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    was officially sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions. A third building, Palais d'Iéna [fr], housing the permanent Museum of Public Works...
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    The Palais de Chaillot (French pronunciation: [palɛ d(ə) ʃajo]) is a building at the top of the Chaillot hill [fr] in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement...
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    Jardins du Trocadéro (category Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne)
    in the 16th Arrondissement; bounded to the northwest by the wings of the Palais de Chaillot and to the southeast by the Seine and the Pont d'Iéna at the...
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  • example, the term is Palacio de los Deportes in Hispanophone countries or Palais des Sports in Francophone countries. Kyiv Palace of Sports (built in 1960)...
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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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    2°15′10.98″E / 48.8414500°N 2.2530500°E / 48.8414500; 2.2530500 The Parc des Princes (French pronunciation: [paʁk de pʁɛ̃s], lit. 'Park of Princes') is...
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  • Vladimir Petrovsky (category Soviet diplomats)
    masterclasses, art and photo exhibitions and musical performances at the Palais des Nations. Encouraged by this work at the UN, Petrovsky founded the non-governmental...
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    metal design. Many Art Deco landmarks, including the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Palais de Chaillot, can be seen today in Paris. Art Deco was the...
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    the Grand Palais, and from 1949 flying demonstrations were staged at Paris Orly Airport. In 1953, the show was relocated from the Grand Palais to Le Bourget...
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    the esplanade of Les Invalides and the entrances of the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, and on both banks of the Seine. There were 15,000 exhibitors from...
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    memorial, ultimately a prominent location in the 3rd district near the Palais Schwarzenberg was chosen, imposingly within sight of the location used by...
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    Rudolf Nureyev (category Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
    Machine, interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov filmed by David Makhateli at Le Palais des Congrès in May 2013, D&D Art Productions (1 min 55) Speaking to an audience...
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    Jean-François Chalgrin Palais Garnier (1861–1875) by Charles Garnier The Basilica of Sacré-Cœur (1874–1916) by Paul Abadie The Grand Palais (1897–1900), by Henri...
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    The Hereditary Grand Ducal Palace (German: Erbgroßherzogliches Palais) in Karlsruhe on Kriegsstraße has been the seat of the Federal Court of Justice since...
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    The New Palace (German: Neues Palais) is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci park in Potsdam, Germany. The building was begun in 1763...
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    Koenig for the first two months and then moved the Bundeskanzleramt into Palais Schaumburg until a new Chancellery building was completed in 1976. The new...
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    Neustadt Palace (German: Neustädtisches Palais)(also: Marienpalais) is a representative, magnificent building in the Schwerin Schelfstadt from the 18th...
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    1954 Geneva Conference (category Korea–Soviet Union relations)
    Diplomats from South Korea, North Korea, the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union, and the United States dealt with the Korean side of the conference...
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    then-husband Johnny Hallyday attracted full houses at the Olympia and the Palais des congrès de Paris throughout the 1960s and mid-1970s. In 2004, after a...
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    Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (category Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne)
    was originally created to crown the Soviet pavilion of the 1937 World's Fair. The organisers had placed the Soviet and German pavilions facing each other...
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    in the vast basements of the Grand Palais (next door to the Société des Artistes Français, the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Société du Salon d'Automne...
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    at the beginning of the 20th century. The Palais des Pyrenees from 1930, or the Palais du Commerce et des Fêtes [Palace of trade and celebrations], was...
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  • teams from Eurobasket 1981:  Czechoslovakia  France  Israel  Italy  Poland  Soviet Union  Spain  Yugoslavia Top four teams from the qualifying stage:  Greece...
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    as the Palais du Peuple, Palais de la Nation, Court of Cassation, Constitutional Court, Cité de l'Union Africaine, Palais de Marbre, Stade des Martyrs...
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    d’automne, Catalogue des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, dessin, gravure, architecture et art décoratif. Exposés au Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, 1905...
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    Gare d'Orsay, located next to the Seine river. Built on the site of the Palais d'Orsay, its central location was convenient for commuting travelers. The...
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    to be exterminated. The Soviets invaded Poland on 17 September. The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing...
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    Endowment for International Peace Notable properties of the family included: Palais Ephrussi, a Ringstraßenpalais in Vienna Hôtel de Breteuil, 12 avenue Foch...
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    Since 2011, it is held on the Champs-Élysées, between the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais, in mid-October. The first Salon d'Automne was created in 1903...
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    as eastern Poland, fell into the Soviet sphere. After invading Poland on 17 September 1939, on 30 November the Soviets invaded Finland. Then "the League...
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