Renaissance, Château de Chenonceau and its gardens are open to the public. Other than the Royal Palace of Versailles, it is the most visited château in France...

frequent celebrated salons in Paris, such as those hosted by Mesdames de Tencin, Geoffrin, du Deffand and others. Within these salons she crossed paths...

Tencin (French pronunciation: [tɑ̃sɛ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration)...

(1984) Julie de Lespinasse (1985) La Scandaleuse Madame de Tencin (Éditions Perrin, 1986, posthumous Académie française INA Institut de France Wikimedia...

Guérin de Tencin. It is possible that her parents were first cousins, as her mother’s biological father may have been Charles-François Paul Le Normant de Tournehem...

Charavines Charnècles Château-Bernard Le Cheylas Chichilianne Chirens Cholonge Claix Clelles Cognet Cognin-les-Gorges Colombe La Combe-de-Lancey Corenc Corrençon-en-Vercors...

at the home of Madame de Tencin." After Madame de Tencin's death in December 1749, Madame Geoffrin inherited many of de Tencin's former guests, thereby...

Montesquieu, the lawyer Louis de Sacy (one of the Marquise's favorites), the Marquis de Sainte-Aulaire, Baronne Staal, Madame de Tencin who received the Marquise's...

Château-Bernard (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto bɛʁnaʁ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère department Parc...

river cruiser passing Notre Dame de l'Isle (South Vienne) The banks of the river Rhône, in central Vienne Château de la Batie on Mont Salomon towers over...

Rochebonne 1740–1758 Pierre Guérin de Tencin 1758–1788 Antoine de Malvin de Montazet 1788–1799 Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf 1791–1794 Antoine-Adrien Lamourette...

century was that of Madame de Lambert in her town house on rue Richelieu in 1710, followed by those of Madames de Tencin, Geoffrin, Du Deffand, d'Épinay...

in La Romieu: Léa-Catherine Marie Anne Gourrange (7) 24 February 1894 in Tencin: Jean-Baptiste Piraud 6-7 December 1894 in Châteaudouble: Jean Honorat (75)...

Villard-de-Lans (French pronunciation: [vilaʁ də lɑ̃s], literally Villard of Lans; Occitan: Lo Vilar de Lanç) is a commune in the Isère department of...

philosophers. The other great salon of the time was that of Claudine Guérin de Tencin. In the 1720s, Voltaire exiled himself in England, where he absorbed Locke's...

Soleymieu La Sône Sonnay Sousville Succieu La Sure en Chartreuse Susville Têche Tencin La Terrasse Theys Thodure Tignieu-Jameyzieu Torchefelon La Tour-du-Pinsubpr...

Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin (French pronunciation: [lə pɔ̃ də bovwazɛ̃]; also: Pont-de-Beauvoisin) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France...

century was that of Madame de Lambert in her town house on rue Richelieu in 1710, followed by those of Madames de Tencin, Geoffrin, Du Deffand, d'Épinay...

Aurore de Bellegarde Madame Geoffrin Madame de Tencin Jeanne Quinault, hostess of the Bout-du-Banc Madame Dupin Constance Pipelet, later Constance de Salm...

Le Pont-de-Claix (French pronunciation: [lə pɔ̃ də klɛ], literally The Bridge of Claix; Arpitan: Lo Pont-de-Cllês) is a commune in the Isère department...

Pont-de-Chéruy (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də ʃeʁɥi]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Pont-de-Chéruy is located in the department...

Monestier-de-Clermont (French pronunciation: [mɔnɛstje də klɛʁmɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère...

A House at 15 Rue Edouard Juvigny (19th century) A Château at 5 Rue de l'Eglise (1348) The Château Magne at Rue d'Estienne d'Orves (1856) A Railway Station...

Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bɔnɛ də ʃavaɲ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The 13th-18th century Château de...

to Briançon, and on the south side of the Col de la Croix de Fer. It is often on the route of the Tour de France, as the town sits at the base of the road...

England, 1436–1558. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84383-398-7. Guérin de Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine (1740). The Siege of Calais. Garland Pub. ISBN 978-0-8240-1101-7...

housing was built before 1919, while 55% was built between 1971 and 2005. Château de Hautefort - the oldest building in the town, now divided into apartments...

was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Mont-de-Lans (the seat) and Vénosc. The ski resort Les Deux Alpes is situated in the...

gold medals in the men's events. All women's events took place at Recoin de Chamrousse, located 2 km (1.2 mi) away. There are more than 90 km (56 mi)...

Le Péage-de-Roussillon (French pronunciation: [lə pe.aʒ də ʁusijɔ̃], literally The Tollbooth of Roussillon) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern...