• Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare is a black and white photograph taken by French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris in 1932. The photograph has been...
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    was often nicknamed la gare des betteraves, or 'sugar beet station', as it is surrounded by sugar beet fields, as it was the case for some rail stations...
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  • after the military doctor Jean-Antoine Villemin in 1913. Near the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est, it was heavily used during both world wars and was still...
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    Paul-Gérin-Lajoie Grande Bibliothèque du Québec Gare d'autocars de Montréal Place Dupuis (shopping and office complex) Hôtel des Gouverneurs Located one Metro station...
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  • prostitution does occur. The main red light district in Brussels is north of the Gare du Nord. In Rue d'Aerschot, Rue de Brabant and the surrounding side-streets...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France...
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    Parc-des-Expositions, opens between Villepinte and Roissy. June 1983: Improvements and dual-voltage equipment allow trains to begin traveling through Gare...
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    Japanese embassy in Paris, told The Guardian that "there are around 20 cases a year of the syndrome and it has been happening for several years", and...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter of...
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    busiest appellate court in France, and France's highest court for ordinary cases, the Court of Cassation. It formerly housed the Tribunal de grande instance...
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    railway stations (Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, Gare de Lyon, Gare d'Austerlitz, Gare Montparnasse, Gare Saint-Lazare) and a minor one (Gare de Bercy) are...
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    projects that defined this era, the Bassin des Sapins and the Pièce d'eau des Suisses. In 1676, the Bassin des Sapins, which was located north of the château...
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    and D) and their platforms are used in exceptional cases for the rerouting of the RER C trains at Gare d'Austerlitz. Normally the tracks are used by main...
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    Paris for about ten minutes. By Bus* : 361 Gare d'Argenteuil à Gare de Pierrefitte - Stains RER; 140 Gare d'Argenteuil - Asnières-Gennevilliers - Gabriel...
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    2 mi) tunnel between Haussmann–St-Lazare and Magenta (which serves Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord). The line was first extended with a new branch from Noisy-le-Sec...
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  • This is a list of solved missing person cases of people who went missing in unknown locations or unknown circumstances that were eventually explained...
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    Coluche (category Café de la Gare)
    open on rue d'Aligre, and later in a larger shop which she opened near la Gare de Lyon. He found this work dull, and suddenly quit, which caused a long-lasting...
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    extended on either side by two curved wings, each housing a museum (the Musée des Monuments Français and the Musée d'Ethnographie), as well as conference rooms...
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    Louvre (redirect from Salle des Etats)
    and Roman sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de...
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    by French SNCF services. A new station was constructed on the route at Gare des Eaux-Vives and the line between this station and the border was replaced...
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    The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete nɑsjɔnal de ʃ(ə)mɛ̃ d(ə) fɛʁ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; abbreviated as SNCF [ɛs ɛn se...
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    its skyscraper, Tour Montparnasse, as well as its major railway terminus, Gare Montparnasse, these are both actually located (partly) in the neighbouring...
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    Seine. It contains two of Paris's six main railway stations: the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est. Built during the 19th century, these two termini are...
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  • Dutch and Luxembourg rail networks SNCB website List of stations: Liste des gares SNCB (in French) - Lijst van NMBS-stations (in Dutch) Collection of Google...
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    providing direct trains to Paris and Marseille. The fan-shaped canopy of the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, is the airport's...
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    setting of one of the first projected motion pictures, L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat filmed by the Lumière brothers in 1895. According to the Institut...
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    the basement and two exterior levels, both can contain more than 40,800 cases. The crematorium was the first built in France. The first cremation took...
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    for connection between the Gare Saint-Lazare, the Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est. Finishing the place in front of the Gare du Nord. Rue Maubeuge was extended...
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    Conciergerie (category Monuments of the Centre des monuments nationaux)
    many changes to fit its judicial and prison role. Louis XII had the Chamber des Comptes reconstructed, and redecorated the Grand Chamber, used by the Parlement...
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    Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is a 343-acre (139 ha) rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
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