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Vincennes (/ v ɪ n ˈ s ɛ n z, v æ̃ ˈ s ɛ n /, French: ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 6.7 km (4.2 mi) from the centre of Paris .
Vincennes is a city in, and the county seat of, Knox County, Indiana, United States. [4] It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state ...
Vincennes took part in a 23 August 2001 to 27 August 2001 military training exercise called Multi-Sail, which was designed to provide U.S. and Japanese forces interoperability training in multiple warfare areas. Vincennes departed from Yokosuka on 17 September 2001 to conduct operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The ship ...
Vincennes University (VU) is a public college with its main campus in Vincennes, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy , VU is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Indiana.
Vincennes Historic District is a national historic district located at Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. The district encompasses 1,161 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 9 contributing structures, and 37 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Vincennes.
The territory of the Bois de Vincennes, with the exception of the military bases, was ceded to the City of Paris on 24 July 1860, and became part of the 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ 12 ] On March 20, 1871, two days after the Paris Commune seized power in the city, Commune soldiers came to the château and fraternised with the regular army ...
The Bois de Vincennes, on the eastern edge of the city, is the largest park in Paris. The Bois de Vincennes has a total area of 995 hectares [2] (2,459 acres), making it slightly larger than the Bois de Boulogne, (846 hectares / 2,091 acres), the other great Parisian landscape park located at the western side of the city. [3]
It was named Fort Vincennes in honor of Vincennes, who had been burnt after being captured during a 1735 raid on the Chickasaw nation based to the south. In 1736, Louis Groston de Saint-Ange de Bellerive assumed command of the post. He rebuilt the fort, also known as Fort Saint-Ange, [5] and developed the post as a major trading center.