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    The Palais de la Cité (French pronunciation: [palɛ d(ə) la site]), located on the Île de la Cité in the Seine River in the centre of Paris, is a major...
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    The Café de la Paix (French pronunciation: [kafe də la pɛ]) is a famous café located on the northwest corner of the intersection of the Boulevard des...
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    Palais de Justice (French pronunciation: [palɛ də ʒystis]; '"Palace of Justice"), is a judicial center and courthouse in Paris, located on the Île de...
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    Accor Arena (originally known as the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy), also known as Paris-Bercy, is an indoor sports arena and concert hall located in...
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    The Élysée Palace (French: Palais de l'Élysée, pronounced [palɛ d(ə) lelize]) is the official residence of the President of the French Republic. Completed...
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    of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris). The Petit Palais is located across from the Grand Palais on the former Avenue Nicolas II, today...
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    of Paris, France. Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie (Palace of Industry) to prepare...
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    The Maison de la paix (literally: House of Peace) is a building owned by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland...
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    home of the Préfecture de Police, the Palais de Justice, and the Tribunal de commerce de Paris. The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation, a memorial...
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    which 3,000 people work. The complex includes the Hôtel de Lassay, on the west side of the Palais Bourbon; it is the official residence of the President...
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    l'Impromptu de Versailles, anonymous text, at Palais-Royal, 1664 or February 1665 Ballet royal de la Naissance de Vénus, text by Benserade, at Palais-Royal...
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    connected to the Palais-Royal. It was at the Palais Brion that Louis had his mistress Louise de La Vallière stay while his affair with Madame de Montespan was...
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    Paris Bourse's activities found a stable location at the Palais Brongniart, or Palais de la Bourse, built to the designs of architect Alexandre-Théodore...
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    33250°E / 48.86222; 2.33250 The Tuileries Palace (French: Palais des Tuileries, IPA: [pale de tɥilʁi]) was a royal and imperial palace in Paris which stood...
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    The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Concord Square') is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19...
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    remain faithful, as much as possible, to the Catalogue de la bibliothèque du Palais de la paix, designed in 1916 by Elsa Oppenheim, daughter of the international...
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    La Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ də la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité...
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    Trocadéro (redirect from La Trocadéro)
    The Trocadéro (pronounced [tʁɔkadeʁo] ), site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from...
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    Coalition. La Paix de 1815, by Antoine Étex commemorates the Treaty of Paris, concluded in that year. Le Départ de 1792 (La Marseillaise). Le Triomphe de 1810...
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    published (together with E.R. Oppenheim) the Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Palais de la Paix , in 1916; a supplement followed in 1922. Nevertheless...
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    Elegant stores selling luxury leather goods and jewelry, and the Café de la Paix, are located here. The avenue itself is very popular with tourists and...
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    The Luxembourg Palace (French: Palais du Luxembourg, pronounced [palɛ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France...
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    de Cluny: Le Guide. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux-Grand Palais. p. 63. ISBN 978-2-7118-5631-2. "Les Apôtres de Saint-Jacques-de-l'Hôpital"...
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    Conciergerie (redirect from La Conciergerie)
    the west of the Île de la Cité, below the Palais de Justice. It was originally part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which also included...
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    the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de la Paix. Its regular architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    The Palais de la Cité, the royal residence, was located at the western end of the Île de la Cité. In 1163, during the reign of Louis VII, Maurice de Sully...
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    Histoire de la juridiction consulaire de Dunkerque (1700-1791). Dunkerque: Nord Maritime. OCLC 252955399. Bouly de Lesdain, Jacques (1931). La Seconde paix. Paris:...
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    Porte de La Chapelle Arena (also known by its project name Paris Arena II and its trade name Adidas Arena) is a multi-purpose and modular hall located...
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    L'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine), or less formally, La Madeleine, is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It...
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    the rue de Bourgogne, the other near the Petit Palais. They were to converge on the Palais Bourbon, the seat of the National Assembly, but La Rocque ordered...
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