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The Place de Grève was, before 1802 the name of the plaza now the City Hall Plaza (''place de l'Hôtel de Ville'') in Paris, France. Its name is derived from the French word "grève" meaning a flat terrain covered with gravel or sand situated on the shores of the sea or on the banks of a watercourse (...)
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for "City Hall") in Paris, France, is the building housing the City of Paris's administration. Standing on the place de l'Hôtel de Ville (formerly the place de Grève) in the city's IVe arrondissement, it has been the location of the municipality of Paris since 1357. It serves multiple functions, housing the local administration, the Mayor of Paris (since 1977), and also being a venue for large (...)
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monument located in the IVe arrondissement. This 52-m gothic tower is all that remains of the former church of Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie (Saint James of the Butchery). The tower's rich decoration reflects the wealth of its patrons, the wholesale butchers of the nearby Les Halles market (...)
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(ca. 1500), showing the Gothic buildings of the Hotel Dieu at right. These survived until the 18th century The Hôtel-Dieu is regarded as the oldest hospital in the city of Paris, France. It is located in the Île de la Cité, next to Notre-Dame. Renowned for its extensive support for charities, it is also known for the exceptional calibre of doctors and surgeons who have been residents (...)
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The St-Gervais-et-St-Protais Church of Paris sheltered one of the most famous dynasties of French musicians during more than two centuries since 1653: the Couperin family. ists, organists and composers as well as a plaque commemorating their address. The organ of Louis and François Couperin exists still today inside the Church (...)
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The Place du Châtelet is a public square in Paris, France, on the Right Bank of the river Seine on the border of the 1st and 4th arrondissements. At the centre of the plaza is a sphinx-endowed fountain, erected in 1808. The sphinxes commemorate Napoleon's victory in Egypt, though other battles are also commemorated (...)
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Notre Dame is French for ''Our Lady'', referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, ''Notre Dame'' is often (e.g., University of Notre Dame). It may also refer to: (...)
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cathedral, and considered the official centre of the city of Paris. In many countries, although none in the Anglosphere, Kilometre Zero (also written ''km 0'') or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location (often in the nation's capital city), from which distances are traditionally measured (...)
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Notre Dame de Paris, known simply as Notre Dame in English (pronouced in the UK and in the US), is a Gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west. It is still used as a Roman Catholic cathedral and is the seat of the Archbishop of Paris (...)
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Centre Georges Pompidou (constructed 1971–1977 and known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the IVe arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles and the Marais. It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a vast public library, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research (...)
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