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Amédée Donatien Doublemard
The sculptor and medalist Amédée Donatien Doublemard was born at Beaurain in Nord (French department), Nord and was taught by Francisque Duret. In 1842, he enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, École des Beaux-Arts of Paris and began exhibiting his work at the Paris Salon in 1844. He died in Paris on 20 July 1900. In 1855 he shared the Prix de Rome with Henri Chapu. This entitled him to study at villa Médicis, Rome where he stayed for three years. On his return to Paris, he was kept busy creating busts of the rich and famous of the period. He also completed several important public works such as his ''La France en deuil déposant une couronne sur la tombe des soldats morts pour sa défense, le 19 janvier 1871'' for Saint-Quentin, his monument honouring Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey in Paris and his monument to Camille Desmoulins in Guise in the Aisne. He was named a ''Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur'' in 1877 and received a variety of prizes and medals in ...
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Beaurain
Beaurain () is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department References

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Godin Statue Guise
Godin may refer to: ;Places * Godin, Doulougou, a village in the Doulougou Department of Kouritenga Province in Burkina Faso * Godin (Gounghin), a village in the Gounghin Department of Kouritenga Province in Burkina Faso * Godin, Bissiga, a village in the Bissiga Department of Kouritenga Province in Burkina Faso * Godin (settlement), a settlement in Les Awirs, Flémalle, province of Liège, Belgium * Godin (crater), a lunar impact crater named after Louis Godin * Godin Tepe Godin Tepe () is an archaeological site in the Luristan region of western Iran, located in the valley of Kangavar in Kermanshah province. It lies on the left bank of the Gamas Āb river. The importance of the site may have been due to its role a ... is an archaeological site in western Iran ;Other * Godin (surname), a list of people with the surname * Godin (guitar manufacturer), a Canadian guitar manufacturing company See also * Gaudin (other) * Goding (other) {{Disambiguat ...
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Château De Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines Department of Île-de-France region in France. The palace is owned by the government of France and since 1995 has been managed, under the direction of the French Ministry of Culture, by the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. About 15,000,000 people visit the palace, park, or gardens of Versailles every year, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. Louis XIII built a hunting lodge at Versailles in 1623. His successor, Louis XIV, expanded the château into a palace that went through several expansions in phases from 1661 to 1715. It was a favourite residence for both kings, and in 1682, Louis XIV moved the seat of his court and government to Versailles, making the palace the '' de facto'' capital of France. This state of affairs was continued by Kings Louis X ...
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Adolphe Yvon
Adolphe Yvon (30 January 1817 – 11 September 1893) was a French painter known for his paintings of the Napoleonic Wars. Yvon studied under Paul Delaroche, rose to fame during the Second Empire, then finished his career as a teacher. Career Adolphe Yvon was born on 30 January 1817 in Eschweiler. Shortly after the end of the Crimean War in September 1855, Yvon was commissioned by the French government to paint a large picture of the capture of the Malakoff at Sevastopol. He sailed for the Crimea on February 19, 1856, where he spent six weeks compiling a portfolio of sketches, as well as visiting the battlefield of Inkerman. In 1857, the finished painting ''La Prise de la tour de Malakoff 8 septembre 1855'' was shown at the Paris Salon, and two years later came ''La Gorge de Malakoff'', and ''La courtine de Malakoff''. ''La Prise'' was a massive piece measuring 6 metres by 9 metres and represented the moment when the fortification was captured around midday. In the succeeding yea ...
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Amédée Doublemard - La Comédie - Théâtre De La Gaîté
Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include: Persons * Amédée, stage name of Philippe de Chérisey (1923–1985), French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and actor * Amédée Artus (1815–1892), French conductor and composer * Amédée Baillot de Guerville (1869–1913), French war correspondent * Amédée de Béjarry (1840–1916), French politician * Amédée Bollée (1844–1917), French bellfounder and inventor *Amédée Borrel (1867–1936), French biologist *Amédée Courbet (1827–1885), French army admiral * Amédée Dechambre (1812–1886), French physician * Amédée Despans-Cubières (1786–1853), French army general *Amédée Domenech (1933–2003), French rugby union player and politician * Amédée Dumontpallier (1826–1899), French gynecologist * Amédée Dunois (1878–1945), French lawyer, journalist, politician *Amédée Faure (1801–1878), French painter * Amédée Fengarol (1905–1951), French politician * Amédé ...
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Théâtre De La Gaîté (rue Papin)
In 1862 during Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Haussmann's modernization of Paris, the Théâtre de la Gaîté () of the boulevard du Temple was relocated to the rue Papin across from the Square des Arts et Métiers."History: The Venue, 150 Years in the Core of Paris"
at the La Gaîté-Lyrique website. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
The new theatre, built in an Italian style to designs of the architects Jacques-Ignace Hittorff and Alphonse Cusin, opened on 3 September."Architectural Project: The Venue"
at the La Gaîté-Lyrique website. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
Within a decade, the focus began ...
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Omaha
Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United States cities by population, 41st-most-populous city, Omaha had a population of 486,051 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The eight-county Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which extends into Iowa, has approximately 1 million residents and is the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 55th-largest metro area in the United States. Omaha is the county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska, Douglas County. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the "Gateway to the West". Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it ...
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Louis Lefèbre
Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also * Derived terms * King Louis (other) * Saint Louis (other) * Louis Cruise Lines * Louis dressing, for salad * Louis Quinze, design style Associated terms * Lewis (other) * Louie (other) * Luis (other) * Louise (other) * Louisville (other) Associated names * * Chlodwig, the origin of the name Ludwig, which is translated to English as "Louis" * Ladislav and László - names sometimes erroneously associated with "Louis" * Ludovic, Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludwik Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli ...
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Vervins
Vervins (; ) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. It lies between the small streams Vilpion and Chertemps, which drain towards the Serre. It is surrounded by the communes of Fontaine-lès-Vervins, La Bouteille, Landouzy-la-Cour, Thenailles, Hary, Gercy, and Voulpaix. Vervins was mentioned as ''Verbinum'' in the 3rd century ''Antonine Itinerary''. A Roman theatre has been excavated in the 1870s. The Peace of Vervins was signed here in 1598, ending a war between France and Spain. Population See also * Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 796 communes in the French department of Aisne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
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Léon Bienvenu
Léon-Charles Bienvenu (25 March 1835, in Paris – January 1911, in Paris) was a French journalist and writer known for his satires on political and social life during the Second French Empire The Second French Empire, officially the French Empire, was the government of France from 1852 to 1870. It was established on 2 December 1852 by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, president of France under the French Second Republic, who proclaimed hi .... He was also known by his pen-name Touchatout. {{DEFAULTSORT:Touchatout 1835 births 1911 deaths Writers from Paris French caricaturists 19th-century French journalists French male journalists 19th-century French male writers ...
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Guayaquil
Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is located on the west bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil. With a population of 2,746,403 inhabitants, it is the most populous city in the country, and the fifth largest in the Andean Community. However, its urban fabric extends beyond its official urban parishes, encompassing nearby cities and parishes; thus, the Guayaquil metropolitan area reaches a population of 3,618,450, making it the most populous urban agglomeration in the nation, and also the fifth in the Andean Community. As the largest city, it is one of the two main development poles of the country—alongside Quito, the national capital—hosting Ecuador’s main business, financial, cultural, and sports institutions. After seve ...
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