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    had a stucco model made of the Maison carrée while he was minister to France in 1785. In September 2023, the Maison carrée of Nîmes was inscribed on the...
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    El Harrach (Berber: ⵍⵃⴻⵔⵔⴰⵛ Arabic: الـحرّاش, formerly Maison-Carrée) is a suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers. The town is home to USM El Harrach...
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  • Maison Carrée is an ancient building in Nîmes, southern France. Maison Carrée may also refer to: Maison-Carrée, Algeria, a former name for El Harrach,...
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    Several famous monuments are in Nîmes, such as the Arena of Nîmes and the Maison Carrée. Because of this, Nîmes is often referred to as the "French Rome". Nimes...
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  • The Battle of Maison Carrèe took place between the French Foreign Legion and Algerian natives of the El Ouiffa tribe. v t e...
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    The Maison carrée d'Arlac is a neoclassical folly building constructed between 1785 and 1789, in the town of Mérignac just outside Bordeaux, France. It...
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    for the added pomp and grandeur conferred by considerable height. The Maison Carrée at Nîmes, France, is the best-preserved Roman hexastyle temple surviving...
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  • Carré d'Art (redirect from Carree d'Art)
    municipal library. Constructed of glass, concrete and steel, it faces the Maison carrée, a perfectly preserved Roman temple that dates from the very beginning...
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    Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clérisseau in France, based on the Maison Carrée in Nîmes. Construction began in 1785 and was completed in 1788. The...
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    Forum of Augustus (c. 2 AD). It was employed in southern Gaul at the Maison Carrée, Nîmes and at the comparable Temple of Augustus and Livia at Vienne...
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  • Carré (redirect from Carrée)
    (disambiguation) Carrè, town in Italy Carrée Equirectangular projection, also known as plate carrée Maison Carrée, temple at Nîmes in southern France French...
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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...
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    plan. Compilation of station views along the Algiers-Constantine line Maison-Carrée (now El Harrach) Ménerville (now Thénia) Sétif Constantine The governor's...
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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 engaged...
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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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    Roman temple of Château-Bas, a Roman ruin located in Vernègues, France Maison carrée, Nîmes, Southern France, one of the most complete survivals Temple of...
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    the first half of the second century for the Maison Carrée: "in short, once the date of the Maison Carrée is called into question, the entire chronology...
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    The Maison Carrée at Nîmes with its cella offset behind the hexastyle portico...
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    small proportions, the temple has been compared to the Roman temples of Maison carrée in Nîmes, and Temple of Augustus and Livia in Vienne, France. William...
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    porches, as do imperial triumphal arches. Examples of temples include the Maison carrée, the Roman Temple of Évora, and Temple of Augustus, Barcelona in provincial...
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    is defeated by a Germanic horde. Construction of the Roman temple of Maison Carrée at Nîmes in Gallia Narbonensis (approximate date). Aemilius Macer, Roman...
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    marble and limestone, c. 460–406 BC Ancient Roman architecture: The Maison Carrée from Nîmes (France), one of the best-preserved Roman temples, c. 2 AD...
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    Hallyday. The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens (6th century BC) The Maison Carrée from Nîmes (2 A.D.) Vignon's design for the facade The design of the...
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  • Monique Iborra (born 8 March 1945 in Maison-Carrée, Algeria) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Haute-Garonne department...
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    Cornice of Maison Carrée (Nîmes, France), a Roman temple in the Corinthian order, with dentils nearest the wall....
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    Temples at Nîmes; of first of that which is call'd la Maison quarrée, or the square House (Maison Carrée) Chap. XXIX. Of the other Temple of Nîmes (Temple...
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  • Théâtre d'Orange), 242 × 242 cm The Maison Carrée, the Amphitheater, and the Tour Magne in Nîmes (La Maison Carrée, les Arènes et la Tour Magne à Nîmes)...
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    p. 181. ISBN 978-1-85383-791-3. "Regional Natural Parks". France Guide. Maison de la France. 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved...
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    (Mesopotamian); the Temple of Isis from Philae (Ancient Egyptian); the Maison Carrée (Greco-Roman); the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple (Indian); the Hall of Prayer...
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    is similar to that of a somewhat larger and more recent temple, the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, France. These two temples are considered the two best complete...
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