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    Montricher is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges. Montricher is first mentioned in 1049 as Mons Richarius...
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    Jean François Mayor de Montricher (otherwise Frantz Mayor de Montricher) (19 April 1810 – 28 May 1858) was a Swiss engineer. He designed the Roquefavour...
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    Libella SA, based in Lausanne. She founded the Jan Michalski Foundation in Montricher, that awards the annual Jan Michalski Prize in literature. Until the age...
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    realized until the 19th century. It was designed by Jean François Mayor de Montricher and built between 1841 and 1847; it is the largest stone aqueduct in the...
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  • with Vera Michalski-Hoffmann, founded the Jan Michalski Foundation in Montricher, Switzerland which awards the annual Jan Michalski Prize in literature...
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  • Montricher-Albanne is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, near the border of Italy. Communes...
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    undertaken in the second half of the 19th century by Jean François Mayor de Montricher, who expanded the hydraulic works of the Roman era by increasing the number...
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    mountain of the canton. It is found in the community of Montricher. A paved road from Montricher reaches a height of 1,615 metres, northeast of the summit...
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    Eclépens, Ferreyres, Gollion, Grancy, L'Isle, Mauraz, Moiry, Mont-la-Ville, Montricher, Orny, Pampigny, Pompaples, La Sarraz, Senarclens and Sévery came from...
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  • 2015 and has also done a residency at the Fondation Jan Michalski in Montricher, Switzerland. Xerxenesky's book Uma tristeza infinita (2021) was awarded...
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