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Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
Marie-Suzanne Giroust (1734–1772), painter. Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802), painter. Étienne de La Vallée Poussin (1735–1802), French history painter and creator of interior decorative schemes. Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe (1761–1824), painter. Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1735–1784), painter.
Fountains in Paris. Fontaines de la Concorde (1836-1840) Fontaine de la Pyramide, Cour Napoleon I of the Louvre (1988) The Fountains in Paris originally provided drinking water for city residents, and now are decorative features in the city's squares and parks. Paris has more than two hundred fountains, the oldest dating back to the 16th century.
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000 novel Angels & Demons. The Da Vinci Code follows symbologist Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris entangles them in a dispute between the Priory ...
The Bastille ( / bæˈstiːl /, French: [bastij] ⓘ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an ...
Lauter (in Lauterbourg) Moder (in Neuhaeusel) Sauer (in Seltz) Ill (near La Wantzenau ) Thur (near Ensisheim) Meuse (main branch near Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands) Faux (in Revin, France) Sambre (in Namur, Belgium) Semois/Semoy (in Monthermé)
t. e. Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. It included the demolition of medieval neighbourhoods that were deemed overcrowded and unhealthy by officials at the time, the building of ...
PARIS — Meandering down the Seine R iver, the light breeze, gentle current and the sun’s glistening rays weren’t the only things the three kayakers were hoping to catch on a warm spring day ...