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    the centre of the old town, streets Jesus, Rossetti, Mascoïnat and the Pont-vieux (old bridge) The Cours Saleya is situated parallel to the Quai des États-Unis...
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  • effected. 1538 - Peace treaty [fr] signed in Nice. 1543 - Siege of Nice by Turkish forces. 1545 - Pont-Vieux, Nice [fr] (bridge) rebuilt. 1561 - Italian replaces...
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    (before 1209), Hérault Pont Valentré (1308–c. 1355) at Cahors, Lot Pont du Diable (1321–1339) at Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales Pont-Vieux at Espalion (1060)...
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    townsfolk died from plague. In 1040, Albi expanded and constructed the Pont Vieux (Old Bridge). New quarters were built, indicative of considerable urban...
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    Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin; the former Sardinian-Piedmontese County of Nice annexed in 1860, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera...
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    Annecy (redirect from Annecy le Vieux)
    cities. Le vieil Annecy ("Old Annecy"; not to be confused with Annecy-le-Vieux, formerly a neighboring town but now merged into Annecy), was a settlement...
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    bishop, Corentin. To the cathedral's west are the pedestrianised streets of Vieux Quimper (Old Quimper), which have a wide array of crêperies, half-timbered...
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    Château-Vieux de Meudon, 1773. Drawing by architect Louis Le Dreux de La Châtre [fr] "Vue prise à Meudon" (View from Meudon): the stair of the Petit Pont. Late...
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    Genoa who built a new castle along the Roman road, now the site of the Vieux-Château cemetery, providing the core around which the current town grew...
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    historic building in Vieux Lyon, which includes a large collection of marionettes Musée des Automates, museum of automated puppets in Vieux Lyon, open since...
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  • Jean Briquet and Adolf Philipp "A Hat Paris" by Leo Marjane "À Joinville-le-Pont" by Bourvil "A Kiss from Paris" by Abyale "À la Bastille" by Aristide Bruant...
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    Croix-Rousse, quais et ponts de la Saône (in French). Roanne / Le Coteau: Horvath. p. 44. ISBN 2-7171-0377-5. Gambier, Gérald (2003). Vieux-Lyon, un patrimoine...
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    Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southern France. It is 68 kilometres (42 miles) west of Nice and 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of Marseille, on the French Riviera, of...
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    the Caveau des Lorientais, the Club Saint-Germain, the Rose Rouge, the Vieux-Colombier, and the most famous, Le Tabou. They introduced Parisians to the...
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    "Le musée provencal du costume et du bijoux" editing Manufacture des Deux Ponts. 2017. page 37 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancien_hôtel_de_Clapiers-Cabris...
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  • theatres, public baths and aqueducts in Provence. The Roman aqueduct of Pont du Gard (1st century AD), built during the time of the Emperor Claudius,...
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    Carriages Contest, ended at the Champs de Mars. In the centre of the Place du Vieux Marché (the site of Joan of Arc's pyre) is the modern church of St Joan...
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    remarkable bridge of the early 14th century. This bridge is known as Pont Vieux (i.e. "Old Bridge"). King Philip the Fair of France officially launched...
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    Boyardville) Nautilis centre nautique Amicale de la Plage Naturiste des Vieux Salins d’Hyères (APNVSH) Amoureux du Levant Naturiste (Aln) Association...
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    third-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille and Nice. Toulon is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making...
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    keeps a historical center registered in the UNESCO, and is home to the Vieux-Tours, a patrimonial site. The garden city has a green heritage and an urban...
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  • Alexandre (1 November 2020). "L'identité des victimes de l'attaque dans le Vieux-Québec dévoilée". Radio Canada (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2020. "Attaque...
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    Charleville. The Rimbaud museum [fr] is located in the old water mill (Le Vieux Moulin) to the north of the town. Charleville also serves as the starting...
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    Where it crossed the river Gard between Uzès and Remoulins, the spectacular Pont du Gard was built. This is 20 km (12 mi) north east of the city. The museum...
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  • Plombières-les-Bains Pflummern Plumbers Plummers Plumserbad Pompierre Steinbrücke Pont-a-Mousson Moselbruck Mussenbrück Pontarlier Bünterlin Provenchères-sur-Fave...
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    [citation needed] most notably in the modern quartiers of Fives, Wazemmes and Vieux Lille. The original inhabitants of the region were the Gauls, such as the...
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    historic botanical garden Church of Saint-Pierre Church of Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux Church of Saint-Jean de Caen Mémorial pour la Paix ("Memorial for Peace")...
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    mandé on favè = Konpè Lapen asks a favor: a Saint Lucian folk tale. 1985. Vieux-Fort, Saint Lucia: SIL. 10 p. Antillean Creole Swadesh list of basic vocabulary...
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    Vieux-Raisin The hôtel de Clary and its Mannerist decoration The tower of the Hôtel de Brucelles Sample of Renaissance doors Door of hôtel du Vieux-Raisin...
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    5 December the journalist Camille Desmoulins launched a new journal, Le Vieux Cordelier. He defended Danton, attacked the de-Christianisers and later...
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