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Pont de Normandie


The Pont de Normandie () is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is – between the two piers. It is also the last bridge to cross the Seine before it empties into the ocean. Despite being a motorway toll bridge, there is a footpath as well as a narrow cycle lane in each direction allowing pedestrians and cyclists to cross the bridge free of charge. The bridge was designed by Michel Virlogeux, the general studies
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Pont de Brotonne


), from which the bridge gets its name. Only two bridges are located further downstream the Seine from the pont de Brotonne: the Pont de Tancarville and the Pont de Normandie. The bridge is a cable-stayed bridge (specifically of the fan design), whose principal span reaches and is made of prestressed concrete. It is considered an engineering feat and was the first bridge of this type in the world. The bridge was a toll bridge until 2006, at which point crossing it became free. The bridge is
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Pont de Brotonne


The Brotonne Bridge ("pont de Brotonne") is a bridge in the region of Upper Normandy in France, situated between the cities of Le Havre and Rouen. It has crossed the Seine since 1977, to the east of the commune of Caudebec-en-Caux. Its construction was financed by the General council of Seine-Maritime for the purpose of opening up the Pays de Caux and assuring a connection between the commune of Yvetot and the A13 autoroute by way of the forêt de Brotonne ("Brotonne forest"
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Turold de Pont-Audemer


Turold Sire de Pont-Audemer (b. 950 A.D.) By inheritance from his father Torf le Riche, was Seigneur du Pontautorf, de Torville, Torcy, Torny, and Torly, and became Sire de Pont-Audemer which became his principle residence and by which he was commonly known. By his marriage he enhanced his position in Norman Nobility, and became a prominent figure during the reigns of Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Richard III, Duke of Normandy, and Robert I, Duke of Normandy (996-1035
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Pont-Farcy


Pont-Farcy is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Before 1 January 2018, it was part of the Calvados department. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the commune of Tessy-Bocage. Pont Farcy has its origins in Gallo-Roman times: the town has always been an important crossing place due to its bridge over the River Vire. It was also passed through by the Dukes of Normandy. Before the 20th century there is little evidence to suggest the village held
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Manor of Heanton Punchardon


sheep. Robert's family were lords of the manor of "Pont-Chardon" ("Chardon Bridge", literally "Thistle Bridge") (modern "Pontchardon") in Calvados, Normandy, situated on the River Touques. His name was Latinized to "de Ponte Cardonis" or "de Ponte Carduno" ("from the bridge of Cardon"). Robert de Pont-Chardon was certainly well rewarded for his companionship and support by Baldwin FitzGilbert (died 1090), Sheriff of Devon, and feudal baron
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Ingrid Levavasseur


divorced single mother with two children who lives in Pont-de-l’Arche, Normandy. Levavasseur is from Pont-de-l'Arche, Normandy, living in the Eure Department. Levavasseur is a trained nurse's aide. She worked for three years in palliative care, initially in a private home before working at a clinic. In 2018, she earned around €1,250 a month which she claimed put her just above the threshold for getting social benefits from the state. She presented herself as someone who has trouble affording shoes for
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Pont Gustave-Flaubert


de France, and Michel Virlogeux, designer of the Pont de Normandie Bridge and the Millau Viaduct. The bridge is named after the writer Gustave Flaubert. The name was finally chosen on 15 December 2006 by Rouen City Council of Rouen, after consultation with the people of Rouen with a choice between this or "Ponte Rouen La Salle", after the explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, also born in Rouen. In the meantime it was just known as "The sixth bridge". Two general routes
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Gare de Pont-Audemer


Gare de Pont-Audemer is a former railway station in the market town of Pont-Audemer, Eure in Upper Normandy. The station is on the railway line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Honfleur via Brionne. The CF de l'Ouest company built the line from Glos-Montfort and opened it on 23 August 1867, with an extension to Honfleur opened 8 August 1889. The line closed in 1977 but the station remained open as a ticket office as well as a headquarters for PontAuRail from 1995 to the end of the
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Pont-Audemer


them are a tourist attraction. The church of Saint-Ouen is noted for its Renaissance stained glass. Pont-Audemer has a railway station, Gare de Pont-Audemer, but passenger services were ceased in 1969. The station is served by TER Haute-Normandie buses. PontAuRail, a heritage railway association, ran two Diesel multiple units (a X4500 and a X2400) from Pont-Audemer to Honfleur between 1995 and 2006. Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was a sub-prefecture of the Eure department. The
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Roger de Beaumont


its "caput" and castle at Beaumont-le-Roger, a settlement situated on the upper reaches of the River Risle, in Normandy, about 46 km SW of Rouen, the capital of the Duchy. He was also feudal lord of Pont-Audemer, a settlement built around the first bridge to cross the River Risle upstream of its estuary, shared with the River Seine. Roger was nicknamed "La Barbe" (Latinised to "Barbatus") (i.e. "The Bearded"). Planché described him as
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Seine-Maritime


Le Havre, Dieppe, Neufchatel and Yvetot, although the latter two were disbanded in 1926. On 18 January 1955 the name of the département was changed to Seine-Maritime, in order to provide a more positive-sounding name and in-keeping with changes made in a number of other French departements. In 1843 the railway from Paris reached the region. The département is connected to the adjacent Eure department via the Tancarville and Pont de Normandie bridge crossings of the Seine. "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert is set
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Roger de Beaumont


Roger de Beaumont (c. 1015 – 29 November 1094), feudal lord (French: "seigneur") of Beaumont-le-Roger and of Pont-Audemer in Normandy, was a powerful Norman nobleman and close advisor to William the Conqueror. − He was a son of Humphrey de Vieilles (who was a great-nephew of the Duchess Gunnora of Normandy) by his wife Albreda de la Haye Auberie. Roger de Beaumont was thus a second cousin once removed of William the Conqueror. His Norman feudal lordship had
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Pont-Audemer


Pont-Audemer is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandie (Normandy) region in northern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Saint-Germain-Village was merged into Pont-Audemer. The commune is situated on the river Risle, 13 km upstream from its outflow into the Seine. It lies on the border between the regions Roumois and Lieuvin. The commune was spared substantial damage to its historic buildings during the Battle of Normandy. Nowadays the half-timbered buildings and the canals running between
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Espérance Langlois


Louise Marguerite Espérance Langlois (19 October 1805 – 4 December 1864) was a French painter and printmaker. From her marriage to the lawyer and businessman Jean-Adrien Bourlet de la Vallée she was also known as Espérance Bourlet de la Vallée. Espérance Langlois was born on 19 October 1805 at Pont-de-l'Arche in Normandy. Her grandfather had been an adviser to the king of France. Her father was the artist and antiquarian Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois. Throughout her childhood the family lived in great poverty, first in Pont
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2017 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21


west. On reaching Longjumeau, the riders headed north to Montrouge, entered Paris at the Porte d'Orléans and turned west along the southern Boulevards of the Marshals. After crossing the Seine at the Pont du Garigliano, the race headed north along the , crossing back at the Pont des Invalides and quickly crossing for the final time at the Pont Alexandre III. After passing through the Grand Palais, the race then entered the Champs-Élysées. The riders then faced the circuit around the Tuileries Garden, through the Place de la Concorde
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Seine


whole length is available for recreational boating; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the river banks in Paris, lined with top monuments including Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum and Musée d'Orsay. There are 37 bridges within Paris and dozens more spanning the river outside the city. Examples in Paris include the Pont Alexandre III and Pont Neuf, the latter of which dates back to 1607. Outside the city, examples include the Pont de Normandie, one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world,
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Orléans


forêt d'Orléans") and Orléans-la-Source neighbourhood, and the Sologne region to the south. Five bridges in the city cross the Loire River: Pont de l'Europe, Pont du Maréchal Joffre (also called Pont Neuf), Pont George-V (also called Pont Royal, carrying the commune tramway), Pont René-Thinat and Pont de Vierzon (rail bridge). To the north of the Loire ("rive droite") is to be found a small hill ( at the pont Georges-V
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Pont de l'Archevêché


The Pont de l'Archevêché (Archbishop's Bridge) is a bridge crossing the Seine river in Paris, France. The bridge links the 4th Arrondissement, at the Île de la Cité, to the 5th Arrondissement, between the quai de Montebello and the quai de la Tournelle. The Pont de l'Archevêché is the narrowest road bridge in Paris. It was built in 1828, by the engineer Plouard, for the society Pont des Invalides after the demolition of the suspension bridge at Les Invalides. The bridge is long. It is composed
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Gare de Honfleur


Honfleur-Ville was the railway station for the town of Honfleur, Calvados, in Lower Normandy. The station was the terminus for two railway lines, the main line from Paris via Brionne and the branch line from Paris via Pont-l'Évêque. The CF de l'Ouest company built the line from Pont-l'Évêque and opened it on 7 July 1862, the main line from Paris opened 8 August 1889. The station closed in 1977 and the line to the station cut off a few hundred metres at the junction with the dock
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Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados


Pont-l'Évêque is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is known for Pont-l'Évêque cheese, a type of soft cheese, the oldest Normandy cheese in production. During World War II, the town was severely damaged by a two-day battle in August 1944. On 1 January 2019, the former commune of Coudray-Rabut was merged into Pont-l'Évêque. The town serves as the setting for Gustave Flaubert's story "Un cœur simple" and features heavily in the
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Roger de Pont L'Évêque


Roger de Pont L'Évêque (or Robert of Bishop's Bridge; c. 1115–1181) was Archbishop of York from 1154 to 1181. Born in Normandy, he preceded Thomas Becket as Archdeacon of Canterbury, and together with Becket served Theobald of Bec while Theobald was Archbishop of Canterbury. While in Theobald's service, Roger was alleged to have committed a crime which Becket helped to cover up. Roger succeeded William FitzHerbert as archbishop in 1154, and while at York rebuilt York Minster, which had been damaged by fire. Roger did not
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Edward Charles Whinyates


troop did not take the field as a unit until 1811. However, Whinyates was present at Busaco in 1810, acting as adjutant to the officer commanding the artillery. He was also at the Battle of Albuera on 16 May 1811 with four guns, the cavalry affair at Usagre on 25 May, and in the actions at Fuentes de Guinaldo and Aldea de Ponte on 25 and 27 Sep In 1812 D troop was with Rowland Hill's corps on the Tagus river. At Ribera, Whinyates made such good use of two guns
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Paris in the 17th century


one from Porte Saint Martin to Porte Saint-Jacques, which crossed the Seine on the Pont Notre-Dame, and a second wide street from Porte Saint-Denis to the Porte Saint-Michel, crossing the Pont au Change and the Pont Saint-Michel. There was a single main east-west axis, beginning at the Bastille in the east and ending at Porte Saint-Honoré in the west, via the rue Saint Antoine, rue des Balais, rue Roi-de-Sicilie, rue de la Verrerie
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Pont Marie


The Pont Marie is a bridge which crosses the Seine in Paris, France. The bridge links the Île Saint-Louis to the quai de l'Hôtel de Ville and is one of three bridges designed to allow traffic flow between the Île Saint-Louis and the Left and Right banks of Paris. The Pont Marie links the Right Bank and is the counterpart of the Pont de la Tournelle which is built along the same line but serves to connect the Île Saint-Louis with the Left Bank. The Pont Marie derives its name
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Pont Vell, Santa Eulària des Riu


Pont Vell is the ancient bridge which crosses the Riu de Santa Eulària (Santa Eulària river), the only river on the Spanish island of Ibiza. The bridge stands next to the modern road bridge on the western approach to the town of Santa Eulària des Riu. Today the bridges is only used as a footbridge with all other traffic restricted to the adjacent modern bridge. "Pont Vell" was an important strategic crossing and was once the only way into Santa Eulària from the west. Its origins are considered to be Roman
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Île aux Cygnes


lined walkway, named L'Allée des Cygnes (Path of Swans), runs the length of the island. Since 2012, there has been a public workout space with bicycles and a climbing wall underneath the Pont de Grenelle, close to a Statue of Liberty replica. The island is crossed by three bridges: the Pont de Grenelle, the Pont Rouelle and the Pont de Bir-Hakeim. It is served by the Passy and Bir-Hakeim Métro stations. A notable feature is a quarter-scale replica of "Liberty Enlightening
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Pont-de-Chéruy


Pont-de-Chéruy is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Pont-de-Chéruy is located in the department of Isère and in the region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alps. The Bourbre flows north through the middle of the commune and crosses the town. The population has evolved according to the following table: In 2009 there were 1 medical center and 3 pharmacies. Since 2009 Pont-de-Chéruy has 2 maternal schools and 1 elementary school, 1 high school and 2 lyceums. Regarding the
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Pont Notre-Dame


The Pont Notre-Dame is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France linking the "quai de Gesvres" on the Rive Droite with the "quai de la Corse" on the Île de la Cité. The bridge is noted for being the "most ancient" in Paris, in the sense that, while the oldest bridge in Paris that is "in its original state" is undoubtedly the Pont Neuf, a bridge in some form has existed at the site of the Pont Notre-Dame since antiquity;
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Gorges de Daluis


(the Pont du Pra d'Astier on 7 July, the Pont de Berthéou the following day) in an attempt to halt German troops advancing toward Guillaumes. South from Guillaumes, the D902/D2202 runs on the west side of the gorge, with the southbound lane going through 17 tunnels. The (now defunct) Alpes-Maritimes railroad line from Pont-de-Gueydan to Guillaumes, inaugurated in 1923, runs east from Guillaumes and crosses the gorge at the Pont de la Mariée, spanning 58 meters. Bungee jumping is
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Bordeaux


often very busy. Another ring road is under consideration. Bordeaux has five road bridges that cross the Garonne, the Pont de pierre built in the 1820s and three modern bridges built after 1960: the Pont Saint Jean, just south of the Pont de pierre (both located downtown), the Pont d'Aquitaine, a suspended bridge downstream from downtown, and the Pont François Mitterrand, located upstream of downtown. These two bridges are part of the ring road around Bordeaux. A fifth bridge, the Pont Jacques-Chaban-Delmas
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Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture


pont de Grenelle', 'de la Bourdonnais' and 'pont de l’Alma' before reaching the 'Invalides' terminus. Not concerning the Ceinture directly, but attached to this extension, was another Ouest project approved on 14 June 1897: the 'Boulanvilliers' line extension that, crossing the river on a 'viaduc de Passy' just below the pont de l'Alma, would allow Ceinture and St-Lazare passengers a much shorter trip between the city centre and the Champ de Mars. It was an extensive project: the
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Pont Royal


The Pont Royal is a bridge crossing the river Seine in Paris. It is the third oldest bridge in Paris, after the Pont Neuf and the Pont Marie. The Pont Royal links the Right Bank by the Pavillon de Flore with the Left Bank of Paris between rue du Bac and the rue de Beaune. The bridge is constructed with five elliptical arches "en plein cintre". A hydrographic ladder, indicating floods' highest level in Paris, is visible on the last pier nearest each bank. In 1632, the entrepreneur
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Petit Pont


The Petit Pont ("Little Bridge") is a bridge crossing the River Seine in Paris, built in 1853, although a structure has crossed the river at this point since antiquity. The present bridge is a single stone arch linking the 4th arrondissement and the Île de la Cité, with the 5th arrondissement, between quai de Montebello and quai Saint-Michel. The Petit Pont is notable for having been destroyed, at least thirteen times since its original inception during Gallo-Roman times to the mid-19th century. It is
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Pont des Arts


The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square ("cour carrée") of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire). Between 1802 and 1804, under the reign of Napoleon, a nine-arch metallic bridge for pedestrians was constructed at the location of the present day Pont des Arts: this was the first metal bridge in Paris
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Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d'Argentré


Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d'Argentré (1 November 172024 February 1805) was Bishop of Séez, Normandy, from 17 Sep 1775 until his death. Jean-Baptiste was born in the in Argentré-du-Plessis in Brittany, from where the family took their name, to Pierre, former page of Louis XIV, and Marie-Louise Hindret de Ravenne. He was tutor to the "Enfants de France", the children of the French royal family, and the King's almoner. He was also (commendatory)
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Flers, Orne


towns near the D-Day landing, Flers was one of the targets of strategic bombing of Normandy on 6 and 7 June 1944, aimed at reducing the advance of German reinforcements. 80% of the town was destroyed. What remained of the town was liberated on 16 August by the British 11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) and the memorial to the division is at Pont de Vère, north of Flers. Flers has a train station on the line Paris - Granville on the TER Basse-Normandie line 2. It
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Tampico Bridge


for a central section of the long main span, while the rest of the main span and the short lateral spans are a prestressed concrete girder. Both steel and concrete deck girders have the same external shape. This original design principle was later used for the main span of the Pont de Normandie, a cable-stayed bridge in Normandy, France. The dynamic analysis of the bridge under turbulent cyclonic winds, as well as the revision of the structural project, and the geometry plus stress control of the bridge during erection,
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Pont de Tolbiac


The pont de Tolbiac is a bridge across the Seine in Paris built between 1879 and 1882 by H.P. Bernard, and J.D.A. Pérouse. It crosses from the 12th to the 13th arrondissement, linking quai de Bercy to rue Neuve Tolbiac. Its nearest Paris Metro station is Cour Saint-Émilion. The pont de Tolbiac was built in a wave of urbanisation of eastern Paris in the second half of the 19th century. The decision to build it was made in 1877 by a vote of the municipal council, in order to create an
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Pont-de-l'Isère


Pont de l'Isère is a French commune, located in the department of Drôme and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. This town really emerged in 1866 when it was separated from La Roche-de-Glun. Its name comes from the bridge which crosses the Isère to the south of the town Built in 1822 after the old wooden bridge burned down in 1814. Pont de l'Isère is a small town in the Drôme in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is best known for the fact that it is located
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Abbey d'Ardenne


of John of the Cross that the Gothic cloisters were closed. On November 12, 1627, the prior, in conflict with his abbot Guillaume Galodé, adopted most of the reforming statutes of Pont-à-Mousson. The abbey only adhered to the Congregation of Lorraine only after obtaining guarantees on regionalisation, as Lorriane was not a part of the Kingdom of France. John of the Cross convinced other abbeys to adhere to this reform, despite strong opposition, and Ardenne became one of the most influential abbeys in Normandy. John
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Hell in Normandy


Hell in Normandy (Italian title: "Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili", French title: "Tête de pont pour huit implacables") is a 1968 French/Italian international co-production World War II film directed by Alfonso Brescia. Prior to the invasion of France, Allied Intelligence launches Operation GAMBIT, the destruction of a bunker containing the controls to a device to flood the waters off the American landing at Omaha Beach with oil and ignite it to destroy the landing craft. The first phase is a preliminary reconnaissance
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Henry Ware (bishop of Chichester)


see of Chichester. Consequently, he was then required to renounce, in the presence of the king, any papal requirements that would be prejudicial to the authority of the crown. He was consecrated at Pont de l'Arche in Normandy on 17 July 1418. Also in 1418, Ware joined a royal expedition to Normandy, again as part of a diplomatic mission to seek a treaty with the Dauphin on 26 October. He had previously resigned from his position as keeper of the privy seal on 21 September 1418, presumably because of his
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Church of Notre-Dame-des-Arts


The Church of Notre-Dame-des-Arts ("Église Notre-Dame-des-Arts") is a Roman Catholic church in Eure, Upper Normandy, France. It was founded in Pont-de-l'Arche at the outset of the sixteenth century. A parish church, Notre-Dame-des-Arts is richly decorated, with splendid stained glass windows on the south side, dating to the early seventeenth century, including a renowned original work by Martin Vérel depicting boats being towed (1605).
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Pont de Saint-Cloud


The pont de Saint-Cloud ("Saint-Cloud Bridge") is a French bridge constructed of metal which crosses the Seine between the communes of Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Cloud in the French department of Hauts-de-Seine. The first pont de Saint-Cloud appeared in 841 because of a conflict between Charles the Bald et Lothaire I, and consisted of only a simple wooden footbridge. The Seine has been traversable from this location for twelve centuries, and tradition holds that no king of France has traversed
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Roger de Pont L'Évêque


was eventually restored to office in late 1171, and died in 1181. The see of York remained vacant after his death until 1189. Roger was probably born around 1115 and was a native of Pont-l'Évêque in Normandy. His only known relative was a nephew, Geoffrey, to whom Roger gave the offices of provost of Beverley Minster and archdeacon of York. Roger was a clerk of Archbishop Theobald's before being named Archdeacon of Canterbury, some time after March 1148. When Becket joined Theobald's household, their contemporary William
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Battle of Arques


for Picardy, Jean VI d'Aumont for Champagne and Henry IV for Normandy (where he awaited reinforcements from Elizabeth I of England). On 6 August 1589, Henry set up camp with 8,000 men at the port of Dieppe. The Duke of Mayenne sought to take back this key strategic port from Henry's forces and to drive him from Normandy. He drew together 35,000 troops, plus Cambrésis militias, Lorraine troops led by the Marquis de Pont-à-Mousson and a contingent of Spanish troops to attack the city. Knowing
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Pont de Vieille-Brioude


Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Vieille-Brioude Bridge) is located in France, crossing the Allier River. It is a masonry arch bridge with a span of that was built in 1832. The predecessor of this bridge on the same site was probably built in 1479 and had a span of , making it the longest existing arch span for some three hundred years. The bridge was ordered by local resident Lady de Dombes and built by Grenier and Estone similar to how Pont Grand (Tournon-sur-Rhône) was later
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Pont de Bir-Hakeim


The pont de Bir-Hakeim, formerly the pont de Passy, is a bridge that crosses the Seine River in Paris, France. It connects the city's 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the île aux Cygnes. The bridge, made of steel, is the second to have stood at the site. It was constructed between 1903 and 1905, replacing an earlier bridge that had been erected in 1878. An arch bridge, it is 237 metres (777 ft) long and 24.7 metres (81 ft)
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Penfeld


of the Quaternary Era. This explains its depth, allowing deep-draught ships to go quite a way upstream, with tides running up it up to deep. At Brest, the Penfeld is crossed by the Pont de l’Harteloire then, some way downstream, by the Pont de Recouvrance, the largest vertical-lift bridge in Europe until it was de-throned by the Pont Gustave-Flaubert in 2007. In its last stretch, within embankments high, the Penfeld runs through the Brest naval base, and at its mouth
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History of Paris


followed the route of the modern day Rue Saint-Jacques. It crossed the Seine and traversed the Île de la Cité on two wooden bridges: the "Petit Pont" and the "Grand Pont" (today's Pont Notre-Dame). The port of the city, where the boats docked, was located on the island where the parvis of Notre Dame is today. On the right bank, it followed the modern Rue Saint-Martin. On the left bank, the "cardo" was crossed by a
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Humphrey de Vieilles


Humphrey (or Honfroy, Onfroi or Umfrid) de Vieilles (died c. 1050) was the first holder of the "grand honneur" of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy and the founder of the House of Beaumont. He was married to Albreda or Alberée de la Haye Auberie. His early life and origins are the subject of much discussion. As reported by later Norman chronicler Robert of Torigni, he was son of Thorold de Pont-Audemer and grandson of a
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102nd Cavalry Regiment


1st Squadron (Hackettstown), additionally entitled to: War on Terrorism Iraq: National Resolution DECORATIONS French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered PROVENCE TO LORRAINE Troop B (West Orange), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to: World War II Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription Troop A (Dover), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to: Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ SEP 2008-MAY
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Robert de Vieuxpont


Robert de Vieuxpont (died 1227/8) ("alias" Vipont, also Veteripont Latinized to "de Vetere Ponte" ("from the Old Bridge")) was an Anglo-Norman landowner and administrator in the north of England. He was born the younger son of William de Vieuxpont and his wife Maud de Morville. He entered royal service and was initially employed in Normandy as a paymaster of troops and director of military works, including those on Rouen Castle. He was rewarded in February 1203 by being given custody of
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Ponte de Mem Gutierres


Ponte de Mem Gutierres is a Romanesque bridge in Portugal, located in the civil parish of Esperança e Brunhais, in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso. Crossing the river Ave in the district of Braga, the bridge connects either margin lined with picturesque houses. Limited by the Serra do Carvalho, Serra da Cabreira and Serra do Gerês, the bridge is situated in a cross-roads territory that links Braga with Chaves, across the Serra do Gerês, and between Braga and Guimarães. Its central location was important in groups that
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Pont des Invalides


The Pont des Invalides is the lowest bridge traversing the Seine in Paris. The story of this bridge started in 1821, when engineer Claude Navier conceived a technologically revolutionary bridge that crossed the Seine in one single reach without any point of support in between. The proposed suspension bridge, the construction of which started in 1824, was meant to be erected opposite to the Hotel des Invalides on the site of the current Pont Alexandre III. Navier failed to leave a safety margin on top of his calculations, and the contract to build
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Ponte Romana do Rio Brenhas


The Ponte Romana do Rio Brenhas ("Roman bridge of Rio Brenhas"), sometimes known simply as the "Ponta Romana de Moura" or "Ponte de Moura", is bridge built during the Roman occupation of the Iberian peninsula, that crosses the River Brenhas in the civil parish of Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador in the municipality of Moura in the Portuguese district of Beja. It was constructed during the Roman occupation, and integrated with the "Via de Ebora", that began
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Rafał Sonik


Cup. 1st start in the "12 hours of Pont de Vaux" 2005 (Honda TRX 450R). Polish Champion title in the Enduro Rally class 2K Silesian Cross-Country Quad Champion class Open (Mistrz Śląska w Country Crossie Quadów, klasa Open). Polish Champion title in the Enduro Rally class 2K Silesian Cross-Country Quad Champion class 2K. 2nd place in the Polish Motor Association Cup in Quad Cross Country class Open. start w "12 hours of Pont de Vaux" 2003 (Yamaha Banshee).
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David René de Rothschild


holds the following corporate positions: In 2015 David de Rothschild was indicted in Spain for fraud in relation to a scheme that allegedly defrauded British retirees who signed up for an inheritance tax minimisation scheme. In 1974, David de Rothschild married the Italian Princess Olimpia Anna Aldobrandini (b. 1955) in Reux, Calvados. They have four children: The Rothschilds make their home in Normandy at Château de Reux, about from Paris, on the seigneury between the village of Reux and the small town of Pont-l'Évêque, where David de
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Compagnie française des métaux


It also made copper and brass products. In 1957 the Compagnie française des Métaux and the Pont-à-Mousson Sidélor group jointly formed the Compagnie des Tubes de Normandie. After a major investment the new factory restarted manufacturing in February 1959 making steel tubes from in diameter. In 1961 it became part of the Union Sidérurgique Lorraine (Sidelor). The plant was taken over by the Vallourec company around 1980. A copper factory was created in 1806 by Gédéon de Contamine in Fromelennes, near to Givet, on the Belgian border
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Pont de Rei


The Pont de Rei (, , ) is a bridge and border crossing over the Garonne River that connects the Aran Valley of Spain with the Haute-Garonne department of France. The road on the French side is N125, ending in the commune of Fos; on the Spanish side the road is N-230, ending in the municipality of Bausen. In 1515, the "Plan d'Arem" agreement was signed at the crossing between Spanish and French nobles and representatives to guarantee free passage and exchange of goods between the valleys on both
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House of Beaumont


The Norman family of Beaumont was one of the great baronial Anglo-Norman families, who became rooted in England after the Norman Conquest. Roger de Beaumont, Lord (seigneur) of Pont-Audemer, of Beaumont-le-Roger, of Brionne and of Vatteville, was too old to fight at the Hastings and stayed in Normandy to govern and protect it while William was away on the invasion. As a reward, he received lands in Leicestershire. His son Robert de Beaumont, comte de Meulan, who commanded the
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Pont de Wandre


The Pont de Wandre is a single-pier cable-stayed bridge carrying the N667 road across the Albert Canal and River Meuse between Liège (on the east side) and Herstal (on the west side), both in Belgium. From the 15th to 19th century the Meuse at Wandre was crossed by a ferry. In 1884 the first bridge crossing between Herstal and Wandre was built; it consisted of a metal bowstring bridge across the canal, a seven-arched brick-and-stone viaduct across the land between the
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Strasbourg tramway


Wacken" and "Droits de l’Homme - Robertsau Boecklin" (line E); "Gare centrale - Pont de Saverne" (line C) and "Pont de Saverne - Homme de Fer" (line A) - around 14.4 km in total. The "Homme de Fer" station did not exist on the old network: there was a station nearby in the Rue de la Haute Montée, currently crossed by lines B, C and F, while the Place Kléber was the main hub. "Place de la
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Rouvre


The Rouvre is a river in Normandy, in the Orne département, a tributary of the river Orne. The river's source is in the commune of Beauvain, a few kilometres to the east of La Ferté-Macé. After crossing the Pays d'Houlme, it turns in a north-westerly direction to re-enter Norman Switzerland, and then in its last course of passes around Bréel. The Rouvre then confluences into the Orne between the dam at Saint-Philbert-sur-Orne and Pont-d'Ouilly, and joins
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Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds


Bernardin Gigault, Marquis de Bellefonds (1630–1694) was a French nobleman, soldier and courtier of the 17th century, who was appointed Marshal of France in 1668 and held a number of senior positions in the personal household of Louis XIV. While the family came from Bellefonds, in the central French department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bernadin's branch settled in Chef-du-Pont, near Valognes, in Normandy. His paternal grandfather Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds (1580-1639) was Governor of Valognes and Caen; his grandmother
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Route nationale 15


and leaves the river, passing the town of Gaillon. The road runs parallel to the A13 autoroute and passes through the "Forêt de Louviers" heading North and over the river at Pont-de-l'Arche onto the right bank of the Seine. The road follows the river bank overlooked by surrounding cliffs including the "Roches de Saint-Adrien". The road meets the Route nationale 14 and enters the capital of Normandy, Rouen. The N15 heads Northwest from the city centre and towards Yvetot. It enters the town
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Giovanni Giocondo


the Venetians, and the undertaking was a complete success. Between 1496 and 1499 Giocondo was invited to France by Louis XII, and made royal adviser. There he built one bridge of remarkable beauty, the Pont Notre-Dame (1500-1512) in Paris, and designed the Palace of the Chambre des Comptes, the Golden Room of the Parliament, and the Chateau of Gaillon (Normandy), one portal of which has been removed to Paris, and stood for years in the courtyard of the École des Beaux-
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Beaupre (surname)


with Marie Guyon. They had a son, also named Nicolas, in 1603. This son became the family's pioneer ancestor. As an adult, he emigrated to New France--later named Québec, Canada--where he married on 2 Sep 1640 at St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans with a woman named Catherine Gouget, a "Fille du Roi", from Bourg de Thury, Normandie, France. The "Filles du Roi" (i.e. "King's Daughter") were women who were shipped from France to
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Ottavio Orsini


Ottavio Orsini (1585–1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Segni (1632–1640) and Bishop of Venafro (1621–1632). Ottavio Orsini was born in 1585 and ordained a priest in 1618. On 13 Sep 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Venafro. On 21 Sep 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Roberto Ubaldini, Bishop of Montepulciano, with Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, Bishop of Troia, and Fabrizio Landriani, Bishop of Pavia, serving as co-consecrators
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Pont-de-Crau


of Crau. The project was sanctioned by Robert de Montcalm, councillor of king Henry III of France and president of his court at the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence. De Montcalm used his own money to purchase a two-ninths share of the Arles-Canal de Craponne project, which was confirmed by an act of August 29, 1583. In 1584, the associates built the Pont-de-Crau, a bridge and aqueduct to cross a fetid foul water swamp south east of Arles. This was significant
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José Antonio Álvarez Condarco


with Supreme Director Juan Martín de Pueyrredón. Together, they were able to establish what types and quantities of war materiel would be necessary for the Andean campaign. At the end of 1816, San Martín sent him to Chile, with the apparent mission of delivering letters to Casimiro Marcó del Pont, the Spanish governor. In reality, San Martín wanted to employ his skills as a cartographer to discover the best path for the army to cross the cordillera. He originally crossed through the Paso de Los Patos. Marcó del Pont sent
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Pierre-Simon Laplace


home of his great-great-grandson the Comte de Colbert-Laplace. Others had been destroyed earlier, when his house at Arcueil near Paris was looted in 1871. Laplace was born in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy on 23 March 1749, a village four miles west of Pont l'Évêque. According to W. W. Rouse Ball, his father, Pierre de Laplace, owned and farmed the small estates of Maarquis. His great-uncle, Maitre Oliver de Laplace, had held the title of Chirurgien Royal. It
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Landmarks in Paris


and the Musée de la Légion d'honneur. The Ukrainian Embassy and the World Heritage Centre lie in the 7th arrondissement, and several bridges crossing the Seine include Pont de la Concorde and Pont Royal. The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a 17th-century avenue connecting the Place de la Concorde and the Napoleonic Arc de Triomphe, which straddles the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements. It is a major tourist attraction and shopping street, one of the most famous routes of the World, hosting labels such as Sephora, Lancel,
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Menilmontant brook


, the rue Roquépine, the rue de Penthièvre, the rue du Colisée and the rue Marbeuf and finally the Seine river where it ended, between the pont de l'Alma and the Place du Trocadéro. In the 1760s, Jean-Joseph de Laborde covered the Great Sewer for reasons of public health. It is notably the Rue de Provence with an East-West route that covers the Great Sewer and makes disappear the small "pont d'Arcans" (=Arcans bridge). This bridge allowed to cross the Grand Sewer at approximate
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Normandy


floorplan incorporates elements of one of the earliest surviving places of Christian worship in the Cotentin – perhaps second only to the Gallo-Roman baptistry at Port-Bail. It is dedicated to Germanus of Normandy. Parts of Normandy consist of rolling countryside typified by pasture for dairy cattle and apple orchards. A wide range of dairy products are produced and exported. Norman cheeses include Camembert, Livarot, Pont l'Évêque, Brillat-Savarin, Neufchâtel, Petit Suisse and Boursin. Normandy butter and Normandy cream are lavishly used in gastronomic specialties.
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Pont-l'Évêque cheese


Pont-l'Évêque is a French cheese, originally manufactured in the area around the commune of Pont-l'Évêque, between Deauville and Lisieux in the Calvados "département" of Normandy. It is probably the oldest Norman cheese still in production. Pont-l'Évêque is an uncooked, unpressed cow's-milk cheese, square in shape usually at around square and around high, weighing . The central pâte is soft, creamy pale yellow in color with a smooth, fine texture and has a pungent aroma. This is surrounded by a washed
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Roger de Pont L'Évêque


Before Becket returned to England, on 1 December 1170, he excommunicated Roger, as well as Gilbert Foliot the Bishop of London and Josceline de Bohon the Bishop of Salisbury. After Becket landed in England the three excommunicates went to Becket and asked for absolution, but while Becket was willing to absolve Gilbert and Josceline, he insisted that only the pope could absolve an archbishop. Roger persuaded the others that they should stick together, and all three went to King Henry in Normandy, to secure the king's permission for their appeals
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Vinci SA


has been involved in many major projects including the Gariep Dam completed in 1971, the Tour Montparnasse completed in 1972, the Centre Georges Pompidou completed in 1977, the Yamoussoukro Basilica completed in 1989, the new visitor entrance to the Louvre completed in 1989, the Channel Tunnel completed in 1994, the Pont de Normandie completed in 1995, the Stade de France completed in 1998, the Rio–Antirrio bridge, completed in 2004, Whiston Hospital completed in 2013 and the Atlantic Bridge, Panama due to complete in 2018. Vinci is
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Émilie Cozette


Émilie Cozette (born 1981) is a French ballet dancer. She joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1998, becoming a star (étoile) in 2007. Born in 1981, Cozette started to dance in Pont de l'Arche, Normandy, when she was just six years old. Although she was also interested in the piano, she opted to concentrate on ballet at the Conservatoire de Rouen, continuing at the Paris Opera Ballet School where she graduated in 1998. At the age of 17, Cozette joined the Paris Opera Ballet.
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André Corap


André Georges Corap (15 January 1878 – 15 August 1953) was a General in the French Army who fought in World War II. He commanded the 9th Army during the battle of France in 1940. Corap was born in Pont Audemer, Normandy. His father was a tailor. In 1898 he graduated from École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr and joined the French Army. He commanded colonial troops in Algeria and Morocco. In 1905, he was admitted to the Collège interarmées de défense. In 1914, he was a
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Polyclès Langlois


Polyclès Langlois (29 September 1814 – 30 November 1872) was a French writer, draughtsman and painter. Polyclès Langlois was born in Pont de l'Arche in Normandy on 29 September 1814. He was the son of Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois. Polyclès and his older sister Espérance Langlois were both taught by their father and often assisted him with drawings and engravings. He exhibited a view of Saint-Ouen and Old Street of old Rouen at the Salon de Paris of 1861. He drew views of the monuments of Rouen and then worked
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France


% of new cars sold in 2004 had diesel engines, far more than contained petrol or LPG engines. France possesses the Millau Viaduct, the world's tallest bridge, and has built many important bridges such as the Pont de Normandie. There are 464 airports in France. Charles de Gaulle Airport, located in the vicinity of Paris, is the largest and busiest airport in the country, handling the vast majority of popular and commercial traffic and connecting Paris with virtually all major cities across the world. Air France is the national
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Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor


The passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, formerly known as passerelle Solférino (or pont de Solférino), is a footbridge over the River Seine in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is served by the Metro station Assemblée Nationale. For a century, a cast iron bridge inaugurated by Napoleon III in 1861 allowed vehicles to cross between quai Anatole-France and quai des Tuileries. Built by the engineers of the Pont des Invalides, Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie and Jules Savarin, it was named after the June 1859 French
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Pont de Neuilly


The Pont de Neuilly is a road and rail bridge carrying Route nationale 13 and Paris Métro Line 1 which crosses the River Seine between the right bank of Neuilly-sur-Seine and Courbevoie and Puteaux on the left bank in the French department of Hauts-de-Seine. It faces the headquarters of La Défense and is aligned on the Axe historique of Paris. The first bridge on the site was in wood, built after the fall of Henry IV and Marie de Médicis's carriage in June 1606. The second was
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Route nationale 10


André-de-Cubzac and crosses the Dordogne. The old road passes through Ambarès-et-Lagrave as "avenue de l'Aquitaine" (as the RD 911). It becomes the "avenue Carnet" and "avenue Thiers" in the centre of Bordeaux. It then crosses the Garonne at the "Pont de pierre". The road leaves Bordeaux to the south as the "cours Gambetta" and crosses the A 630/E 70 at Réjouit and then into heavily wooded countryside of the "Landes de Gascogne"
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Sully – Morland (Paris Métro)


Sully - Morland is a station of the Paris Métro, France, named after the Pont de Sully and the "Boulevard Morland". The Pont de Sully commemorates Maximilien de Béthune, Baron of Rosny, Duke of Sully (1560–1641), friend and Minister to King Henri IV. It crosses the Seine to the Île Saint-Louis and the Boulevard Saint-Germain. The "Boulevard Morland" was named after Colonel François-Louis Morlan (called "Morland", 1771–1805) who was killed at Austerlitz, with his
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American airborne landings in Normandy


A of the 2nd Armored Division was sent forward to repel the attack. The 101st was then assigned to the newly arrived U.S. VIII Corps on June 15 in a defensive role before returning to England for rehabilitation. The 82nd airborne still had not gained control of the bridge across the Merderet by June 9. Its 325th GIR, supported by several tanks, forced a crossing under fire to link up with pockets of the 507th PIR, then extended its line west of the Merderet to Chef-du-Pont. The 505th PIR
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Ponte da Ribeira de Meimoa


The Ponte da Ribeira de Meimoa is a medieval bridge that crosses the "Ribeira de Meimoa", in the civil parish of Meimoa, municipality of Penamacor in Portuguese district of Castelo Branco. The bridge was constructed between 14th and 16th century, over a pre-existing structure that was constructed during the Roman epoch. The structure was totally reconstructed during the Reconquista, and integrated into the secondary military line that connected Salgueiro to Meimoa, winding through the "Via Lata". Legend suggests that a Roman bridge existed on the site
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2015 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21


into Boulogne-Billancourt and followed the Rive Droite to the Longchamp Racecourse, where the riders passed around the northern side, before crossing the Bois de Boulogne to the Palais des congrès. The race headed up the Avenue de la Grande Armée, to reach the Arc de Triomphe, and then headed down "Avenue Marceau", back towards the Seine. The peloton turned right onto the "Avenue de New York", then turned left and crossed the Seine at the Pont d'Iéna. After crossing the bridge, the riders turned
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USS Ancon (AGC-4)


. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 9 Sep 43 – 21 Sep 43, Salerno Landings, Operation Avalanche, the Allied Invasion of Italy. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 6 Jun 44 – 25 Jun 44, Normandy Landings, Operation Overlord, D-Day. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, 1 Apr 45 – 3 Jun 45, Ryuku Islands Landings, Operation Iceberg, The Battle of Okinawa. Philippine Liberation Medal, 5 Jun 45 – 20 August 1945, Subic Bay Philippines, Philippines
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Île de la Cité


position to fend off Viking attacks at the Siege of Paris in 885-86, and in the 10th century, a cathedral (the predecessor of Notre-Dame) was built on the island. From early times wooden bridges linked the island to the riverbanks on either side, the Grand Pont (the Pont au Change) spanning the wider reach to the Right Bank, and the Petit Pont spanning the narrower crossing to the Left Bank. The first bridge rebuilt in stone (in 1378) was at the site of the
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Caudebec-en-Caux


development of the industrial polder towards Harfleur has changed the geometry of the estuary so that mascaret now seems to be a phenomenon of the past. Since 1977 Caudebec has been served by the Pont de Brotonne, one of three bridges built across the Seine, downstream from Rouen since 1960, to replace the many ferries so making vehicular access between the Pays de Caux and the Autoroute A13 easier. Caudebec is one of numerous places in Normandy having names which are clearly derived from a Scandinavian language. "Caldebec" Abt 1025 (like
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Pont d'Austerlitz


The Pont d'Austerlitz is a bridge which crosses the Seine River in Paris, France. It owes its name to the battle of Austerlitz (1805). The bridge links the 12th arrondissement at the rue Ledru-Rollin, to the 5th and 13th arrondissements, at the Jardin des Plantes. The construction of the bridge came from a necessity to link the Faubourg Saint-Antoine on the right bank to the Jardin des Plantes on the left bank. At the beginning of the 19th century the first bridge was constructed. In 1801
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508th Infantry Regiment (United States)


it cannot be done by green troops." The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment participated in Operation Overlord, jumping into Normandy at 2:15 a.m. on 6 June 1944. Their immediate objectives were to capture Sainte-Mère-Église, secure crossings at the Merderet River near La Fiere and Chef-du-Pont, and establish a defensive line north from Neuville-au-Plain to Breuzeville-au-Plain. There they were to tie in with the 502nd Parachute Infantry, of Major General Maxwell Taylor's 101st Airborne Division.
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Honfleur


"Not to be confused with nearby Harfleur". Honfleur ( in French) is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. Its inhabitants are called "Honfleurais". It is especially known for its old port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and
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Seine (Van Gogh series)


was in July 1886 that his brother Theo began to notice changes in Vincent's paintings and noted Parisian artists began swapping paintings with him. "Pont du Carrousel with Louvre" depicts the bridge that crosses the Seine named Pont du Carrousel and behind it the Louvre. Pont de Carrousel is a bridge that leads to the Louvre which is accessed through "guichets" du Carrousel and guichets du Louvre. Guichets are gates and commonly used for the passages into the Louvre. The Louvre was built about 1200 as a fortress. In the
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Les Préaux


was also called village. We have no knowledge of the characteristics of the custom applied to the Prunes. Musset refers to the laws of Burgundy Breteuil which can give similar examples found in Normandy. In any case, the project of turning the territory into a village was a failure. In 1106, Robert de Meulan, the local lord granted a suburban right only to Pont-Audemer. The village of Préaux was not indicated in the act of the Lord. However, a hamlet really existed since the Middle Ages in the
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Honfleur


) origin. Honfleur is in the Norman "département" of Calvados, located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine, across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. The town is at the eastern extremity of the coastline called the Côte Fleurie (Flowery Coast). The population has hovered between 8,000 and 9,000 since 1793 and, , had 8,177 inhabitants who are called Honfleurais according to INSEE Honfleur is the seat of a canton including the communes of Ablon, Barneville-la
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Saint-Wandrille-Rançon


Saint-Wandrille-Rançon is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north west France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine. A village of farming and forestry situated by the banks of the Seine, some north-west of Rouen at the junction of the D22, D33 and the D982 roads. Until 1960, the Pont de Brotonne was the first bridging point of the Seine. Today it carries the D490 over the river
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