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    The Palais de la Cité (French pronunciation: [palɛ d(ə) la site]), located on the Île de la Cité in the Seine River in the centre of Paris, is a major...
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    Île de la Cité (French: [il də la site]; English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris. In the 4th century, it was the...
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    present-day Louvre's Carrousel du Louvre.: 33  Shortly after becoming king in 1364 Charles V abandoned the Palais de la Cité, which he associated with the...
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    Conciergerie (redirect from La Conciergerie)
    the west of the Île de la Cité, below the Palais de Justice. It was originally part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which also included...
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    the Alcazar d'eté; two restaurants, the Ledoyen and the restaurant de l'Horloge; a theater, the Lacaze; the Panorama, built in 1839, where large historical...
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    the Île de la Cité, at rue de Lutèce. The center of Roman administration was on the island; the Roman governor's palace stood where the Palais de Justice...
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    the greater Montreal area. A popular shore fishing position is Parc de la Cité-du-Havre, which provides a fishing spot with a wide range of fish species...
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    Avignon (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    why Avignon is also known as 'La Cité des Papes' (The City-State of Popes). The historic centre, which includes the Palais des Papes, the cathedral and...
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    Louvre (redirect from Musee du Louvre)
    stations are Louvre-Rivoli and Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre, the latter having a direct underground access to the Carrousel du Louvre commercial mall. Before...
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    Montreal Clock Tower, also known as the Sailor's Memorial Clock and Tour de l’Horloge in French, is located in the borough of Ville-Marie and is situated...
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    they are the Châtelet, Conciergerie and Tour de l'Horloge in Paris, and at the centre the Palais de la Cité where Marie's wedding took place. A manuscript...
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    administration des Beaux Arts autonome à partir du Second Empire". Ministère de la Culture. Henri Verne (1923). Le Palais du Louvre: Comment l'ont terminé Louis XIV...
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    the site of the old royal gardens on Île de la Cité. 1608 1 January – Inauguration of the galerie du bord-de-l'eau of the Louvre, connecting the Louvre...
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    Timeline of Paris (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    of the Palais de la Cité are demolished and the palace is enlarged, so that by 1314 it houses all of the royal administration. The Conseil de Ville, or...
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    Louvre Inverted Pyramid (French: Pyramide inversée du Louvre) is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in front of...
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  • en marbre de 1889 Hôtel de Ville de Tours: "Le Jour" & "La Nuit"; Cariatides encadrant l'Horloge. (1899) Élysée Palace: "La Musique et la Danse profane"...
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    History of Avignon (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    party during the White Terror. The murder took place in the former Hotel du Palais Royal that was located Place Crillon in front of today's Hotel d'Europe...
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    National Gallery of Art, June 17–September 23, 1984; Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, October 23, 1984–January 28, 1985; Schloss Charlottenburg,...
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    The Louvre Pyramid (French: Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass-and-metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid...
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    sculptures to be seen in France. In 1602, Henri IV removed it to the Palais du Louvre, where the Diana was installed in a gallery specially designed...
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    functionality and artistic research. In 1981, he received the "prix du quartier de l'Horloge" [prize of the quarter of the clock] for the best work of urban...
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    ISBN 9780300104479. Daudet, Ernest (1903). "Les Dames de Bellegarde: Mœurs des temps de la Révolution: I: Autour du Château des Marches" . Revue des Deux Mondes...
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    the Hôtel-Dieu, in the place of crumbling medieval buildings on the Ile de la Cité. The signature architectural landmark was the Paris Opera, the largest...
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    the Louvre, and the Palais Garnier opera house, plus abbeys, churches such as Saint-Germain-des-Prés, cathedrals such as Notre-Dame de Paris and hotels such...
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    exhibition Portraits Publics, Portraits Privés, Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 2006-2007. D. Ternois (1980) Ingres p.18 R. Rosenblum (1986) Ingres...
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  • (PDF). Ministère de la culture. Choay, Françoise (1992). L'Allégorie du patrimoine. La Couleur des idées (in French) (1992, 1996, 1999, édition revue et...
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