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ﾃ四e Saint-Louis
ﾃ四e Saint-Louis (), in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the other natural island is the ﾃ四e de la Citﾃｩ, where Notre-Dame de Paris is located). ﾃ四e Saint-Louis is connected to the rest of Paris by four bridges to both banks of the river and to the ﾃ四e de la Citﾃｩ by the Pont Saint-Louis. The island is located within the 4th arrondissement of Paris and has a population of 4,453. History File:ﾃ四e aux Vaches & ﾃｮle Notre-Dame, Plan de Vassalieu ca. 1609.jpg, ﾃ四e aux Vaches and ﾃ四e Notre-Dame in Vassalieu Plan (1609) File:Islands of Paris, 1618.jpg, The islands ﾃ四e aux Vaches and ﾃ四e Notre-Dame in 1618 File:Ile St-Louis Plan de Turgot 1739.jpg, ﾃ四e Saint-Louis in Turgot Map (1739) The island was first known as the ﾃ四e Notre-Dame, and was used mostly for grazing cattle, fishing, drying laundry, and occasionally for fighting duels. In 1360 it was cut in half by a canal, at about the current Rue Poulettiere, in order to bring it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seine
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre (and Honfleur on the left bank). It is navigable by ocean-going vessels as far as Rouen, from the sea. Over 60 percent of its length, as far as Burgundy (region), Burgundy, is negotiable by large barges and most tour boats, and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating; Bateaux Mouches, excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the river banks in the capital city, Paris. There are 37 List of bridges in Paris#Seine, bridges in Paris across the Seine (the most famous of which are the Pont Alexandre III and the Pont Neuf) and dozens List of crossings of the River Seine, more outside the city. A notable bridge, which is also the last along the course of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston, Duke Of Orlﾃｩans
''Monsieur'' Gaston, Duke of Orlﾃｩans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 April 1608 窶 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a . He later acquired the title Duke of Orlﾃｩans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood. As the eldest surviving brother of King Louis XIII, he was known at court by the traditional honorific Monsieur. Early life Gaston Jean Baptiste was born at the Palace of Fontainebleau on 24 April 1608 and at birth was given the title of List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou, Duke of Anjou. As a child, he was raised under the supervision of the royal governess Franﾃｧoise de Montglat. In 1626, at the time of his marriage to the young Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, he received in appanage (with their respective titles) the duchies of Duke of Orlﾃｩans, Orlﾃｩans and Duke of Chartres, Chartres, and the Count of Blois, county of Blois. He had nominal command of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis De Funﾃｨs
Louis Germain David de Funﾃｨs de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics. A considerable part of his best-known acting was directed by Jean Girault. The larger-than-life, conservative '' petit bourgeois'' characters he played, who typically kissed up to authority while persecuting their subordinates, particularly resonated with the changing Western societies of the 1960s and drove him to success. Yet in private life, De Funﾃｨs was a notoriously shy and reserved man, and a devout Catholic. One of the most famous French actors of all time, Louis de Funﾃｨs remains to this day the most bankable actor in French cinema history. He enjoys widespread international recognition: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Pompidou
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( ; ; 5 July 19112 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously served as Prime Minister of France under President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 1968, a longevity record under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. In the context of the strong growth of the last years of the ''Trente Glorieuses'', Pompidou continued De Gaulle's policy of modernisation, which was symbolised by the presidential use of the Concorde, the creation of large industrial groups and the launch of the TGV, high-speed train project (TGV). The government invested heavily in the automobile, agribusiness, steel, telecommunications, Force de dissuasion, nuclear and aerospace sectors and also created the minimum wage (SMIC) and the Ministry of the Environment. His foreign policy was pragmatic but in line with the Gaullism, Gaullist principle of French autonomy within the Western Bloc. It was marked by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Rubenstein
Helena Rubinstein (born Chaja Rubinstein; December 25, 1872 窶 April 1, 1965) was a Polish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. A cosmetics entrepreneur, she was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporated cosmetics company, which made her one of the world's richest women. Early life Rubinstein was the eldest of eight daughters born to Polish Jews, "Augusta" Gitte (Gitel) Shaindel Rubinstein nﾃｩe Silberfeld and Naftoli Hertz "Horace" Rubinstein. Her father was a shopkeeper in Krakﾃｳw, Lesser Poland, which was then occupied by Austria-Hungary following the partitions of Poland in the late 18th century. The existentialist philosopher Martin Buber was her cousin. She was also the cousin of Ruth Rappaport's mother. Move to Australia After refusing an arranged marriage, Rubinstein emigrated from Poland to Australia in 1896, with no money and little command of the English language. Her stylish clothes and milky complexion did not pass unnotic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PA080195 Paris IV Quai De Bethune Reduct01
Pa, pa, PA, P.A. or pA may refer to: Arts, media and entertainment * Parental Advisory, abbreviated PAL or PA, a warning label placed on audio recordings *P.A. (group), a southern hip hop band in Atlanta, Georgia, United States *''Penny Arcade'', a webcomic *''Planetary Annihilation'', a 2014 video game * "Pa" (song), by Tini *Live PA Businesses and organisations Government, military, and politics * Palestinian National Authority, also called Palestinian Authority, interim governing body of the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank * Pakistan Army * Patriotic Alliance, a South African political party * Patriotic Alternative, a British nationalist group * People's Association (Singapore), a Singaporean grassroots statutory board * Philippine Army * Patrulla ﾃ“uila * Planning Authority (Malta), a government agency of Malta * Progressive Alliance, a political international of social-democratic, socialist and progressive political parties and organisations Airlines * Pan America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Claudel
Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. The subject of several biographies and films, Claudel is well known for her sculptures including ''The Waltz (Claudel), The Waltz'' and ''The Mature Age''. The national Musﾃｩe Camille Claudel, Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine opened in 2017. Claudel was a longtime associate of sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the Musﾃｩe Rodin in Paris has a room dedicated to her works. Sculptures created by Claudel are also held in the collections of several major museums including the Musﾃｩe d'Orsay in Paris, the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Early years Camille Claudel was born in Fﾃｨre-en-Tardenois, Ais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal Richelieu
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 窶 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became known as the Red Eminence (), a term derived from the style of Eminence (style), Eminence applied to Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinals and their customary red robes. Consecrated a bishop in 1607, Richelieu was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (France), Foreign Secretary in 1616. He continued to rise through the hierarchy of both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal in 1622 and Chief minister of France, chief minister to King Louis XIII, Louis XIII of France in 1624. He retained that office until his death in 1642, when he was succeeded by Cardinal Cardinal Mazarin, Jules Mazarin, whose career the cardinal had fostered. Richelieu became enga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe De Champagne
Philippe de Champaigne (; 26 May 1602 窶 12 August 1674) was a Brabant-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school. He was a founding member of the Acadﾃｩmie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, the premier art institution in the Kingdom of France in the eighteenth century. Life and work Born of a poor family in Brussels (Duchy of Brabant, Southern Netherlands), during the reign of the Archduke Albert and Isabella, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquier. In 1621 he moved to Paris, where he worked with Nicolas Poussin on the decoration of the under the direction of Nicolas Duchesne, whose daughter he would eventually marry. According to Houbraken, Duchesne was angry at Champaigne for becoming more popular than he was at court, and so Champaigne returned to Brussels to live with his brother. It was only after he received news of Duchesne's death that he returned to marry his daughter. After the death of Duchesne, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quai De Bourbon Paris 4e 001
A wharf ( or wharfs), quay ( , also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring locations), and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships. Wharves are often considered to be a series of docks at which boats are stationed. A marginal wharf is connected to the shore along its full length. Overview A wharf commonly comprises a fixed platform, often on pilings. Commercial ports may have warehouses that serve as interim storage: where it is sufficient a single wharf with a single berth constructed along the land adjacent to the water is normally used; where there is a need for more capacity multiple wharves, or perhaps a single large wharf with multiple berths, will instead be constructed, sometimes projecting over the water. A pier, raised over the water rather than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 窶 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics, and are based on observations of real life. His most famous work, a book of lyric poetry titled '' Les Fleurs du mal'' (''The Flowers of Evil''), expresses the changing nature of beauty in the rapidly industrialising Paris caused by Haussmann's renovation of Paris during the mid-19th century. Baudelaire's original style of prose-poetry influenced a generation of poets including Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud and Stﾃｩphane Mallarmﾃｩ. He coined the term modernity (''modernitﾃｩ'') to designate the fleeting experience of life in an urban metropolis, and the responsibility of artistic expression to capture that experience. Marshall Berman has credited Baudelaire as being the first Modernist. Early life Baudelaire was born in Paris, Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
