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Constant Roux
Constant Ambroise Roux (20 April 1865, Marseille - 17 November 1942, Marseille) was a French sculptor. Biography Roux' parents ran a chemist shop and Roux started working at a young age for Achille Blanqui, who was a furniture maker. Roux helped with the wood carving involved. Roux studied at the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Marseille, enrolling in 1879, and working under the tutelage of , and Théodore Jourdan, and was subsequently admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying under Jules Coutan, Jules Cavelier and Louis-Ernest Barrias. In 1894 he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with the ronde-bosse ""Enflammé de colère, Achille revêtant après la mort de Patrocle, l'armure apportée par Thétis, sa mère" and winning this prestigious prize meant that he was able to study in Rome from 1895 to 1898 at the Villa Medici. In 1898, Roux submitted the work "Pourquoi naître esclave" (Why be Born a Slave?) to the Salon des Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gondard
Paul Gondard (1884–1953) was a French sculptor. Biography Gondard studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille but did not pursue further studies in Paris as was usual with provincial sculptors at that time, choosing instead to remain in the Bouches du Rhône region and practise there. He exhibited regularly at the Salon de l’Union des Artistes in Provence from 1919 to 1948. He also exhibited his work at the 1922 Éxposition Coloniale and the 1935 Éxposition catholique, both held in Marseille. His work in Marseille and his contribution to helping to make Marseiile an artistic centre resulted in him being elected to the Académie de Marseille on 4 May 1950. Main works 1. Imbert medallion. Gondard executed a medallion celebrating the life of Leon Imbert. 2. The La Fare-les-Oliviers war memorial. This memorial was erected in 1920 and covers the dead of the 1870, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 wars and the conflicts in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. On the west face of the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manche
Manche (, ) is a coastal French département in Normandy, on the English Channel, which is known as ''La Manche'', literally "the sleeve", in French. It had a population of 495,045 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 50 Hérault INSEE History Manche is one of the original 83 départements created during the on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Normandie. The first capital was until 1796, and it res ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trelly
Trelly () is a former Communes of France, commune in the Manche Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Quettreville-sur-Sienne. 27 September 2018 See also *Communes of the Manche departmentReferences Former communes of Manche {{Manche-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Saint-Martin-de-Crau (; Provençal: ''Sant Martin de Crau'') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Martinois''. Population Saint-Martin-de-Crau has the lowest population density of all communes in metropolitan France that have a population exceeding 12,000 inhabitants (2012). With a land area of 214.87 km2 (82.962 sq mi), it is the fifth-largest commune in geographic area in metropolitan France (after Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Laruns, and Marseille). Twin towns Saint-Martin-de-Crau is twinned with: * , Markgröningen, Germany See also * Alpilles * Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department The following is a list of the 119 communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Princier
The Prince's Palace of Monaco (French language, French: ''Palais princier de Monaco'') is the official residence of the Monarchy of Monaco, Sovereign Prince of Monaco. Built in 1191 as a Republic of Genoa, Genoese fortress, during its long and often dramatic history it has been bombarded and besieged by many foreign powers. Since the end of the 13th century, it has been the stronghold and home of the House of Grimaldi, Grimaldi family who first captured it in 1297. The Grimaldi ruled the area first as feudal lords, and from the 17th century as sovereign princes, but their power was often derived from fragile agreements with their larger and stronger neighbours. Thus while other European sovereigns were building luxurious, modern Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Baroque architecture, Baroque palaces, politics and common sense demanded that the palace of the Monegasque rulers be fortified. This unique requirement, at such a late stage in history, has made the palace at Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and largest city is Marseille; other important cities include Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Martigues and Aubagne. Marseille, France's second-largest city, has one of the largest container ports in the country. It prizes itself as France's oldest city, founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea around 600 BC. Bouches-du-Rhône is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, with 2,043,110 inhabitants as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 13 Bouches-du-Rhône INSEE It has an area of . Its [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sèvres
Sèvres (, ) is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France region. The commune, which had a population of 23,251 as of 2018, is known for its famous porcelain production at the ''Manufacture nationale de Sèvres'', which was also where the Treaty of Sèvres (1920) was signed. Geography Situation Sèvres is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, to the southwest of the centre of Paris, with an eastern edge by the river Seine. The commune borders Île Seguin, an island in the Seine, in the commune of Boulogne-Billancourt, adjoining Sèvres. File:Map commune FR insee code 92072.png, Map of the commune File:Sèvres map.svg, View of the commune of Sèvres in red on the map of Paris and the "Petite Couronne" File:SEVRES - L'Embarcadaire.jpg, Banks of the Seine in the early 20th century. At that time, the river was an important transportation axis; river shuttles can be se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assemblée Nationale
The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known as (), meaning "delegate" or "envoy" in English; etymologically, it is a cognate of the English word ''deputy'', which is the standard term for legislators in many parliamentary systems). There are 577 , each elected by a single-member constituency (at least one per department) through a two-round system; thus, 289 seats are required for a majority. The president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, presides over the body. The officeholder is usually a member of the largest party represented, assisted by vice presidents from across the represented political spectrum. The National Assembly's term is five years; however, the President of France may dissolve the Assembly, thereby calling for new elections, unless it has been dissolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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