The Porte Maillot (also known as the porte Mahiaulx, Mahiau or Mahiot after a

Paille-maille Pall-mall, paille-maille, palle-maille, pell-mell, or palle-malle (, , ) is a lawn game (though mostly played on earth surfaces rather than grass) that was mostly played in the 16th and 17th centuries, a precursor to croquet. History Related to ...

court, or the Porte de Neuilly

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, ''Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris'', Robert Laffont, 1580 pages, 1996 ; page 848 : "the porte de Neuilly is also called the porte Maillot") is one of the access points into

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mentioned in 1860 and one of the ancient city gates in the

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. It was on the boundary between the

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and the 17th arrondissements, at the junction of the

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, the

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and the

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. It gives its name to the Neuilly – Porte Maillot railway station and

Porte Maillot The Porte Maillot (also known as the porte Mahiaulx, Mahiau or Mahiot after a Paille-maille court, or the Porte de Neuilly Alfred Fierro, ''Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris'', Robert Laffont, 1580 pages, 1996 ; page 848 : "the porte de Neuill ...

metro station.

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