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    Tour Philippe-le-Bel (English: Tower of Philip the Fair) is a medieval tower in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon which marked the French terminus of the Saint-Bénézet...
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    altered. The western terminus, the Tour Philippe-le-Bel, is also preserved. The bridge was the inspiration for the song Sur le pont d'Avignon and is considered...
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    Innocent VI Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is twinned with: Rheinbach, Germany Gytheio, Greece San Miniato, Italy Tour Philippe Le Bel Fort Saint-André Chartreuse...
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    (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (French: Philippe le Bel), was King of France from 1285 to 1314. By virtue of his marriage with...
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    A similar bretèche survives above the entrance to the Tour Philippe-le-Bel in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. The two large ruined walls to the west of the donjon...
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     209–233, ISBN 2-906162-54-X. Duhamel, P. (1879), "La Tour de Philippe le Bel à Villeneuve-les-Avignon", Bulletin historique et archéologique de Vaucluse...
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    Clement VI used the Mass of Notre-Dame of Guillaume de Machaut, there that Philippe de Vitry at the pope's invitation presented his Ars Nova, and there that...
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    France from 1715 to 1723. He is referred to in French as le Régent. He was the son of Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orleans, and Madame Elisabeth Charlotte,...
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    Merckx (BEL), Bernard Hinault (FRA), and Miguel Induráin (ESP). Indurain achieved the mark with a record five consecutive wins. L'Étape du Tour (French...
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  • Lanterne rouge (category Tour de France classifications and awards)
    Loysch (BEL) 1978  Philippe Tesnière (FRA) 1979  Gerhard Schönbacher (AUT) 1980  Gerhard Schönbacher (AUT) 1981  Faustino Cueli (ESP) 1982  Werner Devos (BEL)...
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