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  2. Rue d'Assas - Wikipedia

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    The Rue d'Assas is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, named after Nicolas-Louis d'Assas. Features Musée ... Map of Paris (browser plugin required)

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    against the blow. This word describes the repercussion of a physical or mental shock, or an indirect consequence of an event. Contre-jour contre-jour against daylight. This word (mostly used in art namely photography, cinema or painting) describes the light that illumines an object from the other side of your own point of view. contretemps

  4. Turgot map of Paris - Wikipedia

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    General overview map illustrating how the sheets of the complete map fit together Detail from sheets 11 and 15, depicting the Louvre Palace. In 1734, Michel-Étienne Turgot, the chief of the municipality of Paris as provost of the city's merchants, decided to promote the reputation of Paris for Parisian, provincial and foreign elites by commissioning a new map of the city.

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  6. Île-de-France - Wikipedia

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    Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the Paris Region [3] (French: Région parisienne, pronounced [ʁeʒjɔ̃ paʁizjɛn]). Île-de-France is densely populated and retains a prime economic position on the national stage, and it covers 12,012 square kilometres (4,638 square miles ...

  7. Sarah Bernhardt - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Bernhardt (French: [saʁa bɛʁnɑʁt]; [note 1] born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand.

  8. List of Alias characters - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Khasinau is second-in-command of a criminal organization headed by a mysterious figure known as "The Man." Julian Sark, who undertakes a number of missions on behalf of this organization, reports to Khasinau, leading SD-6 to believe that Khasinau is "The Man." Khasinau owns a nightclub in Paris which serves as a front for his criminal ...

  9. French Resistance - Wikipedia

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    On the morning of 16 July 1942, the grande rafle began with 9,000 French policemen rounding up the Jews of Paris, leading to some 12,762 Jewish men, women and children being arrested and brought to the Val d'Hiv sports stadium, from where they were sent to the Drancy camp and finally Auschwitz. [101]