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    Charlotte d´Ailly, Countess of Chaulnes, Lady of Picquigny, Vidamesse d'Amiens, and Honoré d'Albert, 1st Duke of Chaulnes and Marshal of France who was known...
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    including "macarons d'Amiens", almond paste biscuits; "tuiles amienoises", chocolate and orange curved biscuits; "pâté de canard d'Amiens", duck pâté in pastry;...
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    Macaron (redirect from Macarons d'Amiens)
    Sault, Chartres, Cormery, Joyeuse and Sainte-Croix in Burgundy. Macarons d'Amiens, made in Amiens, are small, round-shaped biscuit-type macarons made from...
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    Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes (7 October 1646 – 5 November 1712) was a French nobleman and Duke of Luynes. He is best known as the Duke of Chevreuse...
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    1839, it passed to his son, Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes, Duke of Luynes, of Chevreuse and of Chaulnes. In 1852, Honoré Théodoric passed it to his...
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    Gaulish god. 12th to 16th centuries, with the main pieces being the Puys d'Amiens, masterpieces of Gothic art from Amiens Cathedral. French and foreign painters...
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    important French Gothic cathedrals are Notre-Dame de Chartres and Notre-Dame d'Amiens. The kings were crowned in another important Gothic church: Notre-Dame...
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  • stone with slate roofs. The architect Auguste Perret designed the Gare d'Amiens train station and nearby Tour Perret. The discovery of important prehistoric...
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    croisés l'introduisirent en France et en Autriche. Dans une charte de Robert d'Amiens (1311), il est fait mention de « gâteaux feuilletés ». A la même époque...
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    Sainte-Beuve: suivi de Nouveaux mélanges) (published posthumously 1954) La Bible d'Amiens (translation of The Bible of Amiens) (1896) Sésame et les lys: des trésors...
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