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    The Pont de l'Alma (English: Alma Bridge) is a road bridge in Paris, France, across the Seine. It was named to commemorate the Battle of Alma during the...
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    Pont de l'Alma station is a station on the RER C line of the Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the Réseau Express Régional (RER). The station...
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    statue by French artist Georges Diebolt, which has been sited on the Pont de l'Alma in Paris since the 1850s. The statue is used as an informal flood marker...
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    located just east of the Musée du Quai Branly, almost in front of the Pont de l'Alma. The name of the palace comes from the Battle of the Alma (1854). The...
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    from injuries sustained earlier that night in a fatal car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Diana's partner, Dodi Fayed, and the driver...
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    of gray-and-black marble. It is located near the northern end of the Pont de l'Alma, on the Place Diana, in the 16th arrondissement. It was offered to Paris...
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  • The Insomniac on the Bridge (French: L'Éveillé du pont de l'Alma) is a 1985 French surrealist film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. The plot of...
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    seat belt and by the fact that the Mercedes struck the pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel rather than colliding with something else." Active in disputing...
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    approved to turn the section of the highway from the Musee D'Orsay to the Pont de l'Alma into a permanent public promenade. The promenade was designed by architect...
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    maʁso]) is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro, named after the Pont de l'Alma (Alma Bridge) and the Avenue Marceau. The station opened on 27 May 1923...
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    opposite the Place de la Concorde. It becomes the Quai Anatole-France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai Branly west of the Pont de l'Alma. The seat of...
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  • hours of 31 August 1997, Diana and Fayed died in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma underpass in Paris. They had stopped in Paris en route to London after...
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    Gauche). It has formerly been known as the "Pont Louis XVI", "Pont de la Révolution", "Pont de la Concorde", "Pont Louis XVI" again during the Bourbon Restoration...
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    façade, left). La bataille de Jemappes (The Battle of Jemappes), by Carlo Marochetti (Eastern façade). Le passage du pont d'Arcole (The Battle of Arcole)...
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    Kléber, which goes to the Place Charles de Gaulle; and the Avenue du Président Wilson, which goes to the Pont de l'Alma and the Seine. There is a large municipal...
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  • 16 November 2023 (2023-11-16) In Paris, a car pursued by paparazzi speeds into the Pont de l'Alma tunnel and crashes. Eight weeks earlier, Diana lobbies Prime Minister...
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    de Marignan. On the left bank: Two new boulevards, avenue Bosquet and avenue Rapp, were constructed, beginning from the pont de l'Alma. The avenue de...
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    (French: Musée des Égouts de Paris), is a museum located in the sewers at the esplanade Habib-Bourguiba [fr], near the pont de l'Alma, in the 7th arrondissement...
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    Paris, on the left bank of the Seine, close to the Eiffel Tower and the Pont de l'Alma. The museum has been the subject of controversy, with some calling for...
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    New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Pont de l'Alma Zouave jacket 11th Regiment Indiana Infantry Castle Pinckney has photos...
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    issue an apology. Diana died on 31 August 1997 in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris while her driver was fleeing the paparazzi. The crash...
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    Pereire - Levallois Pont de l'Alma Pont du Garigliano Port-Royal Porte de Clichy Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame Pont Cardinet The Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture...
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    Eiffel Tower (redirect from La dame de fer)
    nearest RER station is Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel. The tower itself is located at the intersection of the quai Branly and the Pont d'Iéna. More than 300 million...
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    on the Quai d'Orsay, overlooking the river, from the Pont des Invalides towards the Pont de l'Alma, were located the national pavilions of Italy, Turkey...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    the Promenade des Berges de la Seine (2013), built on a former highway on the left bank of the Seine between the Pont de l'Alma and the Musée d'Orsay, has...
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    Paris. At its far end, the Pont Alexandre III links this grand urbanistic axis with the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais. The Pont des Invalides is next,...
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    Place Diana (category Île-de-France geography stubs)
    vote of the Council of Paris in 2018. The place is just north of the Pont de l'Alma Tunnel, where Princess Diana was killed along with two others (including...
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    by concierge Henri Paul. Five minutes later, the car crashed in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel. Dodi and Paul were found dead at this location. Though conscious...
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    high schools: Lycée Victor-Duruy Établissement La Rochefoucauld Institut de l'Alma Lycée-collège Paul-Claudel Lycée d'Hulst Lycée Sainte-Jeanne Elisabeth...
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    Ceinture inwards, one passed 'pont Mirabeau' (later 'Javel'), 'pont de Grenelle', 'de la Bourdonnais' and 'pont de l’Alma' before reaching the 'Invalides'...
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