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    Pierre de la Rue (c. 1452 – 20 November 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. His name also appears as Piersson or variants...
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    and the atmosphere congenial. Pierre-Auguste Renoir rented space at 12 rue Cortot in 1876 to paint Bal du moulin de la Galette, showing a dance at Montmartre...
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    La Santé Prison (named after its location on the Rue de la Santé) (French: Maison d'arrêt de la Santé or Prison de la Santé) is a prison operated by the...
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    The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Concord Square') is a public square in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area...
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  • Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre or Le Spectacle de la Rue Saint Pierre, was the first (French-speaking) theatre in New Orleans in Louisiana, active in...
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    Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (17 November 1685 – 5 December 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader, and explorer...
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    former owner: Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, usually just referred to as Baron de Besenval. The premises are at 142 Rue de Grenelle in the...
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    Bal du moulin de la Galette (commonly known as Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) is an 1876 painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is housed...
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    Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place de la Concorde. It was dedicated in 1764 by Louis...
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    parents. Pierre Le Moyne was born in July 1661 at Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal), in the French colony of Canada, the third son of Charles le Moyne de Longueuil...
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    new streets were built in that neighborhood: rue Francois-Ier, rue Pierre Charron, rue Marbeuf and rue de Marignan. On the left bank: Two new boulevards...
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    La Force Prison was a French prison located in the Rue du Roi de Sicile, in what is now the 4th arrondissement of Paris. Originally known as the Hôtel...
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    220, Seiten 182 und 183 Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval: Mémoires de M. Le Baron de Besenval, imprimerie de Jeunehomme, rue de Sorbonne no. 4, Paris,...
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    Poissonnière district. The rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière owes its name to the fact that it crossed the hamlet located outside the porte de la Poissonnerie of the...
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    Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. In 1997 Pierre et Gilles notably participated in Mike Aho's documentary on them titled "Pierre and Gilles, Love...
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    Napoleon III, the rue de l'Abbé de l'Épée, (now rue Auguste Comte) was extended into the park, cutting off about seven hectares, including a large part of the...
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    The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of...
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    located at 64 Rue de Lille, next to the former Orsay railway station (now the Musée d'Orsay) in the 7th arrondissement. The original Hôtel de Salm was built...
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    dy ɡaʁdəmœbl]), is an historic building on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, just east of Rue Royale. It was designed by the architect Ange-Jacques...
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    (R) Rue du Fourbastard [fr] Rue Baour-Lormian [fr] (L) Rue de la Pomme [fr] Rue du Lieutenant-Colonel-Pélissier [fr] (R) Rue Lapeyrouse [fr] (L) Rue du...
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    the rue Bergère and the rue du Faubourg Poissonnière. In June, a class in dramatic declamation was added, and the name was modified to École Royale de Chant...
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    21 January 1535 at the crossroads of la Croix du Trahoir (the intersection of the Rue de l'Arbre-Sec and the Rue Saint-Honoré), in front of the Pavillon...
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    Abbey, under the name Rue de Bourbon in honour of Henri de Bourbon, abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. At the time, it ended in the large meadow where driftwood...
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    on Chemin de Pouillerel 1, Villa Gallet on Rue David-Pierre-Bourquin 55, Villa Jaquemet on Chemin de Pouillerel 8, Villa Stotzer on Chemin de Pouillerel...
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    Tuileries Garden next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The museum is most famous as the permanent home of eight large Water Lilies murals by Claude Monet...
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    Récollets convent on rue des Arts in Lille: Jésus-Christ remettant les clefs à Saint-Pierre, high altar painting, by Charles de la Fosse, currently at...
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    one-way street, running east–west, is located between the Rue de la Banque and the Avenue de l'Opéra. It was officially created in 1634 by orders of the...
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  • praying figure by Pierre de Donadieu, taken over from 1607 by Gervais Delabarre. Biard married Eléonore Fournier, residing on the rue de la Cérisaie. He is...
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    histoire de l'Hôtel Effiat, rue Vieille-du-Temple Pierre Jarnac, Trésors découverts, inventaire pour la France, la Belgique, la suisse et le Luxembourg,...
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    Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue Mazarine on the east, and the rue du Four on the south. Residents...
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