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Plan of Port-Royal-des-Champs, after an engraving by Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels, c. 1710. Port-Royal-des-Champs (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ ʁwajal de ʃɑ̃]) was an abbey of Cistercian nuns in Magny-les-Hameaux, in the Vallée de Chevreuse southwest of Paris that launched a number of culturally important institutions.
These include: the convents des Blancs-Manteaux, de Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and des Carmes-Billettes, as well as the church of Sainte-Catherine-du-Val-des-Écoliers . During the mid-13th century, Charles I of Anjou , King of Naples and Sicily, and brother of King Louis IX of France built his residence near the current n°7 rue de ...
Map of the Pribilof Islands. The Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands; Aleut: Amiq, [1] Russian: Острова Прибылова, romanized: Ostrova Pribylova) are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about 200 miles (320 km) north of Unalaska and 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Cape Newenham.
Sainte-Beuve-en-Rivière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t bœv ɑ̃ ʁivjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
The Hôtel de Sens (French pronunciation: [otɛl də sɑ̃s]) or Hôtel des archevêques de Sens is a 16th-century hôtel particulier, or private mansion, in the Marais, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It nowadays houses the Forney art library.
From 1845 to 1860 (when the magazine was merged in the Bibliothèque universelle) Olivier and his wife wrote in the Revue suisse the Paris letter, which had been started by Sainte-Beuve in 1843, when Olivier became the owner of the periodical. [2] He also wrote for the Revue des deux Mondes, which published his correspondence with Sainte-Beuve. [3]
The hotel is now owned by Constellation Hotels Holdings, a management company based in Luxembourg and controlled by Qatari capital. [6] At the same time, the American hotel chain Hyatt was chosen as the operator. [6] Its interior and façades on Rue Saint-Honoré and Rue de Rohan were renovated once again in 2018-2019. [7]
The Île de la Cité (French: [il d(ə) la site]; English: City Island, lit. "Island of the City"), [1] is 22.5 hectares (56 acres) in size, [2] is one of the two natural islands in the Seine River (alongside, Île Saint-Louis) in central Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire.