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    Revolutionary War, was born in Vendôme. Place Vendôme in Paris had been the site of the Hôtel de Vendôme, a mansion which belonged to César de Bourbon, the illegitimate...
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    Château de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne, built in 1526 by Francis I of France. It was demolished after the French Revolution. The Château de la Muette...
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  • (Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Vaux), monks, Diocese of Saintes (Vaux-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime) Trinity Abbey, Vendôme (Abbaye de la Trinité de Vendôme),...
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    and also -in collaboration with his wife Agnes- founded the Abbaye de la Trinité at Vendôme. The first mention of Geoffrey II in the Gesta Normannorum...
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    Paris (2005), ISBN 2-84096-189-X Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Photos and text on church interior on Patrimoine-Histoire...
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    or burial place. That plan was fulfilled in 1264 under Abbot Matthew of Vendôme when the bones of 16 former kings and queens were relocated to new tombs...
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    (Indre-et-Loir), Tours Cathedral (west façade) Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher), west façade of the Abbaye de la Trinité Vincennes (Val-de-Marne), Sainte-Chapelle Beaune (Côte-d'Or)...
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  • designed by Giorgio Spavento, completed. Start of construction of Abbaye de la Trinité, Vendôme. c. 1495 – Diego Siloe, Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor...
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    became a popular pilgrimage site. In the 17th century, a priory called abbaye d'en bas was built at that site, and in 1686 it was occupied by a community...
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    the 11th century; and the Abbaye du Val, of which Armand-Jean de Rancé (1626–1700) was abbot, in 1661, prior to his reform of La Trappe Abbey. The Abbey...
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  • historiques". Ministère de la Culture. "Liste des monuments pour lesquels des secours ont été demandés" (PDF). Ministère de la culture. Choay, Françoise...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Prés, cathedrals such as Notre-Dame de Paris and hotels such as the Hôtel de Crillon. As of 2011 there were 1,816 monuments listed,...
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    Expiatori de la Sagrada Família still under construction height of the "Torre de la Mare de Déu" of the Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família;...
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    1142. On one occasion the Abbot of La Trinité at Vendôme loaned a monk named John to the Bishop of Le Mans, Hildebert de Lavardin, for the building of a...
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