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The Belfry of Brussels (French: Beffroi de Bruxelles; Dutch: Belfort van Brussel) was a medieval bell tower in central Brussels, Belgium.Built long before the city's current Town Hall on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square), whose tower it should not be confused with, it formerly stood in front of the Church of St. Nicholas until its collapse on 25 July 1714.
Auto-by-Tel was originally a syllabic abbreviation for Automobiles-by-Telephone but later became an abbreviation for Automobiles-by-Telecommunication, in order to incorporate the Internet into its name. [7] Auto-by-Tel was the first Internet company to advertise during the Super Bowl in 1997. [8] [9] The company went public on March 26, 1999. [7]
The Belfry of Tournai (French: Beffroi de Tournai) is a freestanding bell tower of medieval origin in Tournai, Belgium, 72 metres (236 ft) in height with a 256-step stairway. This landmark building is one of a set of Belfries of Belgium and France registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in recognition of their civic architecture and ...
The change of name reflects the change of vocation of the school, which now prepares students for other specialized schools such as the École du génie, the École des mines and the École des ponts et chaussées. The curriculum lasted 3 years, the "regular courses" replaced the "revolutionary courses" and there were only 120 new students each ...
The Belfry of Bruges (Dutch: Belfort van Brugge) is a medieval bell tower in the centre of Bruges, Belgium.One of the city's most prominent symbols, [1] the belfry formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives and served as an observation post for spotting fires and other dangers.
École nationale des ponts et chaussées (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal de pɔ̃ e ʃose]; transl. "National School of Bridges and Roads"; abbr. ENPC), also nicknamed Ponts (ⓘ), formerly known as École des Ponts ParisTech ([ekɔl de pɔ̃ paʁitɛk]), is a grande école in the field of science, engineering and technology, of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris, a public research ...
The entrance of the Beaux-Arts de Paris with a bust of Nicolas Poussin Plan of the site. The Beaux-Arts de Paris (French pronunciation: [boz‿aʁ də pari]), formally the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal sypeʁjœʁ de boz‿aʁ]), is a French grande école whose primary mission is to provide high-level fine arts education and training.
The origins of the Paris school go back to 1648, when the Académie des Beaux-Arts was founded by Cardinal Mazarin to educate the most talented students in drawing, painting, sculpture, engraving, architecture and other media.