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    deaf. It was originally located in a house at 14 rue des Moulins, butte Saint-Roch, near the Louvre in Paris. On July 29, 1791, the French legislature...
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    had stayed at 2 Rue Thérèse, the house of his aunt Charuel, on the Butte Saint-Roch.) Verne arrived in Paris during a time of political upheaval: the French...
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    theatre is the Palais-Royal, famous for its gardens. Initially, the Butte Saint-Roch was located at the level of the current rue des Pyramides. Joan of...
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    Church of Saint-Roch (French: Église Saint-Roch) is a 17th–18th-century French Baroque and classical style church in Paris, dedicated to Saint Roch. It is...
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    (1481–1503), Calvinist schoolboy (regarded as a heretic) executed in the Butte Saint-Roch [fr] in Paris, for having desecrated the sacramental bread Max Lejeune [fr]...
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    Village of La Chapelle to storm the Porte Saint-Honoré. Joan of Arc installed culverins on the butte de Saint-Roch to support the attack. The Parisians, believing...
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    Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, 12 May 1862: Corneille à la butte Saint-Roch, one-act comedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 6 June 1862: Le...
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    baths from the 2nd century. The butte owes its particular religious importance to the text entitled Miracles of Saint-Denis, written before 885 by Hilduin...
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    Nicole and Elisabeth, which were the original bells of the church of Saint-Roch and moved to the basilica in 1969. Below the four bells is a huge bourdon...
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    The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis) is a large former...
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    The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɑ̃ lɛ]) is a former royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye...
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    The Church of Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃sylpis]) is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France...
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    indicate that there was a church on the summit of the butte of Montmartre, dedicated to Saint Peter, since the 6th century. Théodore Vacquier, the first...
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    Louis IX had already built one royal chapel, attached to the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. This earlier chapel had only one level; its plan, on a...
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    The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés...
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    Amiens (redirect from Saint-Acheul (Amiens))
    Caron No. 328, postmarked in 1909) Inside Saint-Roch railway station (postcard postmarked in 1905) Gare Saint-Roch Gare de Longueau In addition to Amiens...
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    The Rue Foyatier is a street on the Montmartre butte ("outlier"), in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in...
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    Porte de La Chapelle Arena (category Sports venues in Seine-Saint-Denis)
    11 February 2024 during the LNB Pro A basketball match between Paris and Saint-Quentin, won 87 to 65 by Paris. It was originally intended to host the wrestling...
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    Saint-Étienne-du-Mont is a church in Paris, France, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement, near the Panthéon. It contains the shrine...
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    museum Palace of Versailles - the famous former palace of French kings Saint Denis Basilica - the burial site of the French kings Château de Fontainebleau...
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    The Church of St. Eustache, Paris (French: église Saint-Eustache), is a church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The present building was built between...
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    The Canal Saint-Martin (French pronunciation: [kanal sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃]) is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river...
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    3437000 The Fontaine Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃.tɛn sɛ̃.mi.ʃɛl]) is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Michel in the 6th arrondissement...
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    The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (pronounced [ʁy dy fobuʁ sɛ̃tɔnɔʁe]) is a street located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Relatively narrow...
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    48°51′06″N 2°21′23″E / 48.85167°N 2.35639°E / 48.85167; 2.35639 Île Saint-Louis (French: [il sɛ̃ lwi]), eleven hectares (27 acres) in size, is one...
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    Rue Saint-Denis continued by the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, with the Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle and the Boulevard Saint-Denis. The Porte Saint-Denis...
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    Chapelle des Bourbons [fr] to be built behind the chancel of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, the French monarch's necropolis since ancient times. Several projects...
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  • Thumbnail for Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Paris
    The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky, Russian: Собор Святого Александра Невского, romanized: Sobor Svyatogo Aleksandra...
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    The Tour Saint-Jacques (French pronunciation: [tuʁ sɛ̃ ʒak], 'Saint James's Tower') is a monument located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, at...
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