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    1st arrondissement, it is near the Louvre and Rue de Rivoli. The station is located under Rue de Rivoli, west of its intersection with Rue du Louvre. Approximately...
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    Finances, at his palatial residence, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Louis XIV was impressed by the château and its gardens, which were the work of Louis...
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    Fontainebleau (/ˈfɒntɪnbloʊ/ Fon-tan-BLO, US also /-bluː/ -⁠bloo; French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles)...
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    The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres...
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    comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château, built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency, and the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the French...
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    constant French hostilities on the château, Duke Emmanuel Philibert decided to move his capital to Turin. The château remained purely an administrative...
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    André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli (born Andrea Massena; 6 May 1758 – 4 April 1817), was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary...
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    1420 granted the château and the Île-de-France to the English. Henry V of England installed his troops there, repaired the château, and died there of...
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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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    United States Embassy) and their country estate at Château de Ferrières, 25 miles east of Paris. Château de Ferrières is a massive house built to a design...
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    Allée de Cyprès chauves de Louisiane, the bald cypress avenue planted in 1810. Château de Rambouillet, official website]. G. Lenotre, Le Château de Rambouillet...
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    Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, jardins. Official website of the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte Federic Lees, The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte...
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    2000, pp. 36–37. "Le Chateau de la Punta". Pagesperso-orange.fr. Van Cappel de Premont, François. "Du Pavillon Bullant au Château de la Punta" (PDF). Retrieved...
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    Château de Fontainebleau - built by Francis I of France, it is one of the largest of the French royal châteaux Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte Château de Vincennes...
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    the projects led by Bruno are the Castle of Rivoli, Bagrati Cathedral, the Museum of Modern Art in Rivoli, the Faculty of Economics at the University...
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    du château de Versailles [ʒaʁdɛ̃ dy ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj]) occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of...
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    at the edge of the city. At the time, the Concorde bridge and the Rue de Rivoli did not exist, and the Rue Royale was a muddy lane that descended down...
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    located in the sector are numbered 1 through 9. The Rivoli sector is below and named after the Rue de Rivoli, a major road known for its shopping and includes...
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    rue de Rivoli, named after Cardinal Richelieu. Its western extension alongside rue de Rivoli is the Aile de Rohan, itself continued by the Aile de Marsan...
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    Rue de Rivoli. The nearby Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV) is a department store named after the Hôtel de Ville. The closest church to the Hôtel de Ville...
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    The Champ de Mars (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃ də mars]; English: Field of Mars) is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement...
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    Bois de Boulogne are an English landscape garden with several lakes and a cascade; two smaller botanical and landscape gardens, the Château de Bagatelle...
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    The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    became known as the City of Light. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12...
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    Saint James Albany Hotel-Spa, 202 Rue de Rivoli Guilhou, Marquerite (1918). Life of Adrienne D'Ayen: Marquise de La Fayette. R. F. Seymour. Griffith, Thomas...
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    duc de Berry. The towers of the chateau are visible in the background. The Château de Vincennes and its park in 1724. The pyramid of the Bois de Vincennes...
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    The Château d'Écouen is an historic château in the commune of Écouen, some 20 km north of Paris, France, and a notable example of French Renaissance architecture...
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    1 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects La Défense–Grande Arche in the northwest and Château de Vincennes in...
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    bring fresh water to the city and began work on the Rue de Rivoli, beginning at the Place de la Concorde, but was able to extend it only to the Louvre...
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    Sainte-Chapelle (category Île de la Cité)
    the relics were housed at chapels at the Château de Vincennes and a specially built chapel at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. In 1246, fragments...
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