large boulevards and other urban projects. In 1914, Mons was the location of the Battle of Mons. The British were forced to retreat by a numerically...
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Lille Metro (redirect from Métro de Lille)
the metro runs on a 1.3 km (0.81 mi) viaduct between the stations of Fort Mons and Jean-Jaures. The final section was inaugurated on 27 October 2000...
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The siege of Mons was an engagement from 7 June to 23 July 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The town of Mons, then part of the Austrian...
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Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...
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from Myanmar are called Burmese Mon or Myanmar Mon. The Mons from Thailand are referred as Thai Raman or Thai Mon. The Mon dialects of Thailand and Myanmar...
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Filles Du Calvaire, Paris, France 2013 Sables Mouvants, Lambertart, Le Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul, Lille, France 2012 Transparent Days, Camara Oscura, Madrid...
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Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
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Møn is known for its natural environment, sandy beaches, fresco-decorated churches, Stone Age and Bronze Age passage graves and monuments, and Møns Klint...
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imperial stone quarry known as Mons Porphyrites, which is the world's only known source of purple porphyry. The excavation of Mons Claudianus by the Romans...
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Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
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