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    Île de la Cité (French: [il də la site]; English: City Island), 22.5 hectares (56 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine, in central...
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    Île du Grand Calumet Île Green Île Greene Île à Griffin Île Harbec Île Hemlock Île Henry Île Hiam Île Jacey Île John-Park Île Jones Îles Jumelles Île...
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    Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, formerly île Royale; Scottish Gaelic: Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn; Mi'kmaq: Unamaꞌki) is...
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  • calcium cyanide 592-01-8 CaCO3 calcium carbonate spent lime calcite limestone marble 471-34-1 CaC2 calcium carbide 75-20-7 Ca(CHO2)2 calcium formate 544-17-2...
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    around their island fortress," which appears to describe the Île de la Cité. Proponents of the Ile de Cité as the site of the Gallic settlement also address...
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    and 2011 in the commune of Louveciennes in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region. The chateau was built by the property developer Emad Khashoggi's...
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    The Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, also called Villa Île-de-France, is a French seaside villa located at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. Designed...
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    Graham Island or Isola Ferdinandea (also Graham Bank, Graham Shoal, French: Île Julia) was an island in the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily that has, on more...
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    Ooni of Ife. He is a traditional ruler and monarch of a Yoruba people of Ile-Ife. He ascended to the throne after the passing of Oba Okunade Sijuwade...
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    genitri. In Hawaii it (or the possible synonym E. grandis) is known as a blue marble tree. In India, the cleaned pits of the fruit of this tree are known as...
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    com. Retrieved 2023-11-11. HODIE. "AN ISLAND VOCABULARY 9/50 - C.E.R.E.S." île du levant - domaine naturiste d'héliopolis, cité du soleil (in French). Retrieved...
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    Cathedral of Saint Étienne, Paris (category Île de la Cité)
    The Basilica and Cathedral of Saint-Étienne in Paris, on the Île de la Cité, was an early Christian church that preceded Notre-Dame de Paris. It was built...
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    pronunciation: [vɛʁsɑj] ) is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles and the gardens...
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    The Dépôt des marbres (marble depot) of the French Ministry of Public Works was founded on île des Cygnes (Swan Island) in Paris by French minister of...
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    hôtel was bought by the Paris Île-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The stables (made of pink marble) were replaced by two new wings...
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    unpublished. A memorial monument to Nightingale was created in Carrara marble by Francis William Sargant in 1913 and placed in the cloister of the Basilica...
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  • were called the caryatidai, represented on the Athenian Acropolis as the marble caryatids supporting the porch of the Erechtheum. The late accounts made...
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    approximately 81,000 at the 2006 census. Igbeti is also known as "Marble City" for its rich marble deposits. It is situated in Olorunsogo Local Government area...
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  • decorated ironwork. Often, balustrades were used instead of railings. White marble was used extensively, especially in entry halls which were often very spacious...
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    Carrara marble for the tile cladding of the façade, for the marble's gleaming, milky white exterior. This caused structural problems, as marble is porous...
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    religious center and the seat of the royal administration of the country. The Île de la Cité became the site of the royal palace and the new cathedral of Notre-Dame...
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    d'histoire. Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-07-044430-4. Michelin Tyre PLC (1989). Île-de-France: The Region Around Paris. Harrow [England]: Michelin Tyre Public...
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    Château de Rambouillet (category Historic house museums in Île-de-France)
    Rambouillet, is a château in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France, 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Paris. It...
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    spring, still survive. The archaic 6th century BCE fountain house has a marble-lined basin surrounded by benches. Water was brought here by means of a...
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    window (oeil-de-boeuf type) on the building of préfecture de police de Paris, Île de la Cité, by Victor Calliat, mid-19th century Neoclassical volutes of a...
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    covered in 230 pieces of marble, composed of the white and grey-veined Cararra, greenish marble from Campan, and red marble from Languedoc. A copy of...
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    north–south axis, along the river shore. During the 19th century, the former Île des Batteurs (Drummers' Island) to the south was attached directly to the...
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    and the patron saint carrying the arms of France in front of the Seine and Île de la Cité, on the base have two fleurs-de-lys and two coats of arms of Paris...
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    full-sized marble version of Nymphe chasseresse at the gardens, which is located in the right niche of the fountain. Pictured is the full-sized marble version...
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    given by the American community in Paris to that city. It now stands on the Île aux Cygnes, facing west toward her larger sister. A replica 30 feet (9.1 m)...
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