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A pirated, parodic play on the song was released under the title "Boney's Return to Paris" in 1815 following Napoleon's escape from Elba during the Hundred Days, before his defeat at Waterloo. [4] The original song continued to have relevance during the subsequent post-Waterloo Allied Occupation of France under the Duke of Wellington , as the ...
In 486, Saint Genevieve negotiated the submission of Paris to Clovis I, the first King of the Franks, who chose Paris as his capital, in 508. The first cathedral of Paris , that of Saint Étienne, was constructed in 540–545, close to the west front of the present Notre Dame de Paris and just a few hundred meters from the Royal Palace.
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
"Under the Bridges of Paris" is a popular 1913 song, consisting of music written by Vincent Scotto, original French lyrics (entitled "Sous les ponts de Paris") written by Jean Rodor in 1913, and partial English lyrics added in by Dorcas Cochran in 1952, resulting in the version released in 1954 containing lyrics in both French and English.
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (UK: / ˌ ʃ ɒ̃ z eɪ ˈ l iː z eɪ, ɛ-/, US: / ʃ ɒ̃ z ˌ eɪ l i ˈ z eɪ /; French: [av(ə)ny de ʃɑ̃z‿elize] ⓘ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de ...
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a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. belles-lettres lit. "fine letters"; literature regarded for its aesthetic value rather than its didactic or informative content; also, light, stylish writings, usually on literary or intellectual subjects
It was created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961. In 1976, when its status was aligned with the French administrative regions created in 1972, it was renamed after the historic province of Île-de-France. Residents are sometimes referred to as Franciliens, an administrative word created in the