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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 ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 15:54, 7 May 2023
- 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 ...51 KB (7,312 words) - 22:21, 4 December 2023
- 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 ...57 KB (8,573 words) - 17:01, 30 June 2023
- 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 ...41 KB (6,571 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- 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 ...68 KB (10,504 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- 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 ...13 KB (2,027 words) - 06:42, 5 November 2022
- 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 ...44 KB (6,937 words) - 18:06, 5 December 2022
- 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 ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 22:26, 16 December 2022
- 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 ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 21:56, 25 October 2022
- 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 ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- 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 ...15 KB (2,277 words) - 16:59, 7 November 2022
- 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 ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 14:05, 14 December 2021
- [[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 ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- 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 ...19 KB (2,876 words) - 19:14, 26 November 2023
- 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 ...16 KB (2,589 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- 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 ...18 KB (2,843 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
- 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 ...18 KB (2,723 words) - 01:44, 27 July 2023
- * 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 ...18 KB (2,551 words) - 20:05, 29 June 2023
- 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 ...38 KB (5,991 words) - 14:42, 31 August 2022
- 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 ...20 KB (3,016 words) - 07:39, 27 February 2023
- [[Image:Château de Chinon vue de la Vienne.JPG|thumb|left|250|The Château de Chinon in France, location for the film "Lion in Winter."]] Eleanor is also ...39 KB (6,271 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- * The Castle of the Carpathians (Le Château des Carpathes, 1892) * Propeller Island (L’Île à hélice, 1895) * The Purchase of the North Pole (Sans dessus dessous ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 21:07, 4 October 2022
- [[Image:Compiègne Château 09.jpg|thumb|Bed used by Napoleon I.]] In the eighteenth century, feather pillows were first used as coverings in Germany, which in the ...23 KB (3,768 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- La Fayette was born at the Château de Chavaniac, near Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, in the Auvergne region of France. He belonged to the cadet branch of the La ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 06:57, 15 December 2022
- [[File:Coucy château (tour d'angle) 1a.jpg|thumb|400px|in 1785 Saint-Just ... by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse. Oil painting, Château de Versailles.]] ...66 KB (9,644 words) - 18:02, 26 November 2022
- of Honour." They were located in the Ecouen Château in 1807 and in the ancient abbey of Saint Denis in 1809. Today the boarding schools are state establishments ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- *Vol VIII Album de château *Vol IX Album pour piano, violon, violoncello, harmonium et cor *Vol X Miscellanée pour piano *Vol XI Miscellanée de musique vocale ...21 KB (3,251 words) - 13:21, 15 December 2022
- is a private university on the grounds of the Château de Penthes. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is probably the best known educational ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- [[File:Porte Saint-Bernard Adam Perelle.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Château de la Tournelle ... was the killing of 44 political prisoners near Château de Versailles transported from ...69 KB (9,949 words) - 09:52, 26 January 2023
- (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Plaisirs in the town of Versailles near the royal château. With the étiquette of 1614 strictly enforced, the clergy and nobility were arranged in tiered seating in their ...27 KB (4,325 words) - 21:32, 20 March 2024
- a huge four-day popular feast. In the gardens of the Château de La Muette, a meal was offered to more than 20,000 participants, followed by much singing, dancing, and drinking. ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 11:09, 20 September 2023
- Last respects were paid beneath the arches of the Château de Bellerive, before the bier was carried to the local cemetery of Collonge-Bellerive. A tribute from the Canton ...29 KB (4,230 words) - 22:56, 30 November 2022
- In France, James was allowed to live in the royal château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. His supporters were not confined to Catholics. When the Anglican Bishop of Elphin ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- teams of lesser artists invited to transform the Château de Fontainebleau created the school of Fontainebleau that infused the style of the Italian Renaissance in France ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- castles that survived are Chinon Castle, Château d'Angers, the massive Château ... mainly in the Loire Valley, including the Château de Chambord, the Château de ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- could be fortified. On the extreme right was the château, garden, and orchard of Hougoumont. This was a large and well-built country house, initially hidden in trees ...52 KB (8,210 words) - 01:42, 26 September 2023
- power in 1979) after which he went to Neauphle-le-Château in France on a tourist visa, apparently not seeking political asylum, where he stayed for four months. According ...50 KB (7,539 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Image:Schweiz Schloss Chillon Gesamtansicht.jpg|Château de Chillon Image:Switzerland Lucerne.jpg|Kapellbrücke in Lucerne Image:UN building, Genevra.jpg|The United ...52 KB (7,532 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- [[File:Statue de Marat au château de Vizille.jpg|thumb|300px|Statue of Marat in front of the Musée de la Révolution française]] On November 19 the port city of ...49 KB (7,367 words) - 18:14, 1 December 2022
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (June 6, 1650 – June 27, 1722) All dates in the article are New Style (unless otherwise stated). The Old Style calendar ...54 KB (8,414 words) - 17:21, 16 December 2022
- admitted to a French military school at Brienne-le-Château, a small town near Troyes, on May 15, 1779. He had to learn French before entering the school, but he spoke with ...53 KB (8,268 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2022
- Garden, another formerly private garden belonging to a château built for Marie de' Medici in 1612. The Jardin des Plantes, created by Louis XIII's doctor Guy ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- owner of the famous Bordeaux Chateau Château Lafite-Rothschild, in support of a new wave of Jewish immigrants. Israel's move toward quality wines began with ...69 KB (10,208 words) - 15:25, 19 March 2023
- cultural treasures had been stored at the Château de Sourches near Le Mans from the start of the war, and survived intact. The occupying German forces also kept ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- of Modern Architects (CIAM), was held in a château on Lake Leman in Switzerland, June 26-28, 1928. Those attending included Le Corbusier, Robert Mallet-Stevens ...107 KB (16,223 words) - 20:24, 30 June 2023
- Italian consulate), Villa Nechama, Villa Marocco, Château Mon Bonheur etc.url=http://www.mathra-sights.gr/hotspot.php?id=7&lan=el |title=Municipal Art Gallery (Thessaloniki ...256 KB (33,767 words) - 18:54, 1 April 2024
