The Bassin de la Villette (French pronunciation: [basɛ̃ də la vilɛt], La Villette Basin) is the largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water...
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Porte de Pantin (Parc de la Villette) (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də pɑ̃tɛ̃ paʁk də la vilɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5. It is...
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Porte de la Villette (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də la vilɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro. The origin of the commune of the Villette was a Gallo-Roman...
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The Rue Adolphe Mille is a street in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Parc de la Villette, the Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse and the...
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Girard and built on the site in 1811. Émile de La Bédollière wrote that the water came from la Villette and that the fountain was "superb" in character...
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section of line 7 between Opéra and Porte de la Villette a short distance away in the Boulevard de la Villette and named after it. In 1942, the two stations...
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located at the crossroads formed by Rue de Belleville, Boulevard de la Villette, Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple and Boulevard de Belleville, with the platforms...
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in 1986. Plans to move CNSMDP to more modern facilities in the Parc de la Villette were initiated under Bleuse and completed under Louvier. The tradition...
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with the opening of the first section of the line from Opéra to Porte de la Villette. The line 9 platforms opened on 3 June 1923 with the extension of the...
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Wall of the Ferme générale (redirect from Rotonde de la Villette)
Boulevard de la Chapelle, Boulevard de la Villette, Boulevard de Belleville, Boulevard de Ménilmontant, Boulevard de Charonne, Boulevard de Picpus, Boulevard...
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Chemin de la Marée (today rue des Poissonniers). The commune of La Chapelle borders Montmartre, Saint-Ouen, Saint-Denis, Aubervilliers, La Villette and two...
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Grande Arche (redirect from La Grande Arche de la Défense)
La Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ də la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité...
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Canal Saint-Martin (category Place de la Bastille)
Canal de l'Ourcq to the river Seine. Nearly half its length (2,069 metres (2,263 yd)), between the Rue du Faubourg du Temple and the Place de la Bastille...
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the Louvre Pyramid, Musée d'Orsay, Parc de la Villette, Arab World Institute, Opéra Bastille, Grande Arche de La Défense, Ministry of the Economy and Finance...
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where it splits from the channeled river Ourcq, and flows to the Bassin de la Villette, where it joins the Canal Saint-Martin. Paris requires 380,000 cubic...
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Armand Gabriel Rétaux de Villette (9 February 1754-1797)[citation needed] was a French procurer, forger, blackmailer and pimp. He participated in the...
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merchants receiving goods, and two freight stations, 'Ceinture de Charonne' and 'La Petite Villette', opened in 1855 and 1856, respectively. Service at first...
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national populaire. This was followed by Le Satyre de la Villette, with André Barsacq at the Théâtre de l'Atelier, a comedy which ranked him with his literary...
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List of fountains in Paris (section La Defense)
Fontaine de la porte de La Villette, Square de la Porte-de-la-Villette, rue Forceval (1969). Fontaine Riquet, Rue de Flandres/rue Riquet. (1978–1980), Martin...
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Parc des Buttes Chaumont (section Temple de la Sibylle)
the fifth-largest park in Paris, after the Bois de Vincennes, Bois de Boulogne, Parc de la Villette and Tuileries Garden. Opened in 1867, late in the...
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branches in and around Paris (Porte de Vincennes, rue de Manin, rue de l'Ourcq, La Villette, rue Bayen, rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine, Montreuil, Créteil, Sarcelles...
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Jaurès station (redirect from Rue d'Allemagne (Paris Métro))
Boulevard de la Villette Access 2: Quai de la Loire Access 3: avenue Jean Jaurès Access 4: avenue Secrétan Access 5: Quai de Jemmapes Access 6: rue de Chaumont...
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flowed from the basin at La Villette, where the water of the canal arrived in Paris, at a higher elevation than the Place de la Concorde. The overflow water...
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Haussmann's renovation of Paris (redirect from Immeuble de rapport)
bring fresh water to the city and began work on the Rue de Rivoli, beginning at the Place de la Concorde, but was able to extend it only to the Louvre...
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commissioning of the first section of line 7 between Opéra and Porte de la Villette with service provided by all trains on the line until 18 January 1911...
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City of Music La Géode, an IMAX domed theatre List of museums in Paris Le Zénith, a concert arena in Parc de la Villette Parc de la Villette List of tourist...
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Louis-Pierre Marquet, 204 rue de Grenelle, 7th Henri Bunel and Fernand Dupuis, 39 rue d'Antin, 2nd Michel Rabier, 87 boulevard de la Villette, 10th 1899: Richard...
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named Pont de Flandre, after the nearby bridge spanning the Canal de Saint-Denis on which the rue de Flandre ran on, the main road in La Villette. On 10 February...
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enclosure Place Denfert-Rochereau, Place de la Nation, Parc Monceau and at the edge of the basin of La Villette. Pierre Beaumarchais, who saw it as one...
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elliptical vault, layout which it shares with Château de Vincennes on line 1 and Porte de la Villette on line 7. The tracks framing the axial pedestal are...
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