Wissant (French pronunciation: [ɥisɑ̃]; from Dutch: Witzand, “white sand”) is a seaside commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France...
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Jacques de Wissant was, together with his brother Pierre, one of the six burghers of Calais. Because of the name, it can be assumed that the brothers...
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six burghers depicted are: Eustache de Saint Pierre Jacques de Wissant Pierre de Wissant Jean de Fiennes Andrieu d'Andres Jean d'Aire Under French law...
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Operation Undergo (section Wissant)
Batterie Lindemann (four 406 mm guns at Sangatte), Batterie Wissant (150 mm guns near Wissant), Batterie Todt (four 380 mm guns), Grosser Kurfurst (four...
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Philippe (2013). L'École de Wissant et ses peintres [The School of Wissant and its painters] (in French). Art et Histoire de Wissant. ISBN 9782954567303. Couples...
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Museum Kunstmuseum Basel Rupert Museum, Stellenbosch Pierre de Wissant Jacques de Wissant Eustache de Saint Pierre Jean de Fiennes Jean d'Aire Wikimedia...
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1851, Douai - 25 October 1928, Wissant) was a French landscape painter; associated with the artists' colony at Wissant. At first, he studied law, but...
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Sainte-Cécile-Plage Hardelot-Plage Équihen-Plage Wimereux Audresselles Ambleteuse Wissant Blériot-Plage Bray-Dunes From south to north: Merlimont Cucq Saint-Étienne-au-Mont...
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department, and Université d'Artois on the eastern part. Mussel aquaculture in Wissant Cap Gris Nez Cap Blanc Nez Boulogne-sur-Mer Nausicaä Le Touquet Grand-Place...
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the east. The Pale roughly encompassed the land between Gravelines and Wissant, which was about 20 square miles (52 km2). Throughout its history, the...
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