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    (without spire), 47-story skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the second tallest building in Montreal and the province of Quebec, when the spire is...
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    April 2015. Villes 2016, p. 71. Villes 2016, p. 72-73. Villes 2016, p. 74. Villes 2016, p. 79. Villes 2016, p. 81. Villes 2016, p. 83. Villes 2016, pp. 84...
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    France. By the time the fire was extinguished, the cathedral's wooden spire (flèche) had collapsed, most of the wooden roof had been destroyed, and...
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    Oxford (redirect from The Dreaming Spires)
    1 August 2013. Jérôme Steffenino, Marguerite Masson. "Ville de Grenoble – Coopérations et villes jumelles". Grenoble.fr. Archived from the original on...
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    Kurmann & Villes 2001, p. 92. Kurmann & Villes 2001, p. 93. Kurmann & Villes 2001, p. 39. Kurmann & Villes 2001, p. 44. Kurmann & Villes 2001, p. 49...
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    The Town Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville; Dutch: Stadhuis) of the City of Brussels is a landmark building and the seat of the City of Brussels municipality...
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  • to this definition is the 1250 René-Lévesque at 226.5m (199m without its spire). Municipal regulations forbid any building from exceeding the smallest...
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    Place de Ville is a complex of office towers in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It consists of four office buildings: Place de Ville A, B, and C; and...
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    spires were added. Further restoration took place in 1987 with the addition of metal handrails, stone steps, and access for the disabled. The spires lie...
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    Ys (pronounced /ˈiːs/ EESS), also spelled Is or Kêr-Is in Breton, and Ville d'Ys in French, is a mythical city on the coast of Brittany that was swallowed...
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    experiment in June 1752, supposedly on the top of the spire on Christ Church in Philadelphia. However, the spire at Christ Church was not added until 1754. Franklin's...
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    Geoffroy-Dechaume between 1854 and 1873. The spire in the 16th century 19th-century spire Detail of the spire The current spire, thirty-three meters (108 ft) high...
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    added a new spire, which rested on the walls, and not on the vaulting, like the original spire. He also added new decoration, crowning the spire at mid-height...
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    10, 2013. "Place Ville-Marie Turns 50". Destination Centre-Ville Montréal. February 7, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2013. "1 Place Ville-Marie". Emporis....
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    Gurgaon that stand at least 120 m (394 ft) as of June 2022. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. This list...
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    dates back to the 13th century. The bell tower is a distinctively crooked spire, in order to offer better resistance to the wind. The church was classed...
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    which would show that the globe is flattened towards the poles. The church spire at Tornio was one of the landmarks used by Maupertuis in his measurements...
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    Étampes. La Tour Guinette-the remains of Château d'Étampes L'Hôtel de Ville L'Hôtel de Ville Hôtel Anne de Pisseleu Théâtre built by the architect Gabriel Davioud...
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    city are located here, along with the Hôtel de Ville, Lyon's city hall in its 1st arrondissement. The spires of the Church of St. Nizier, rebuilt from the...
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    towers for a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside by moonlight. Spire of St. Pierre Cathedral Front entrance of the Cathedral at night John Calvin's...
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    neighbourhood called the "quartier des Arcis", between the Louvre and the "Hôtel de Ville" (City Hall), had changed little since the Middle Ages. The population density...
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    metres (115 ft) high. The current spire is 33 metres (108 ft) high, but it is not original. In fact, it is the fifth spire to adorn the Sainte-Chapelle. It...
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    the title of Minor Basilica by the Vatican. The 86-metre (282-foot) tall spire, dismantled in the 19th century, is to be rebuilt. The project, initiated...
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    the old town. Hôtels Particuliers (palaces) of the old town The Hôtel de Ville, Place Alexandre Israël, is an urbane example of the style Louis XIII. On...
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    505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), whose parachute caught on the spire of the town church. He hung there for two hours, pretending to be dead until...
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    that is used by the city of Montreal, which excludes spires. For international comparison, spires are included as per the Council on Tall Buildings and...
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    Market in the borough of Ville-Marie (Champ-de-Mars metro station). St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, the first teacher in the colony of Ville-Marie and the founder...
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    included restoring the magnificent Cathedral of Notre Dame, whose 85-metre spire dominates the countryside for miles. Within the cathedral can be found a...
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    transforming the square into the seat of municipal power. The Town Hall's spire towers some 96 metres (315 ft) high, and is capped by a 2.7 metres (8.9 ft)...
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    Edgar?" English Selina-Maria Edbauer Ronald Janeček Pele Loriano Teodora Špirić 15 (2 †) 1672 14 ** 10  Albania 19 Albina and Familja Kelmendi "Duje" Albanian...
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