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    Belle-Île (French pronunciation: [bɛl il]), Belle-Île-en-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ mɛʁ]), or Belle Isle (Breton: Ar Gerveur, [arˌɡɛrˈvøːr];...
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    The Capture of Belle Île was a British amphibious expedition to capture the French island of Belle Île off the Brittany coast in 1761, during the Seven...
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    worked with Russell at Belle Île and influenced his style, though it has been said that Monet preferred some of Russell's Belle Île seascapes to his own...
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    Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (French pronunciation: [nikɔla fukɛ]; 27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent...
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    jewels to pay her bills. In 1914, she went as usual to her holiday home on Belle-Île with her family and close friends. There, she received the news of the...
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    undermine the French, Pitt had conceived the idea of seizing the island of Belle Île, off the coast of Brittany and asked the navy to prepare for an expedition...
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    fortifying his fief of Belle Île secretly. Louis persuades d'Artagnan to re-enter his service, and tasks him to investigate Belle Île, promising him a substantial...
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  • Tour de Belle-Ile measures around 41 nautical miles: starting from the middle of the bay of Quiberon (Brittany, France), rounding of Belle Île leaving...
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  • Danube Bridge to the left shore and by the Saint-Côme Bridge to Île du Fort. Within Île Belle are located a swimming pool administered by an intercommunal...
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    to "Belle Isle" in honor of Miss Isabelle Cass, daughter of Governor (General) Lewis Cass. The name Belle Isle (an archaic spelling of Belle Île) means...
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