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    I Marshal Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It was previously known as the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, as well...
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    Passy Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Passy) is a small cemetery in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The current cemetery replaced the...
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    Auteuil and Passy to the center of Paris, he built rues Michel-Ange, Molitor and Mirabeau. To connect the plain of Monceau, he built avenues Villers, Wagram...
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    Parc Astérix is a theme park in France based on the comic book series Asterix by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. In 2023, the park welcomed over 2.8 million...
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    weekends. Parc Montsouris is bounded to the south by Boulevard Jourdan and the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP), to the north by Avenue Reille...
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    The Parc des Buttes Chaumont (French pronunciation: [paʁk de byt ʃomɔ̃]; English: Park of the Buttes Chaumont) is a public park situated in northeastern...
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    from artesian wells in Passy. The water arrives in the Lac Superieur (Upper Lake), built in 1852 and located near the Hippodrome de Auteil, then flows by...
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    planners leveled the ground, surrounded it with a large ditch and a long avenue of elms, and, as a final touch, the esplanade was enclosed by a fine grille-work...
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    these stables is the Place d'Armes, where the Avenue de Paris meets the Avenue de Sceaux and Avenue de Saint-Cloud (see map), the three roads that formed...
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    Chaillot Passy Louis Vuitton Foundation Cimetière de Passy Parc des Princes Palais de Tokyo Pavillon de l'eau Lycée Janson-de-Sailly Maison de Radio France...
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    The Musée de Cluny (French pronunciation: [myze də klyni]), officially Musée de Cluny-Musée National du Moyen Âge (lit. 'Cluny Museum-National Museum...
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    end, while its western end is in the mouth of a tunnel. Passy metro station lies above Rue de l'Alboni where the street becomes pedestrianised as a result...
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    an avenue of pines preserved from the early days of the park. Flower beds of the Parc Floral de Paris La pinède, the avenue of pines in the Parc Floral...
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    Levallois RER C station), Neuilly-Porte Maillot, Avenue de l'Impératrice (Avenue Foch), Passy (Avenue Henri-Martin) and Auteuil (unused today). The Paris-Auteuil...
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    8414500°N 2.2530500°E / 48.8414500; 2.2530500 The Parc des Princes (French pronunciation: [paʁk de pʁɛ̃s], lit. 'Park of Princes') is an all-seater football...
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    clockwise, the stations are: Auteuil-Boulogne Passy-la-Muette Avenue Henri Martin (now used by RER C) Avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne (now used by RER C) Neuilly-Maillot...
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    Boulevard de Passy before Avenue Victor-Hugo: Avenue d'Eylau during the Second Empire and Avenue de Saint-Cloud before Avenue Foch: Avenue du Bois during...
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    The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (UK: /ˌʃɒ̃z eɪˈliːzeɪ, ɛ-/, US: /ʃɒ̃z ˌeɪliˈzeɪ/; French: [av(ə)ny de ʃɑ̃z‿elize] ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement...
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    The Parc de Saint-Cloud (pronounced [paʁk də sɛ̃ klu]; Park of Saint-Cloud), officially the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (pronounced [dɔmɛn nɑsjɔnal...
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    Musée national de la Marine (naval museum) and the Musée de l'Homme (ethnology) in the southern (Passy) wing. the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine...
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    Avenue Carnot-Parc Auto: Avenue Carnot, even side Entrance 7: Avenue Carnot: Avenue Carnot, odd side Entrance 8: Avenue de la Grande Armée: Avenue de...
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    Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of...
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    the city. At the same time there were cemeteries outside the city limits: Passy Cemetery to the west, Montmartre Cemetery to the north, and Père Lachaise...
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    Conciergerie - Palais de la Cité (in French). Editions du Patrimoine. ISBN 978-2-85822298-8. Hillairet, Jacques (2017). Connaissance du Vieux Paris (in French)...
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    are Passy and Avenue du Président Kennedy. The modest house, with its courtyard and garden, is located within the residential district of Passy near...
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    Quatre-Parties-du-Monde" or the "Carpeaux Fountain", for its sculptures by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. It was installed as part of the development of the avenue de l'Observatoire...
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    Master builders Pierre de Chelles, Jean Ravy [fr], Jean le Bouteiller, and Raymond du Temple [fr] succeeded de Chelles and de Montreuil and then each...
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    The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres...
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    commission du 27 April 1777, M. Guillaumot, architecte du Roi, fut nommé au poste de contrôleur et inspecteur général en chef des Carrières. Signe du destin...
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    Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz]; formerly cimetière de l'Est, lit. 'East Cemetery') is the largest...
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