William de St-Calais (died 2 January 1096) was a medieval Norman monk, abbot of the abbey of Saint-Vincent in Le Mans in Maine, who was nominated by King...
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Saint-Calais (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kalɛ]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. Prior...
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Calais (UK: /ˈkæleɪ/ KAL-ay, US: /kæˈleɪ/ kal-AY, traditionally /ˈkælɪs/ KAL-iss, French: [kalɛ] ) is a French port city in the Pas-de-Calais department...
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The Burghers of Calais (French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve original castings and numerous copies. It commemorates...
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Calais Holden Calais Calaïs /ˈtæliəs/, one of the Boreads in Greek mythology Saint Calais, French hermit-saint, namesake of commune of Saint-Calais Calais...
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The canton of Saint-Calais is an administrative division of the Sarthe department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton...
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The Pale of Calais was a territory in northern France ruled by the monarchs of England from 1347 to 1558. The area, which centred on Calais, was taken...
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] ); Picard: Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016...
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legend[which?] says that after a plague epidemic that killed a part of Saint-Calais' population in 1580, the chatelaine would have offered a sort of apple...
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Quartier Saint-Pierre is the heart of the old town of Saint-Pierre-lès-Calais (West Flemish: Sint-Pieter), which was merged with the town of Calais in 1881...
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