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    The Viscounty or County of Léon (Breton: Kontelezh Leon) was a feudal state in extreme western Brittany in the High Middle Ages. Though nominally a vassal...
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    Basse-Bretagne) has the strongest connection with the horse, particularly the Pays de Léon. Throughout its history under the Ancien régime, Brittany has always...
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    notably in the small commune of Goulven and other communes nearby in the Pays de Léon, the very western part of Finistère. According to his vita, collected...
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  • The Bravos de León (English: León Braves) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Mexican League baseball...
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    Saint-Pol-de-Léon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl də leɔ̃]; Breton: Kastell-Paol) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in north-western...
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    geographical region, which includes Cornouaille and the north-west of the Pays de Léon. The gavotte is the most widespread of all Breton dances. Originally...
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    (–Cornouaille) and Léon (Latin: Dioecesis Corisopitensis (–Cornubiensis) et Leonensis; French: Diocèse de Quimper (–Cornouaille) et Léon) is a Latin Church...
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  • Tro-Bro Léon (English: Tour of Léon, French: Tour du Léon) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984...
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    artist "Gérôme, Jean-Léon" . New International Encyclopedia. 1906. "Gérôme, Jean Léon" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879. Jean-Léon Gérôme in American public...
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    Holocaust. Léon Degrelle was born on 15 June 1906 in Bouillon, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg, and baptized five days later as Léon Joseph Marie...
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    Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie: 216 Léon de Montesquiou (1902), La Raison d'Etat, Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, p. 199 Léon de Montesquiou (1904), Nos Traditions...
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    Salvador, Christopher De Leon Reunited. The Manila Times. December 11, 2007. p. 13. Gabinete, Jojo (May 22, 2023). "Phillip Salvador pays tribute to late mentor...
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    Douarnenez Communauté Communauté de communes de Haute Cornouaille CC Haut-Léon Communauté Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden CC Communauté Lesneven...
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    the hamlets of Kerlaudy, Pont-Éon, and Lopreden. It forms part of the Pays de Léon area. The name of the area has appeared in a number of forms including...
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  • The University of Pau and the Adour Region (French: L'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, often known by the initialism UPPA) is a multi-site, public...
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    Luis de León OESA (Belmonte, Cuenca, 1527 – Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile, Spain, 23 August 1591), was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar...
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  • drame au large Pièce en 3 actes . La Voix de l'Ouest - Rennes. 1945. Au Pays de Léon, son histoire, ses légendes, ses pardons, Rennes, H. Riou-Reuzé, 1946...
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    Léon, Marquis de Laborde (1807–1869) was a French archaeologist and traveler. He was born in Paris, the son of Alexandre de Laborde. Educated in Germany...
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    of León/Nuevo Reino de Léon Santa Fe of New Mexico/Santa Fe de Nuevo México New Extremadura/Nueva Extremadura Province of New Navarre/Provincia de Nueva...
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    Dolly Earnshaw de Leon (born April 12, 1969) is a Filipino actress. Known primarily for her work in independent films and theater, she has received numerous...
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  • Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest (1816–1889) was a French zoologist and entomologist. He was the son of Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1734–1838). Partial...
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    (Léon de la Fontaine: 43). Mersch, Jules (1956): "La famille de la Fontaine." Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg, fasc. 7: 39-132 (Léon de la...
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  • Joseph Léon de Herckenrode (1818–1880) was a Belgian genealogist. Herckenrode was born in Huy on 15 March 1818, the son of Auguste-Joseph de Herckenrode...
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  • The Région Pays de la Loire Tour, formerly Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire, (English: Circuit of Sarthe) is an early-season short road bicycle racing...
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  • composer of Italian opera. From 1876 to 1878, Léon Escudier directed the Ventadour Room at the Théâtre italien de Paris where he staged Verdi's operas. He...
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    environmental law, the polluter pays principle is enacted to make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the...
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    Narcisa Buencamino-De León (October 29, 1877[citation needed] – February 6, 1966) was a Filipino film producer and businesswoman. Clad daily in the frugal...
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    Marie-Jean-Léon Lecoq, Baron d'Hervey de Juchereau, Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys (Chinese: 德理文; pinyin: Lǐwén; 6 May 1822 – 2 November 1892) son...
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  • CA Bègles-Bordeaux and Pays d’Aix, before retiring from French rugby in 2005. List of France national rugby union players "Léon Loppy, le sage". La Provence...
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  • Yves Le Febvre (category Bleus de Bretagne members)
    descriptions of the Pays de Léon and remains one of rare testimonies of the dominating role which the clergy had in the region. Clauda Jégou, paysan de l’Arrée,...
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