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Cabify was founded in May 2011 by Juan de Antonio, a Spanish entrepreneur, telecommunications engineer. [4] [5] De Antonio was motivated to create a vehicle for hire company after trying unsuccessfully to introduce electric vehicles in European cities.
Éditions Larousse (French pronunciation: [edisjɔ̃ laʁus]) is a French publishing house specialising in reference works such as dictionaries. It was founded by Pierre Larousse and its best-known work is the Petit Larousse. It was acquired from private owners by Compagnie Européenne de Publication in 1984, then Havas in 1997.
Larousse Gastronomique; Petit Larousse (1905) Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, 1866–1876 encyclopedia, the first Larousse; Nouveau Larousse illustré, 1897–1904 encyclopedia; Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse, 1982–1985 dictionary and encyclopedia; Pierre Larousse (1817–1875), French grammarian, lexicographer ...
Rue du Théâtre-Français The Rue de l'Odéon is a street in the Odéon quarter of the 6th arrondissement of Paris on the Left Bank . Because of the presence of two bohemian bookstores, run respectively by Adrienne Monnier and Sylvia Beach , and the coterie of emergent Anglophone writers surrounding them, James Joyce nicknamed it " Stratford ...
The Rue de Solférino (French pronunciation: [ʁy d(ə) sɔlfeʁino]; "Street of Solferino") is a street in the Rive Gauche area of Paris. It was most commonly heard as a reference to the headquarters of the Socialist Party , which were located there until 2018.
[6] From the 18th to late 20th centuries, the street was a hub of the Parisian bookstore business. A bookshop affiliated with the Maoist Union des jeunesses communistes marxistes-léninistes operated at no. 6 from 1967 to 1978, bankrolled by the wealthy grandmother of activist Tiennot Grumbach [ fr ] , [ 7 ] and gave its name to the short-lived ...
It is centered on the Place de la Contrescarpe, at the junction of the Rue Mouffetard and the Rue de Lacepede. Its southern terminus is at the Square Saint-Médard where there is a permanent open-air market. At its northern terminus, it becomes the Rue Descartes at the crossing of the Rue Thouin. It is closed to normal motor traffic much of the ...
The line is 13.6 km (8.5 mi) in length, of which 6.1 km (3.8 mi) are above ground, and has been equipped with rubber-tyred rolling stock since 1974. The line is considered one of the most pleasant lines on the Métro, due to its numerous views, sometimes exceptional, of many of Paris' most famous landmarks and monuments.