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Palais de la Cité, the Glossary

The Palais de la Cité, located on the Île de la Cité in the Seine River in the centre of Paris, is a major historic building that was the residence of the Kings of France from the sixth century until the 14th century, and has been the center of the French justice system ever since, thus often referred to as the Palais de Justice.^[1]

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Buildings and structures completed in the 6th century
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Affair of the Diamond Necklace

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace ("Affair of the Queen's Necklace") was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. Palais de la Cité and Affair of the Diamond Necklace are marie Antoinette.

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Ancient Egyptian architecture

Spanning over three thousand years, ancient Egypt was not one stable civilization but in constant change and upheaval, commonly split into periods by historians.

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Ange-Jacques Gabriel

Ange-Jacques Gabriel (23 October 1698 – 4 January 1782) was the principal architect of King Louis XV of France.

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Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville

Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville (10 June 17467 May 1795), also called Fouquier-Tinville and nicknamed posthumously the Provider of the Guillotine was a French lawyer and accusateur public of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the French Revolution and Reign of Terror.

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Armand Toussaint

The French sculptor François Christophe Armand Toussaint was born in Paris on April 7, 1806, and died there on May 24, 1862.

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Arthur-Stanislas Diet

Arthur-Stanislas Diet (5 April 1827, Saint-Denis-Hors, near Amboise - 17 January 1890, Paris) was a French architect and watercolorist.

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Augustin Pajou

Augustin Pajou (19 September 1730 – 8 May 1809) was a French sculptor, born in Paris.

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Augustin-Alexandre Dumont

Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, known as Auguste Dumont (4 August 1801, Paris – 28 January 1884, Paris) was a French sculptor.

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Augustus (title)

Augustus (plural Augusti;,; "majestic", "great" or "venerable") was the main title of the Roman emperors during Antiquity.

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Émile Gilbert

Émile-Jacques Gilbert (3 September 1795 – 31 October 1874) was a 19th-century French architect.

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Étienne Marcel

Étienne Marcel (between 1302 and 131031 July 1358) was provost of the merchants of Paris under King John II of France, called John the Good (Jean le Bon).

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Île de la Cité

Île de la Cité (English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris.

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Île-de-France

The Île-de-France is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023.

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Baldwin II, Latin Emperor

Baldwin II, also known as Baldwin of Courtenay (de Courtenay; late 1217 – October 1273), was the last Latin Emperor ruling from Constantinople.

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Basilica of Saint-Denis

The Basilica of Saint-Denis (Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris.

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Bastille

The Bastille was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.

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Battlement

A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences.

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Boulevard Saint-Michel

Boulevard Saint-Michel is one of the two major streets in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France, the other being Boulevard Saint-Germain.

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Caesar (title)

Caesar (English Caesars; Latin Caesares; in Greek: Καῖσαρ Kaîsar) is a title of imperial character.

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Camille Desmoulins

Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins (2 March 17605 April 1794) was a French journalist, politician and a prominent figure of the French Revolution.

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Canon regular

The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are priests who live in community under a rule (and κανών, kanon, in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a partly similar terminology.

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Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty (Capétiens), also known as the "House of France", is a dynasty of Frankish origin, and a branch of the Robertians and the Karlings.

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Carolingian dynasty

The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.

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Cartouche (design)

A cartouche (also cartouch) is an oval or oblong design with a slightly convex surface, typically edged with ornamental scrollwork.

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Caryatid

A caryatid (Καρυᾶτις|) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.

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Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV (Karel IV.; Karl IV.; Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378Karl IV. In: (1960): Geschichte in Gestalten (History in figures), vol. 2: F–K. 38, Frankfurt 1963, p. 294), also known as Charles of Luxembourg, born Wenceslaus, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378.

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Charles IX of France

Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574.

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Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald (Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877).

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Charles V of France

Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise (le Sage; Sapiens), was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380.

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Charles VI of France

Charles VI (3 December 136821 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (le Bien-Aimé) and in the 19th century, the Mad (le Fol or le Fou), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422.

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Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable (l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498.

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Château de Vincennes

The Château de Vincennes is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern edge of Paris, alongside the Bois de Vincennes. Palais de la Cité and Château de Vincennes are royal residences in France.

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Christendom

Christendom refers to Christian states, Christian-majority countries or countries in which Christianity is dominant or prevails.

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Clovis I

Clovis (Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Franks under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.

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Code of Justinian

The Code of Justinian (Codex Justinianus, Justinianeus or Justiniani) is one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th century AD by Justinian I, who was Eastern Roman emperor in Constantinople.

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Conciergerie

The Conciergerie (Lodge) is a former courthouse and prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité, below the Palais de Justice. Palais de la Cité and Conciergerie are Île de la Cité, Châteaux in Paris and royal residences in France.

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Constance of Arles

Constance of Arles (c. 986 – 28 July 1032), also known as Constance of Provence, was Queen of France as the third spouse of King Robert II of France.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Cour d'assises

In France, a cour d'assises, or Court of Assizes or Assize Court, is a criminal trial court with original and appellate limited jurisdiction to hear cases involving defendants accused of felonies, meaning crimes as defined in French law.

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Court of Appeal of Paris

The Court of Appeal of Paris (Cour d'appel de Paris) is the largest appeals court in France in terms of the number of cases brought before it.

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Court of Cassation (France)

The Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) is the supreme court for civil and criminal cases in France.

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Crown lands of France

The crown lands, crown estate, royal domain or (in French) domaine royal (from demesne) of France were the lands, fiefs and rights directly possessed by the kings of France.

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Crown of thorns

According to the New Testament, a woven crown of thorns (or label) was placed on the head of Jesus during the events leading up to his crucifixion.

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Crucifixion of Jesus

The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33.

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Dendera Temple complex

The Dendera Temple complex (Ancient Egyptian: Iunet or Tantere; the 19th-century English spelling in most sources, including Belzoni, was Tentyra; also spelled Denderah) is located about south-east of Dendera, Egypt.

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Eclecticism in architecture

Eclecticism is a 19th and 20th century architectural style in which a single piece of work incorporates a mixture of elements from previous historical styles to create something that is new and original.

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Enguerrand de Marigny

Enguerrand de Marigny, Baron Le Portier (126030 April 1315) was a French chamberlain and minister of Philip IV.

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Eugène-Louis Lequesne

Eugène-Louis Lequesne (or Le Quesne) (15 February 1815 – 3 June 1887) was a French sculptor.

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Execution of Louis XVI

Louis XVI, former King of France since the abolition of the monarchy, was publicly executed on 21 January 1793 during the French Revolution at the Place de la Révolution in Paris.

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Fall of Maximilien Robespierre

The Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor or the Fall of Maximilien Robespierre is the series of events beginning with Maximilien Robespierre's address to the National Convention on 8 Thermidor Year II (26 July 1794), his arrest the next day, and his execution on 10 Thermidor (28 July).

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Félix Lecomte

Félix Lecomte (1737, Paris – 1817, Paris) was a French sculptor in the second half of the eighteenth century.

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Felice Orsini

Felice Orsini (10 December 1819 – 13 March 1858) was an Italian revolutionary and leader of the Carbonari who tried to assassinate Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.

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Forum (Roman)

A forum (Latin: forum, "public place outdoors",: fora; English: either fora or forums) was a public square in a Roman municipium, or any civitas, reserved primarily for the vending of goods; i.e., a marketplace, along with the buildings used for shops and the stoas used for open stalls.

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François Jouffroy

François Jouffroy (1 February 1806 – 25 June 1882) was a French sculptor.

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François Ravaillac

François Ravaillac (1578 – 27 May 1610) was a French Catholic who assassinated King Henry IV of France in 1610.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Francis II of France

Francis II (François II; 19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was King of France from 1559 to 1560.

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Franks

Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks (Franci or gens Francorum;; Francs.) were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Middle Ages.

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French Consulate

The Consulate (Consulat) was the top-level government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799 until the start of the French Empire on 18 May 1804.

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French First Republic

In the history of France, the First Republic (Première République), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (République française), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution.

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French Forces of the Interior

The French Forces of the Interior (Forces françaises de l'Intérieur) were French resistance fighters in the later stages of World War II.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery

Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery, Lord of Lorges and Ducey (5 May 153026 June 1574), was a French nobleman of Scottish extraction and captain of the Scots Guard of King Henry II of France.

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Gallo-Roman culture

Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire.

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Georges Cadoudal

Georges Cadoudal (Jorj Kadoudal; January 1, 1771 – June 25, 1804), sometimes called simply Georges, was a Breton counter-revolutionary and leader of the Chouannerie during the French Revolution.

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Georges Danton

Georges Jacques Danton (26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure in the French Revolution.

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Georges-Eugène Haussmann

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (27 March 180911 January 1891), was a French official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris.

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Germain Pilon

Germain Pilon (c. 1525 – 3 February 1590)Connat & Colombier 1951; Thirion 1996.

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Girondins

The Girondins, or Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution.

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Giuseppe Marco Fieschi

Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (13 December 1790 – 19 February 1836) was a Corsican mass murderer, and the chief conspirator in an attempted assassination of King Louis-Philippe of France on 28 July 1835.

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Good Friday

Good Friday is a Christian holy day observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Grand Châtelet

The Grand Châtelet was a stronghold in Ancien Régime Paris, on the right bank of the Seine, on the site of what is now the Place du Châtelet; it contained a court and police headquarters and a number of prisons.

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Hôtel Saint-Pol

The Hôtel Saint-Pol was a royal residence begun in 1360 by Charles V of France on the ruins of a building constructed by Louis IX. Palais de la Cité and Hôtel Saint-Pol are royal residences in France.

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Henri Chapu

Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (29 September 1833 – 21 April 1891) was a French sculptor in a modified Neoclassical tradition who was known for his use of allegory in his work.

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Henri-Édouard Lombard

Henri-Édouard Lombard (21 November 1855 - 23 July 1929) was a French sculptor.

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Henry II of France

Henry II (Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559.

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Henry III of France

Henry III (19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.

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Henry IV of France

Henry IV (Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610.

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Honoré Daumet

Pierre Jérôme Honoré Daumet (23 October 1826 – 12 December 1911) was a French architect.

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Hugh Capet

Hugh Capet (Hugues Capet; 940 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Isabeau of Bavaria

Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – September 1435) was Queen of France from 1385 to 1422.

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Isidore Bonheur

Isidore Jules Bonheur (Bordeaux 15 May 1827 – 10 November 1901 Paris), best known as one of the 19th century's most distinguished French animalier sculptors.

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Jacques Denis Antoine

Jacques Denis Antoine (6 August 1733, Paris - 24 August 1801) was a French architect, whose most notable masterwork is the Hôtel des Monnaies in Paris, which gained him entrance to the Académie royale d'architecture in 1776.

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Jacques Gabriel

Jacques Gabriel (1667–1742) was a French architect, the father of the famous Ange-Jacques Gabriel.

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Jacques Hébert

Jacques René Hébert (15 November 1757 – 24 March 1794) was a French journalist and leader of the French Revolution.

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Jean Antoine Injalbert

Jean-Antoine Injalbert (1845–1933) was a much-decorated French sculptor, born in Béziers.

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Jean Sylvain Bailly

Jean Sylvain Bailly (15 September 1736 – 12 November 1793) was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution.

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Jean-Louis Jaley

Jean-Louis Nicolas Jaley (27 January 1802, Paris – 30 May 1866, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sculptor.

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Jean-Marie Bonnassieux

Jean-Marie Bienaimé Bonnassieux (1810, Panissières, Loire – 1892) was a French sculptor.

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Jean-Nicolas Huyot

Jean-Nicholas Huyot (25 December 1780, Paris – 2 August 1840, Paris) was a French architect, best known for his 1833 continuation of the Arc de Triomphe from the plans of Jean Chalgrin.

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Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy

Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, self proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte" (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was a notorious French adventuress and thief; she was married to Nicholas de la Motte whose family's claim to nobility was dubious.

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John II of France

John II (Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364.

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Joseph-Louis Duc

Joseph-Louis Duc (25 October 1802 – 22 January 1879) was a French architect.

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Judiciary of France

France's independent court system enjoys special statutory protection from the executive branch.

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Jules Coutan

Jules-Félix Coutan (22 September 1848 – 23 February 1939) was a French sculptor and educator.

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Julian (emperor)

Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus; Ἰουλιανός; 331 – 26 June 363) was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman.

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Justinian I

Justinian I (Iūstīniānus,; Ioustinianós,; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.

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Keep

A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Law of Suspects

The Law of Suspects (Loi des suspects) was a decree passed by the French National Convention on 17 September 1793, during the French Revolution.

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Liberation of Paris

The liberation of Paris (libération de Paris) was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944.

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List of French monarchs

France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions.

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Louis Dominique Bourguignon

Louis Dominique Garthausen, also known as Cartouche (1693, Paris – November 28, 1721, Paris), who usually went by the name of Louis Bourguignon or Louis Lamarre when he wanted to hide his identity, was a highwayman reported to steal from the rich and give to the poor in the environs of Paris during the Régence until the authorities had him broken on the wheel.

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Louis IX of France

Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly revered as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270.

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Louis Lenormand

Louis Lenormand (6 April 1801, Versailles, Yvelines, France – 11 January 1862, Paris, France) was a French architect.

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Louis Philippe I

Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.

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Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Louis Philippe Joseph; 13 April 17476 November 1793), was a French Prince of the Blood who supported the French Revolution.

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Louis VI of France

Louis VI (late 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (le Gros) or the Fighter (le Batailleur), was King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137.

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Louis VII of France

Louis VII (1120 – 18 September 1180), called the Younger or the Young (le Jeune) to differentiate him from his father Louis VI, was King of France from 1137 to 1180.

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Louis X of France

Louis X (4 October 1289 – 5 June 1316), known as the Quarrelsome (le Hutin), was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre as Louis I from 1305 until his death.

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Louis XII

Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515) was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504.

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Louis XIII

Louis XIII (sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.

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Louis XIV

LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Louis XV

Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774.

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Louis XVI

Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

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Louis XVIII

Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.

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Louis-Léon Cugnot

Louis-Léon Cugnot (Paris 17 October 1835 – 19 August 1894) was a French sculptor.

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Louvre Palace

The Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. Palais de la Cité and Louvre Palace are Châteaux in Paris and royal residences in France.

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Lutetia

Lutetia, (Lutèce) also known as Lutecia and Lutetia Parisiorum, was a Gallo–Roman town and the predecessor of modern-day Paris.

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Madame de Brinvilliers

Marie-Madeleine d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (22 July 1630 – 16 July 1676) was a French aristocrat who was accused and convicted of murdering her father and two of her brothers in order to inherit their estates.

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Madame du Barry

Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France.

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (Maria Antoina Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution as the wife of King Louis XVI.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.

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Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (6 May 1758 – 10 Thermidor, Year II 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognized as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution.

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Medallion (architecture)

A medallion is a round or oval ornament that frames a sculptural or pictorial decoration in any context, but typically a façade, an interior, a monument, or a piece of furniture or equipment.

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Medieval Louvre Castle

The Louvre Castle (Château du Louvre), also referred to as the Medieval Louvre (Louvre médiéval), was a castle (château fort) begun by Philip II of France on the right bank of the Seine, to reinforce the city wall he had built around Paris. Palais de la Cité and Medieval Louvre Castle are Châteaux in Paris, medieval Paris and royal residences in France.

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Merovingian dynasty

The Merovingian dynasty was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until 751.

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Michel Ney

Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen (10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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Napoleon III

Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as the second Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870.

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Napoleonic Code

The Napoleonic Code, officially the Civil Code of the French (simply referred to as Code civil), is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force in France, although heavily and frequently amended since its inception.

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National Constituent Assembly (France)

The National Constituent Assembly (Assemblée nationale constituante) was a constituent assembly in the Kingdom of France formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789 during the first stages of the French Revolution.

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National Convention

The National Convention (Convention nationale) was the constituent assembly of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for its first three years during the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly.

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Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris (meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Palais de la Cité and Notre-Dame de Paris are Île de la Cité and Burned buildings and structures in France.

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Oratory (worship)

In the canon law of the Catholic Church, an oratory is a place which is set aside by permission of an ordinary for divine worship, for the convenience of some community or group of the faithful who assemble there, but to which other members of the faithful may have access with the consent of the competent superior.

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Order of Saint Michael

The Order of Saint Michael (Ordre de Saint-Michel) is a French dynastic order of chivalry, founded by King Louis XI of France on 1 August 1469, in response to the Order of the Golden Fleece founded by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Louis' chief competitor for the allegiance of the great houses of France, the dukes of Orléans, Berry, and Brittany.

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Palace

A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.

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Palais de Justice, Paris

The Palais de Justice ('"Palace of Justice"), is a judicial center and courthouse in Paris, located on the Île de la Cité. Palais de la Cité and Palais de Justice, Paris are Île de la Cité.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paris Commune

The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871.

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Paris Commune (1789–1795)

The Paris Commune during the French Revolution was the government of Paris from 1789 until 1795.

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Parisii (Gaul)

The Parisii (Parisioi; Parísioi) were a Gallic tribe that dwelt on the banks of the river Seine during the Iron Age and the Roman era.

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Parlement of Paris

The Parlement of Paris (Parlement de Paris) was the oldest parlement in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 14th century.

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Philip II of France

Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus (Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223.

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Philip IV of France

Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (Philippe le Bel), was King of France from 1285 to 1314.

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Pierre-François Berruer

Pierre-François Berruer (1733 – 4 April 1797) was a French sculptor.

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Place Dauphine

The Place Dauphine is a public square located near the western end of the Île de la Cité in the first arrondissement of Paris. Palais de la Cité and Place Dauphine are Île de la Cité.

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Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération

The public square in the 4th arrondissement of Paris that is now the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville ("City Hall Square") was, before 1802, called the Place de Grève.

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Place de la Concorde

The Place de la Concorde is one of the major public squares in Paris, France.

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Place Saint-Michel

The Place Saint-Michel is a public square in the Latin Quarter, on the borderline between the fifth and sixth arrondissements of Paris, France.

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Pont Neuf

The Pont Neuf ("New Bridge""Neuf" when used as a NOUN is a number (nine or 9). When describing a noun (adjective) it means new or unused. (http://translate.google.com/translate_t#fr|en|Neuf)-->) is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France.

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Pont Saint-Michel

Pont Saint-Michel is a bridge linking the Place Saint-Michel on the left bank of the river Seine to the Île de la Cité.

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Quai des Orfèvres

Quai des Orfèvres ("Goldsmiths' Quay"; also known as Jenny Lamour) is a 1947 French police procedural drama film based on the book Légitime défense by Stanislas-Andre Steeman.

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Raoul Verlet

Charles Raoul Verlet (7 September 1857, Angoulême - 1 December 1923, Cannes) was a French sculptor and art professor.

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Ravachol

François Claudius Koenigstein, also known as Ravachol, (14 October 1859 – 11 July 1892) was a French anarchist.

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Rayonnant

Rayonnant was a very refined style of Gothic Architecture which appeared in France in the 13th century.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Revolutionary Tribunal

The Revolutionary Tribunal (Tribunal révolutionnaire; unofficially Popular Tribunal) was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders.

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Richard I of England

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.

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Robert II of France

Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (le Pieux) or the Wise (le Sage), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty.

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Robert-François Damiens

Robert-François Damiens (surname also recorded as Damier; 9 January 1715 – 28 March 1757) was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 culminated in his public execution.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.

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Sainte-Chapelle

The Sainte-Chapelle (Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France. Palais de la Cité and Sainte-Chapelle are Île de la Cité.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_de_la_Cité

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