc Astérix (redirect from Trace du Hourra)
In January 2021, the park announced it was closing its dolphin and sea lion enclosure, the Delphinarium, in order to focus on rides and other shows....
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Musée de Cluny (redirect from Musée National du Moyen Age)
pronunciation: [myze də klyni]), officially Musée de Cluny-Musée National du Moyen Âge (lit. 'Cluny Museum-National Museum of the Middle Ages'), is a museum...
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Tuileries Garden (redirect from Jardins du Carrousel)
Jardin du Carrousel Tiger battling a crocodile by Auguste Caïn (1873) Rhinoceros attacked by two tigers by Auguste Caïn. Bronze, (1882) Two lions disputing...
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Place de la Nation (redirect from Place du Trône)
The Place de la Nation (formerly the Place du Trône, subsequently the Place du Trône-Renversé during the French Revolution) is a circle on the eastern...
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Louvre Pyramid (redirect from Pyramide du Louvre)
The Louvre Pyramid (French: Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass-and-metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid...
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reserves, notably Brie and Gâtinais. The department's highest point is butte Saint-George (215 m). The most populous commune is Meaux; the prefecture...
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while the central pavilion displays a magnificent balcony sculpted with lion motifs. Visitors' admiration is drawn by two singular architectural features:...
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Jardin des plantes (redirect from Jardin du Roi)
iron columns The Grand Labyrinth features a winding path to the top of the Butte Copeaux, a hill overlooking the garden. It was originally created under...
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It is expected that the Paris 2024 cauldron will be erected at the Jardins du Trocadéro stadium. The flame was lit in Olympia on 16 April and travelled...
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rock structures in the landscape that can be formed by natural processes: Butte Cliff Cut bank Escarpment Gorge Inselberg, or monadnock Mesa Peak Promontory...
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Jim Belushi (category College of DuPage alumni)
and elsewhere in Southern Oregon, including the planned rebuilding of the Butte Creek Mill and the restoration of the Holly Theatre, in Medford. In 2018...
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"Connaissance du Vieux Paris" (2017), p. 235 Hillairet, Jacques, "Connaissance du Vieux Paris" (2017), p. 235 Hillairet, Jacques, "Connaissance du Vieux Paris"...
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Saint-Étienne-du-Mont is a church in Paris, France, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement, near the Panthéon. It contains the shrine...
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Île de la Cité (redirect from Île du Palais)
marble classical columns, pediments and bas-reliefs; there are sculpted lions on the grand stairways, eagles on the roof and statues of famous jurists...
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in locating the harbour's sea entrance. The third, situated on the Île du Lion de Mer, would have been the primary beacon that ships would have navigated...
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Notre-Dame de Paris (redirect from Crypte archéologique du parvis Notre-Dame)
representing one of the four evangelists: a winged ox for Saint Luke, a lion for Saint Mark, an eagle for Saint John and an angel for Saint Matthew. Just...
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crossing).[citation needed] The Amiens citadel is built on this limestone butte of the Picard plateau and Rue Saint-Pierre is a slightly inclined path to...
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