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    (Grande Île—Big Island, and Petite Île—Little Island) and about 20 pinnacle rocks. The Eastern and Western Groups are 94.5 km (51 nmi) apart (from Île des...
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    memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)". UNESCO. "The Maison Carrée of Nîmes". UNESCO. "Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons...
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    River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square (cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under...
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    Louvre Palace (category Castles in Île-de-France)
    Cour Carrée and Charles-André van Loo in the Galerie d'Apollon. On 20 August 1801, Napoleon had the artists and others who lived in the Cour Carrée all...
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    the Minister of Overseas France – Clipperton. Hauts-de- France Normandy Île-de- France Grand Est Bourgogne- Franche- Comté Centre- Val de Loire Pays...
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    sculpture gallery on the ground floor of the southwestern side of the Cour Carrée was completed on designs by Percier and Fontaine. In 1819 an exhibition...
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    Initially, plans were made to place it outdoors, at the center of the Cour Carrée, but they were not implemented. Instead, the sphinx was exhibited in the...
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    Beaux-Arts dormer oculus of the Building of Préfecture de Police de Paris, Île de la Cité Art Nouveau oculus of the Hôtel Élysée Palace [fr], Paris Art...
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  • of the version now in Neuilly-sur-Seine, initially erected in the Cour Carrée of the Louvre in Paris, relocated to Versailles in 1848 and to the present...
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    (Anglicised as Kil(l)-) in many Irish place names. List of Greco-Roman roofs Sarah Iles Johnston (2004). Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Harvard University...
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    doors General information Location Pl. Carrée Rue Turbigo × Rambuteau Pl. des Verrières 1st arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France Coordinates 48°51′45″N...
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    Netherlands Victory French conquest of Algeria (1830–1847) Battle of Maison Carrée 23 April 1832 Algeria None Berbers Arabs Victory Battle of Macta 28 June...
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    Château de Blandy-les-Tours (category Castles in Île-de-France)
    enclosure holds 6 towers: the square tower - the former gatehouse (la tour carrée) the moral tower (la tour morale) the tower of justice (la tour de la justice)...
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  • Language Plays. New York: Ubu Repertory Theatre, 1993: 1–53. Zonzon Tête Carrée. Monaco: Ed. du Rocher, 1994 ISBN 978-2-268-01801-0; Monaco: Alphée/Le Serpent...
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    safety of the Île de la Cité. Many of the monuments on the Left Bank were abandoned, and the stones used to build a wall around the Île de la Cité, the...
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    Bas Coursin I Bas Coursin II Labady Savane à Roche Pérodin Médor Savane Carrée Passe-Reine ou Bas d'Ennery Chemin Neuf Puilboreau La Croix-Perisse petite-Desdunes...
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    Medieval Louvre Castle (category Ruined castles in Île-de-France)
    This was completed in 1610. He also began the construction of the Cour Carrée on the base of the existing Lescot wing. The surface was four times the...
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    Arts with the Grosse Tour du Louvre Foundations remain beneath the Cour Carrée. The wall then went north, then north-east to include the Église Saint-Eustache...
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    subordinate to a higher official, the Governor of the Île-de-France, who was the chief of the nobility of the Île-de-France and the first magistrate of Paris,...
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    inaccessible by steps (as in the Maison Carrée and Vic), and even back on to other buildings. As in the Maison Carrée, columns at the side might be half columns...
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    the new east wing of the Louvre, located on the eastern side of the Cour Carrée (Square Courtyard). This design would have aligned the architecture of Paris...
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    Seine, the Île Notre-Dame and the Île-aux-vaches, which had been used for grazing cattle and storing firewood, were combined to make the Île Saint-Louis...
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  • Natural 111 The Gedeo Cultural Landscape Cultural 1641  France The Maison Carrée of Nîmes Cultural 1569  France (Martinique) (F) Volcanoes and Forests of...
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  • diameter of 102 meters, and could hold twelve thousand spectators. The Maison Carrée in Nîmes, built in 16–19 BC, is one of the best-preserved Roman temples...
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    Building Louvre Colonnade Lescot Wing Pavillon de Flore Pavillon de l'Horloge Louvre Pyramid Pyramide inversée Cour Carrée Medieval Louvre...
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  • L'Oriental (Eastern Group) Île de la Possession (Possession Island) (46°24′S 51°46′E / 46.400°S 51.767°E / -46.400; 51.767) Roche Carrée Roche Debout Rochers...
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    from this period include the amphitheater in Orange, Vaucluse, the "Maison Carrée" at Nîmes which is one of the best preserved Roman temples in Europe, the...
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    the Rhône. The surviving ruins include two towers, the Square Tower (Tour carrée) and the Round Tower (Tour ronde) that date from the 12th and 13th centuries...
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  • Thiéfaine 2013 : La place du fantôme by La Grande Sophie 2014 : Racine carrée (stylised as √) by Stromae 2015 : Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy by Alain...
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    Building Louvre Colonnade Lescot Wing Pavillon de Flore Pavillon de l'Horloge Louvre Pyramid Pyramide inversée Cour Carrée Medieval Louvre...
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