The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Concord Square') is a public square in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area...
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Luxor Obelisks (redirect from Obélisque de Louxor)
stone, 23 metres (75 ft) high, was moved in the 1830s to the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, while the left-hand (eastern) obelisk remains in its...
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new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place de la Concorde. It was dedicated in 1764 by Louis XV, but work halted due to the French...
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located in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The museum is most famous as the permanent home of eight large...
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wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. It is known...
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really Anubis. At the Luxor Temple, the two obelisks (the smaller one closer to the west is now at the Place de la Concorde in Paris) flanking the entrance...
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Tuileries Gardens next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. In 2004, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Centre national de la photographie and Patrimoine Photographique...
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[ʒaʁdɛ̃ de tɥilʁi]) is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici...
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de la Marine, is one of two identical stone palaces on the Place de la Concorde. Since 1900, the French Ministry of Culture has listed the Hôtel de Crillon...
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such as l'Érection de l'obélisque de Louqsor sur la place de la Concorde ("The erection of the Luxor obelisk on the place de la Concorde", on view at the...
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Parc des Buttes Chaumont (section Temple de la Sibylle)
Its best known feature is the Temple de la Sibylle (Sibyl's Temple), a miniature Roman temple inspired by the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Italy, and located...
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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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the guillotine together with Robespierre at the Place de la Révolution, today's Place de la Concorde, in Paris, in an execution which marked the end of the...
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to the Place de la Concorde in France. Temple of Isis second pylon, Philae, western façade One of the pylon entrances of the Karnak Temple Complex, with...
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people. The century saw the construction of Place Vendôme, the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, the church of Les Invalides, and the Panthéon,...
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from the Eiffel Tower (2016) List of world's fairs Champ de Mars Massacre Fête de la Concorde Monument to the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and...
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La Défense (French: [la de.fɑ̃s]) is the major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits. It...
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in cartloads of ten or twelve prisoners to the Place de la Revolution (today's Place de la Concorde) for execution. In all, two thousand, seven hundred...
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Rue du Faubourg du Temple Avenue de la République Boulevard Voltaire Boulevard du Temple Passage du Vendôme Rue du Temple Boulevard Saint-Martin Rue René...
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running from the courtyard of the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Défense), the Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806; its iconographic...
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Palais Bourbon (redirect from Palais de Bourbon)
the Seine across from the Place de la Concorde. The original palace was built beginning in 1722 for Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, the...
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Bastille Day (redirect from Fete nationale de la France)
passes down the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde, where the President of the French Republic, his government and foreign...
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Adidas Arena (redirect from Porte de La Chapelle Arena)
marché global de performance | CCI Business Grand Paris". grandparis.ccibusiness.fr. "Le chantier de la future Arena 2 lancé Porte de la Chapelle". CNEWS...
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Petit Palais (redirect from Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris)
houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris). The Petit Palais is located across from the Grand Palais on...
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Jacques Ignace Hittorff (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
Place de la Concorde, carried out in stages between 1833 and 1846. In 1836 the obelisk of Luxor was erected and the two Fontaines de la Concorde, one commemorating...
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with the Place des Victoires, Place Dauphine, Place Vendôme and Place de la Concorde, it is one of the five royal squares in Paris. Originally known as the...
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Air France (category Companies based in Île-de-France)
AF Concorde F-BTSC, at Gonesse (near Charles de Gaulle Airport), as well as higher fuel and maintenance costs. British Airways flew its last Concorde service...
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The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of...
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installation of certain exhibitions such as the Exposition Internationale de la Locomotion Aérienne caused damage, as did acid runoff from the horse shows...
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a religious college (French: Collège de Cluny, no longer extant) on the location of the present-day place de la Sorbonne. The Cluny mansion was rebuilt...
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