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[3] le Président de Gaulle was mainly used in formal circumstances when he was president. [4] le Général ("the general"): This is used by people most devoted to de Gaulle, especially people who personally knew him, or worked under him. This was the term used by the ministers of de Gaulle when they referred to him in private.
Ninove means "nieuw weiland" or in English, "new pasture". During Roman rule, Ninove was a small settlement located in the current "Nederwijk". With the arrival of the Franks in the 4th century AD, the settlement grew to a small agricultural town. The area on which Ninove is located was from 843 on part of the Holy Roman Empire.
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 ...
The livestock market disappeared when La Chapelle was annexed to Paris, [150] competing with that of La Villette [151] and giving way to rue de la Louisiane, rue de la Guadeloupe, rue de la Martinique, rue du Marché and impasse Bizioux. Years later, between 1883 and 1885, Auguste-Joseph Magne built the La Chapelle market on this site, which ...
La Grande-Paroisse (French pronunciation: [la ɡʁɑ̃d paʁwas] ⓘ, literally The Great Parish) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Population
The oldest surviving private house in Paris, built in 1407, is to be found in the 3rd arrondissement at 51 rue de Montmorency. [2]The ancient Jewish quarter, the Pletzl (פלעצל, 'little place' in Yiddish), which dates from the 13th century, begins in the eastern part of the 3rd arrondissement and extends into the 4th.
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize]; English: Great Palace of the Champs-Élysées), commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France.
The Place Dauphine (French pronunciation: [plas dofin]) is a public square located near the western end of the Île de la Cité in the first arrondissement of Paris.It was initiated by Henry IV in 1607, the second of his projects for public squares in Paris, the first being the Place Royale (now the Place des Vosges).