figure who lived there, Abu Said al-Baji, it was previously called Jbel el-Menar. The town itself is a tourist attraction and is known for its extensive...
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Persepolis (redirect from Chehel-Menar)
Jamshid". Another name given to the site in the medieval period was Čehel Menâr (Persian: چهل منار, "Forty Minarets"), transcribed as Chilminara in De Silva...
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Pavillon du Butard, 1750 at La Celle-Saint-Cloud. Extension of the Château de Menars (Loir-et-Cher), 1760–1764, for Madame de Pompadour French Pavilion of Versailles...
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The Castle of Menars (French: château de Menars, pronounced [ʃɑto də menaʁ]) is a castle (château) associated with Madame de Pompadour situated on the...
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Abel-François Poisson (category Marquesses of Menars)
pronunciation: [abɛl fʁɑ̃swa pwasɔ̃ də vɑ̃djɛʁ maʁki də maʁiɲi]) and marquis de Menars (1727 – 12 May 1781), often referred to simply as marquis de Marigny, was...
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Blois (section Louis-XII Place and Fountains)
its integration into the Royal domain in 1498, when Count Louis II of Orléans became King Louis XII of France. During the Renaissance, Blois was the official...
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Dmitry Dokhturov 1st Infantry Brigade – Major-General Friedrich von Löwis of Menar 7th Jäger Regiment (1 battalion) – Colonel Pavel P. Tolbukhin New Ingermanland...
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maternal uncle, Abel-François Poisson de Vandières, Marquis of Marigny and Menars. She was known as ‘Madame Alexandrine’, following the form of addressing...
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Château de Choisy (section Reign of Louis XV)
in 1753, but the order never came. (John Goldsmith Phillips, "The Choisy-Ménars Vases" The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin New Series, 25.6 (February...
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Françoise-Louise Poisson, sister of the Marquise de Pompadour of Château de Menars. However, Charles de Flahaut was generally recognized to be the offspring...
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