The Thiers wall (Enceinte de Thiers) was the last of the defensive walls of Paris. It was an enclosure constructed between 1841 and 1846 and was proposed...
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walls were built over the centuries, either adding to existing walls or replacing demolished ones, through 1846, when construction of the Thiers wall...
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Thiers also built the ring of fortifications around Paris known as the Thiers Wall, of which a few traces can still be seen. The location of the wall...
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a situation where everything within the Thiers wall was Paris and everything outside was not. The Thiers wall led to a profound disruption of the synergistic...
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Fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries (category City walls in France)
fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries comprise: The Thiers Wall, surrounding the city of Paris, and farther from the city, The detached...
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Fort de Charenton (section History of the Thiers Wall)
known as the Thiers wall after its chief proponent, prime minister Adolphe Thiers. The plan involved the construction of a new fortified wall around an expanded...
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Look up thiers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thiers is a French place name and surname, with the variants Thier and Tier. It may refer to: Adolphe...
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fortified Thiers wall, completed around 1840. In 1859, the military engineering service gave conditional control of the Rue Militaire and Thiers wall to the...
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series of boulevards that encircle Paris along the route of the former Thiers Wall (built from 1841 to 1844). The boulevards are, with three exceptions...
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under the strict control of Paris' urban planners. The demolition of the Thiers wall during the 1920s allowed for the creation of a third ring of boulevards...
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(city gates of Paris) in the Thiers wall, a defensive wall constructed in the mid-nineteenth century to protect Paris. The wall was demolished after the First...
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Vincennes and named after the Porte de Vincennes, a gate in the former Thiers Wall, which was at the beginning of the road to Vincennes. The station opened...
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a situation where everything within the Thiers wall was Paris and everything without was not. The Thiers wall, with its accompanying berm and moat, led...
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four days a week. A general strike paralyzed the city in July 1919. The Thiers wall, 19th-century fortifications surrounding the city, were demolished in...
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It is named after the Porte d'Ivry, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris on the road that led to Ivry-sur-Seine. The station opened on...
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bastion No. 51 on the Thiers wall, the Luna-Park and the Église Notre-Dame-de-Compassion de Paris. After the destruction of the Thiers wall fortifications around...
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Paris under Louis-Philippe (section The Thiers Wall)
plan was put forward by Adolphe Thiers, the President of the Council and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Thiers Wall, approved on 3 April 1841, was...
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nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to the town of Montreuil. Flea markets are held on the glacis (the sloping bank in front of a wall) of the fortifications...
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points surrounding Paris. The fort is about 1 kilometre outside the Thiers Wall, built by the same program in response to a perception that Paris was...
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It is conveniently located between the 87 and 88 bastions of the old Thiers wall. The Porte d'Italie Metro station and a stop on Paris tramway Line 3a...
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named after the nearby Porte des Lilas, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers Wall of Paris, which led to the town of Les Lilas. The station was referred...
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a situation where everything within the Thiers wall was Paris and everything without was not. The Thiers wall, with its accompanying berm and moat, led...
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French prime minister Adolphe Thiers, and was part of an immense defensive belt comprising 17 detached forts and the Thiers Wall surrounding Paris. The evolution...
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a situation where everything within the Thiers wall was Paris and everything without was not. The Thiers wall, with its accompanying berm and moat, led...
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is named after the Porte de Clichy, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to Clichy. The station opened 20 January 1912 with...
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named after the Porte de la Chapelle, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, on the Rue de la Chapelle, the old Roman road to Calais via...
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a situation where everything within the Thiers wall was Paris and everything without was not. The Thiers wall, with its accompanying berm and moat, led...
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is named after the Porte de Choisy, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to Choisy-le-Roi. The station opened on 7 March 1930...
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arrondissement. It is named after the Porte de Vanves, a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall of Paris. Contrary to what its name suggests, it gave access to the commune...
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arrondissement. It is named after the Porte d'Italie, a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to the south and Italy. The station opened on 7 March...
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