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    Valladolid, Spain Wrocław, Poland Rue Esquermoise Place du Général-de-Gaulle (Lille) Vieux-Lille Lille 3000 "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French)...
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    The Hôtel des Invalides (English: "house of invalids"), commonly called Les Invalides (French pronunciation: [lezɛ̃valid]), is a complex of buildings...
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    (1985) Pierre Soulages, Peinture 222 X 175 cm (1983) Jacques Villeglé, DC Lille rue Littré (2000) Aloïse Corbaz, sans titre (between 1918 and 1964) Aloïse...
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    Déat, commengaient, en réalité, eux aussi leur scolarité rue d'Ulm en 1919. Les survivants des promotions l9l2 et 19l3 reprenaient leurs années de scolarité...
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    sites: Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, and Saint-Ouen. The Parisian institution is made up of a complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between...
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    Toulouse. The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and Musée des Augustins also have sizeable public collections. Born at 127 Grande-Rue Saint-Michel in Toulouse...
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    The Nativity (Philippe de Champaigne) (category Paintings in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille)
    taken to the depot of Petits Augustins, then to that of rue de Beaune. In 1801, it was attributed to the recently created Lille Museum of Fine Arts. The canvas...
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  • refractor of 325 mm diameter and 6 m focal length at the Lille Observatory. 1906 – Prix des Dames by the Société astronomique de France 1911 – Officier...
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    historic monuments, 1992). Hôtel Blin de Bourdon (18th century: 1 Rue des Augustins (historic monuments, 1993). Maison Cozette (18th century) : 26 Place...
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    The President of the Parliament lived far from the Palace – first on rue de Lille, then on Place Vendôme; and the Duke of Bourbon still occupied the west...
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    Virtual Gallery of Mineralogy (English version) Flickr Mostly Paris, some Lille. Photos of Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (English version) Portal:...
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    Parade, Nuit Blanche, Cinéma au clair de lune, Printemps des rues, Festival d'automne, and Fête des jardins. The Carnaval de Paris, one of the oldest festivals...
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    Family Reunion, The Improvised Field Hospital, The Pink Dress, Studio in Rue de La Condamine Cecilia Beaux – Sita and Sarita (Jeune Fille au Chat) Rosa...
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    Chaabane, Zouhour (2022). Les manuscrits de Tagdemt: trésors du Cabinet des livres. Lille: Musée Condé. ISBN 9782376800804. Chateau in the background of the...
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    Clere, Imprimeur de S. Em. Mgr. le Cardinal Archeveque de Paris, quai des Augustins, no. 35. p. 151. "Replica clock find sparks hope for Notre-Dame restoration"...
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    running as far as the second level constructed by the French firm Fives-Lille. These had a compensating mechanism to keep the floor level as the angle...
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    Parc Astérix (category Compagnie des Alpes)
    in 1989, the park is operated by Compagnie des Alpes and located right by the A1 motorway (Paris ↔ Lille ↔ Brussels), having its own highway exit and...
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    Abbesses was installed at Châtelet station at the intersection of Rue des Halles and Rue Sainte-Opportune. A cast-iron balustrade decorated in plant-like...
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    University of the Littoral Opal Coast (Saint-Louis, Grand-Rue and Capérure site), member of Université Lille Nord de France. High schools : Lycée Auguste Mariette...
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    des Beaux-Arts de Lille Odalisque, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Les Contes de la reine de Novare, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Diane de Poitiers Odalisque...
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    Basilica of Saint-Denis (category Monuments of the Centre des monuments nationaux)
    preservation. In 1798, these were transferred to the chapel of the Petit-Augustins, which later became the Museum of French Monuments. Most of the medieval...
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    technological epics. Museums and theme parks Musée des Augustins Lady Tholose, a bronze of the Renaissance (Augustins) Painting of Lucas Cranach the Elder at Bemberg...
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    the nearby Sacré-Cœur basilica and paralleling the adjacent staircases of Rue Foyatier. The 108 m (354 ft) cars climbs 36 m (118 ft) in under a minute...
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    munitions dumps, an army post office and an American military hospital at Augustins. Because of this, Tours became a garrison town with a resident general...
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    Customers can still travel from St Pancras to the resort by changing trains at Lille Europe. The suspension has been caused by the financial collapse of Eurostar...
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    Barbaroux, attacked him for this appointment. In response Gasparin wrote from Lille to both the Committee of Public Safety and the Convention, summarising his...
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    the Exposition Universelle in 1900. It was originally housed in the Palais des mirages designed by Eugène Hénard. The Musée Grévin now contains some 450...
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    Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud. François Hanriot chef de la section des Sans-Culottes (Rue Mouffetard); drawing by Gabriel in the Carnavalet Museum The French...
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    some 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Béthune and 13 miles (21 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D176 and the D171 roads, at the border with the...
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    Adolphe Masselot (category Artists from Lille)
    about 10 kilometers south of Lille. The school of design and architecture he attended at Lille was on the corner of Rue de Monnaie and Place du Concert...
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