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    (2000). Timbres de France. Le Spécialisé, page 127. Yvert et Tellier (2000). Timbres de France. Le Spécialisé, page 128. (1998). Le Patrimoine du timbre-poste...
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    The Hôtel du Timbre, full name Hôtel du Timbre, de l'Enregistrement et des Domaines (lit. 'Stamp, Registration and Public Lands Building'), is a public...
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    The Revolt of the papier timbré was an anti-fiscal revolt in the west of Ancien Régime France, during the reign of Louis XIV from April to September 1675...
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    Brittany (redirect from Brittany (France))
    border with France, where stand the Château de Fougères, the Château de Vitré, the Château de Châteaubriant and the Château de Clisson. The French Renaissance...
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    Philip Ferrari de La Renotière (January 11, 1850 – May 20, 1917) was a noted French-born stamp collector, assembling probably the most complete worldwide...
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    Cœur de Montmartre (English: Sacred Heart of Montmartre), commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (French: Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre...
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    Camille Saint-Saëns (category Conservatoire de Paris alumni)
    major (1850) and a choral piece, Les Djinns (1850), after an eponymous poem by Victor Hugo. He competed for France's premier musical award, the Prix de Rome...
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    beginning of the 20th century. The Russian music was noted for the colorful timbres, the preference for brass instruments, the tendency to the minor mode and...
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    French opera is both the art of opera in France and opera in the French language. It is one of Europe's most important operatic traditions, containing...
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    Pipe organ (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    began to evolve into a complex instrument capable of producing different timbres. By the 17th century, most of the sounds available on the modern classical...
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