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    created in nineteenth-century Paris. The name comes from Mont Blanc, as the dish resembles a snow-capped mountain. Mont Blanc has been an autumn and winter...
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    of Paris Métro Line 7bis). The station is named after rue Louis Blanc, which honours Louis Blanc (1811–1882), who published political works, which led...
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    covered wagons transferred remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire. [fr] The ossuary remained largely...
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    35639 Île Saint-Louis (French: [il sɛ̃ lwi]), eleven hectares (27 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the...
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    Lines 1, 8, and 12 of the Paris Métro. The square was originally designed to be the site of an equestrian statue of King Louis XV, commissioned in 1748...
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    The Marais (redirect from Le Marais (Paris))
    synagogue on 10 rue Pavée is adjacent to the rue des Rosiers. It was designed in 1913 by Art Nouveau architect Hector Guimard, who designed many Paris Metro stations...
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    8th arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place...
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    The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (pronounced [ʁy dy fobuʁ sɛ̃tɔnɔʁe]) is a street located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Relatively narrow...
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    and Arc de Triomphe (partial) Rue Nungesser et Coli, named after the disappeared aviators of the 1927 biplane L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird). avenue Bugeaud...
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  • de la rue Louis Blanc Passerelle Bichat Pont tournant de la Grange aux Belles Passerelle Richerand Passerelle Alibert Pont tournant de la rue Dieu Passerelle...
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