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    near the Tour Saint-Jacques, the rue Nicolas Flamel, has been named after him; it intersects with the rue Pernelle, named after his wife. Flamel's Paris...
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    husband, Perenelle has had a street in Paris, France named after her, Rue Pernelle. There are few confirmed details about Perenelle's place of birth and...
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    Parisian bourgeoisie, commissioned the house after the death of his wife Pernelle in 1397, to accommodate the homeless. It was completed in 1407, as is inscribed...
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    Philosopher's Stone which turns lead into gold, and that he and his wife Pernelle achieved immortality. Engraved images were discovered during recent works...
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    Saint-Lois descendants of the 17th century diarist Luc Duchemin. The Sainte-Pernelle Chapel is the work of a Lord of the Vaucelle Jean Boucart, confessor of...
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    (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Avranches : ses rues et places, ses monuments, ses maisons principales, ses habitants, leurs professions...
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    Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue was developed by the civil engineer Charles-Félix Morice de la Rue (1800-1880). The large pier was built from 1828 to 1845 then the quays from...
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    1792, only the latter remains and was transformed into the hospice of the Rue des Religieuses. The 14th-century church of Notre Dame had a dome (dated...
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    of C Company were successful in clearing out the area. Cerisy-la-Forêt, rue halles (1920) Chateau de l'Abbaye Cerisy-la-Forêt schools 1900 Liberation...
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    10 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Pairs 65.36 10 Q 114.07 11 179.43 10 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Ice dancing 58.25 13 Q 84.62 15 142.87 15 Nathalie...
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    two thousand men, they had to abandon the assault but left by burning the Rue des Juifs. On 14 September 1803, the Royal Navy again bombarded the town...
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    slipper limpet; Sea Spiders (Maja brachydactyla). The Hamlet of Landes. Rue des Ormes: old houses of sea captains. Carteret Manor (18th century) The...
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