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Antoine de La Fosse (1653–1708) Madame Ulrich (1665–1707) Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672–1731) Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763) Pierre-François Godard de Beauchamps (1689–1761) Voltaire (1694–1778) Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758)
3 April 1841 – Law passed enabling the construction of the 33 kilometre Thiers wall fortification to encircle Paris. [114] 1842 First French cigarettes manufactured at Gros-Caillou, in the 7th arrondissement. 8 May – First major railroad accident in France, on the Paris-Versailles line at Meudon, kills fifty seven persons and injures three ...
Plaque dedicated to the Théâtre Libre, its actor-director André Antoine, and its performers in Montmartre, Paris. Antoine founded the Théâtre Libre in Paris in 1887. This was a théâtre d'essai, a workshop theatre, where plays were produced whether they would perform at the box office or not. It was also a stage for new writing whose ...
The bridge's architect, Antoine-Rémy Polonceau, succeeded in a design that was innovative in several aspects. For one thing, the new structure was an arch bridge, during a period when most bridge construction had turned to suspension bridges; the necessary towers and cables would have been considered unacceptable additions to the Parisian scenery.
French theatre in the 16th-century followed the same patterns of evolution as the other literary genres of the period. For the first decades of the century, public theatre remained largely tied to its long medieval heritage of mystery plays, morality plays, farces, and soties, although the miracle play was no longer in vogue.
The Pont au Change (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃t‿o ʃɑ̃ʒ]) is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France. The bridge is located at the border between the first and fourth arrondissements. It connects the Île de la Cité from the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the Place du Châtelet.
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: / ˈ k ɒ k t oʊ / KOK-toh, US: / k ɒ k ˈ t oʊ / kok-TOH; French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic.
The Tsar accepted, and Blücher could not then destroy a bridge inaugurated by an Ally. The name of the bridge was reverted to its original name under Louis-Philippe at Talleyrand's instigation. [1] The Pont d'Iéna at night. The structure was designed with five arches, each with an arc length of 28 m, and four intermediate piers. The initial ...