Search results for "Château" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • until 1897, then was sent to study at Château de Lancy near Geneva, Switzerland, the Lycée Condorcet in Paris, France for two years, and Horace Mann High School ...
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  • Grand (née Worlée). Talleyrand purchased the Château de Valençay in May 1803, at ... in French politics. He split his time between Château de Valençay and Saint-Florentin ...
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  • In 1766, he had a private theatre built in his castle, the Château de Lacoste ... He was briefly incarcerated in the then-prison Château de Saumur, and exiled to his ...
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  • spend more time at Le Petit Trianon, a small château on the palace grounds. The château ... would give orders for them to move to their château at Saint-Cloud. However, Louis ...
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  • Henry gave the Château of Chenonceau, which Catherine had wanted for herself ... Catherine, Diane, and Prince Francis all fainted. Henry was carried to the Château ...
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  • de Mer (15 mins, 1928); and Les Mystéres du Château du Dé (20 mins, 1929). ===Later life=== [[Image:ManRayTomb.JPG|float|right|thumb|Tomb of Man Ray and Juliet ...
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  • Marseilles. In 1570, Jean Riqueti bought the château and seigniory of Mirabeau, which ... by lettre de cachet into imprisonment in the Château d'If in 1774. In 1775 he ...
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  • Murphy, Rex Deus: The True Mystery of Rennes-le-Château And The Dynasty of Jesus (2000) and Custodians Of Truth: The Continuance Of Rex Deus (2005) have focused on the ...
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  • validity under Belgian law, at the Pavilion of Palms, Château de Laeken, five days before his death. These sons were adopted in 1910 by Lacroix's second husband, Antoine ...
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  • When he was born at the royal Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1638, Louis ... Louis XIV had the Château of Versailles outside Paris, originally a hunting ...
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  • In 1930 he bought a château in Nice, France, and named it Orlamonde, a name occurring in his work Quinze Chansons. He was made a count by Albert I, King of the Belgians ...
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  • already mentioned, two plays, Le Candidat and Le Château des cœurs. Another edition (10 vols.) appeared in 1873–1885. Flaubert's correspondence with George Sand ...
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  • [[Image:Château Frontenac.JPG|thumb|right|400px|Château Frontenac, the world's most photographed hotel, is iconic to the province of Quebec.]] Quebec is the ...
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  • In 1619, Marie de Médicis escaped from her confinement in the Château de Blois, becoming the titular leader of an aristocratic rebellion. The King and the duc ...
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  • largest fortifications. Another legendary castle the Château de Chillon, on an island in the lake near Montreux. Built by the Dukes of Savoy in the thirteenth century ...
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  • The Albigensian Crusade, or Cathar Crusade (1209–1229), was a twenty year military campaign initiated by the Roman Catholic Church to eliminate the heresy of the ...
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  • Le Château de Chillon (1874), depicting a picturesque medieval castle that was a symbol of isolation and imprisonment was among the last paintings he made before ...
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  • * fra|Le Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (1888) * fra|Le Génie Latin (The Latin Genius) (1909) ===Social criticism=== * fra|Le Jardin d'Épicure (The Garden of ...
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  • The Swiss filled the windows of the château and stood motionless. The two bodies confronted each other for some time, without either of them making a definitive ...
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  • adopted children and an enormous staff in a castle, Château de Milandes, in the Dordogne in France. Later in her career, she make visits to the United States and ...
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