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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 "LE PARCOURS DU RELAIS DE LA FLAMME OLYMPIQUE". Paris 2024. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June...
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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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to the town are a number of hamlets including: Saint-Lambert, La Butte, Le Pont du Coudray, and Les Godets. These villages form a single conurbation...
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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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Gauguin, and van Gogh. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum's opening in 1986. It is one of the largest...
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765 9,072 Caracas, Venezuela Mount Bachelor 2,764 9,068 Formerly Bachelor Butte, Cascade Mountains, Oregon, US Mount Korab 2,764 9,068 North Macedonia &...
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Louvre Inverted Pyramid (French: Pyramide inversée du Louvre) is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in front of...
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Charlemagne") by Alfred Lenoir [fr]. The lions groups are by Georges Gardet. On the Left Bank: Renommée du Commerce ("Fame of Commerce") by Pierre Granet [fr]...
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human remains, dated by accompanying finds to c. 850 BC. The mound of La Butte probably dates to the mid-sixth century. As in its famous neighbouring grave...
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capital of the kingdom. In 1187 he welcomed the English king, Richard the Lion-Heart, to his palace. The court records show the creation of a new official...
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