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    Church of Saint-Roch (French: Église Saint-Roch) is a 17th–18th-century French Baroque and classical style church in Paris, dedicated to Saint Roch. It is...
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    The rue Saint-Honoré is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after the collegial Saint-Honoré church [fr] situated in ancient...
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    Rue Saint-Denis is one of the oldest streets in Paris. Its route was first laid out in the 1st century by the Romans, and then extended to the north in...
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    in Paris. During the French Revolution, Maximilien de Robespierre survived a riot by entering the church of Saint Roch (located in the rue Saint-Honoré)...
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    The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (pronounced [ʁy dy fobuʁ sɛ̃tɔnɔʁe]) is a street located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Relatively narrow...
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    covered wagons transferred remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire. [fr] The ossuary remained largely...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue...
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    1532 and 1632. Situated near the site of Paris' medieval marketplace (Les Halles) and rue Montorgueil, Saint-Eustache exemplifies a mixture of multiple...
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    the (current) rue Jacob, to the East by the rue de l'Echaudée, to the south by the south side of the Boulevard Saint-Germain and the rue Gozlin, and to...
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    Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas Flamel. This 52-metre (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint...
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    la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV...
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  • Saint-Hyacinthe Allée Saint-John-Perse Pont Saint-Michel Passage Saint-Roch Rue Saint-Roch Rue Sauval Boulevard de Sébastopol Rue Thérèse Impasse des Trois-Visages...
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    institutions in the arrondissement include École Élémentaire Privée Notre-Dame-Saint-Roch, École du 2nd Degré Professionnel Privée Pigier, and École Technologique...
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    The Canal Saint-Martin (French pronunciation: [kanal sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃]) is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river...
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    35639 Île Saint-Louis (French: [il sɛ̃ lwi]), eleven hectares (27 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the...
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    Pomme), 73 Rue Pigalle (owned and associated with Adelaide Hall... "Emile Savitry. Photographe" (in French). Rue Pigalle et ses boîtes de nuit, Paris, 1938-1939...
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    It was originally located in a house at 14 rue des Moulins, butte Saint-Roch, near the Louvre in Paris. On July 29, 1791, the French legislature approved...
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    Montmartre (category Districts of Paris)
    five other companions bound themselves by vows in the Martyrium of Saint Denis, 11 Rue Yvonne Le Tac, the first step in the creation of the Jesuits. Near...
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    famous of Paris theater companies, the Comédie-Francaise, was located since 1689 on the rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain-des-Prés (now 14 rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie)...
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    crossing of Rue Saint-Martin, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the grands boulevards Boulevard Saint-Martin and Boulevard Saint-Denis. The Porte Saint-Martin...
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    The Church of Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃sylpis]) is a Catholic church in Paris, France, on the east side of Place Saint-Sulpice, in the...
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    la Société bibliographiqque, 35 Rue de Grenelle, Paris, 1881, pp. 32 & 48 Fierro 1996, pp. 52–53. "Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day". Encyclopædia...
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    Palais-Royal, famous for its gardens. Initially, the Butte Saint-Roch was located at the level of the current rue des Pyramides. Joan of Arc installed guns (culverins)...
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    The Marais (redirect from Le Marais (Paris))
    la Ville de Paris (City of Paris History Library) View of rue Aubriot Temple du Marais, a Protestant church Courtyard of the Hotel de Saint-Aignan, which...
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    Nicole and Elisabeth, which were the original bells of the church of Saint-Roch and moved to the basilica in 1969. Below the four bells is a huge bourdon...
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    The Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a church on rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais quarter of Paris. The present building was constructed from 1627 to 1641...
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    Cathédrale Saint-Maclou de Pontoise - Roman Catholic cathedral located in the town of Pontoise, on the outskirts of Paris. Disneyland Paris - the largest...
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    modern Rue Saint-Martin. On the left bank, the cardo was crossed by a less-important east–west decumanus, today's Rue Cujas, Rue Soufflot and Rue des Écoles...
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    Cordeliers Convent, then in 1622 to the nearby Confrérie de Saint-Côme et de Saint-Damien [fr] on the rue de la Harpe. The appointment of Jacques Auguste de Thou...
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    Basilica of Saint Clotilde (Basilique Ste-Clotilde) is a basilica church located on the Rue Las Cases, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed...
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