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    Creation of the Municipality of Chambord by the merger of the Village of Chambord and the Parish of Saint-Louis-de-Chambord. 29 December: Creation of the...
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    Chambord (/ʃɒ̃ˈbɔːr/, US also /ʃæmˈbɔːrd/,[citation needed] French: [ʃɑ̃bɔʁ]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, region of Centre-Val de Loire...
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    Arc de Triomphe (1.2 million) Mont Saint-Michel (1 million) Notre-Dame de la Garde (800,000) Château de Chambord (711,000) Sainte-Chapelle (683,000)...
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    châteaux, such as the Château d'Amboise, Château d'Azay-le-Rideau, Château de Chambord, Château de Chenonceau, Château de Chinon, Château de Montsoreau, Château...
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    Loire: Pont de l'Europe, Pont du Maréchal Joffre (also called Pont Neuf), Pont George-V (also called Pont Royal, carrying the commune tramway), Pont René-Thinat...
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    l’Ile-de-France, preface by Philippe Hourcade, Société Saint-Simon 2009: Le Comte de Chambord, Éd. Pygmalion, ISBN 2756402052 2010: L’Élysée : histoire...
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  • For example, like a borough, district or neighbourhood. Bas-Saint-Laurent Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Capitale-Nationale Mauricie Estrie Montréal Outaouais...
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    (Medieval House) Corner of Rue du Pont and Rue Carnot Museum Place Barette Town hall Tomb of Saint-Mauxe War memorial Pont Clemenceau Medieval bridge Place...
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    Salon Riviera First Class Dining Room – Salle à Manger Chambord Tourist Class Salon – Salon Saint Tropez Tourist Class Music Room – Salon Ravel Tourist...
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    church of Saint Maurice is the most likely location of Joan of Arc's prayer, while in Chinon in 1429. The church of Saint Etienne, or Saint Stephen in...
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    national d'Histoire naturelle (2 million), Pont du Gard (1.5 million), Arc de Triomphe (1.2 million), Mont Saint-Michel (1 million), Sainte-Chapelle (683,000)...
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  • Mont-Saint-Michel Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Granville Saint-Lô Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue Sainte-Mère-Église Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny Mont-Saint-Michel Mont-Saint-Michel...
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    Époque. The Pont Sully, built in 1876, replaced two foot bridges that had connected the Île Saint-Louis to the Right and Left Bank. The Pont de Tolbiac...
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    France. In 1519, King Francis I ordered the construction of the Château of Chambord (10 miles away from Blois), but its construction lasted for one year before...
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    Lion-d'Angers) Verzée (in Segré) Ernée (in Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne) Sarthe (near Angers) Loir (north of Angers) Braye (in Pont-de-Braye) Aigre (near Cloyes-sur-le-Loir)...
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  • Anjou returned to the royal domain. After the death of Henri, Count of Chambord, only the descendants of Philip V of Spain remained of the male line of...
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    appeared in the person of Ligier Richier. French Renaissance art Château de Chambord François Clouet, Portrait of Pierre Quthe, 1562 Ceiling of the chapel of...
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    SAG-ə-nay, -⁠NAY, French: [saɡnɛ], locally [-ne]) is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 200 kilometres...
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    see Rimouski Saint-Vallier: see Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse Saint-Vianney: see Amqui Saint-Victor: (418) 588 Saint-Zacharie: (418) 593 Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui:...
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    about 400 favoured a constitutional monarchy under either Henri, Count of Chambord (grandson of Charles X) or Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (grandson of...
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    Rue Saint-Jacques. It crossed the Seine and traversed the Île de la Cité on two wooden bridges: the "Petit Pont" and the "Grand Pont" (today's Pont Notre-Dame)...
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    longer lived in Paris, preferring the royal residences of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Chambord, Fontainebleau, and finally Versailles where he and the court...
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    artworks such as the Mona Lisa were temporarily moved to the Château de Chambord. When war was formally declared a year later, most of the museum's paintings...
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    of the parish church Saint-Germain de Pont-Audemer. At the beginning of the 12th century, an abbot himself built a church at Saint-Samson. In the immediate...
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    Saint-Jean-de-Braye Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle Saint-Jean-le-Blanc Saint-Laurent-Nouan Saint-Martin-d'Abbat Saint-Michel-sur-Loire Saint-Patrice Saint-Père-sur-Loire...
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    Les Ponts-de-Cé (French pronunciation: [le pɔ̃ də se] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Les Ponts-de-Cé is a suburb of...
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    is famous for its many bridges crossing the river Loire. One of them, the Pont Wilson, collapsed in 1978, but was rebuilt. In the garden of the ancient...
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    Saint-Michel-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl syʁ lwaʁ], literally Saint Michel on Loire) is a former commune in the Indre-et-Loire department...
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    Metz stood until the 15th century. With the signature of the Treaty of Chambord in 1552, Metz passed into the hands of the Kings of France. As the German...
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  • Limoges, Lyon, Marseille, Millau, Mont Saint-Michel, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Nîmes, Omaha Beach, Paris, Perpignan, Pont du Gard, Porto-Vecchio, Propriano...
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