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  • Thumbnail for Cherbourg
    commune of Cherbourg-Octeville on 28 February 2000, which was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin on 1 January 2016. Cherbourg is protected...
    230 KB (24,921 words) - 20:28, 4 October 2024
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    (former Cherbourg-Octeville) The Abbey and Church of Notre-Dame-du-Vœu [fr] The Basilica of the Holy Trinity [fr] The Church of Saint-Clément Cherbourg Harbour...
    10 KB (688 words) - 18:00, 11 September 2024
  • of basilicas of the Catholic Church. A basilica is a church with certain privileges conferred on it by the Pope. Not all churches with "basilica" in...
    227 KB (2,000 words) - 13:40, 30 September 2024
  • Basilica churches, many of great architectural significance, can be found throughout France. There are 167 which have been officially designated as minor...
    25 KB (153 words) - 19:15, 9 August 2024
  • 11 – Basilica of St Denis near Paris in the Kingdom of France consecrated, the first Gothic church. 1145 – Basilica of Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin...
    2 KB (199 words) - 21:18, 18 June 2024
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    radar frequencies which blinded the entire German radar network from Cherbourg to Le Havre. On the morning of the 6th (D-Day) the antennas at Douvres-la-Délivrande...
    5 KB (456 words) - 08:59, 21 August 2024
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    station, Lisieux station, which is the connecting station between the Paris-Cherbourg and Paris-Trouville/Deauville main lines, is served by Transport express...
    19 KB (1,782 words) - 09:16, 21 August 2024
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    Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Stations of the Cross Saint-Gervais Basilica Saint-Gervais Basilica, Skull of Saint Aubert US Avranches is based in the commune...
    11 KB (1,232 words) - 14:54, 16 September 2024
  • Joseph Noyon was born at Cherbourg (France). He studied organ and church music at the Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Cherbourg, and later became the organist...
    4 KB (460 words) - 01:52, 6 April 2024
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    Town (1982). The Passage Pommeraye appears briefly in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Other films set (or filmed) in Nantes include God's Thunder by Denys...
    158 KB (15,987 words) - 16:10, 11 October 2024
  • (1982–1986). Armand Fouillen, 91, French football player (Red Star, AS Cherbourg) and manager (Brest). Connor Garden-Bachop, 25, New Zealand rugby union...
    191 KB (14,201 words) - 06:45, 10 October 2024
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    Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) Cathedral of Sainte-Marie (Bayonne) Basilica of Saint-Seurin (Bordeaux) Basilica of Saint-Michel (Bordeaux) Cathedral of Saint-André (Bordeaux)...
    37 KB (3,949 words) - 15:09, 16 September 2024
  • Augustinian Canons Regular alien house: dependent on Notre-Dame-du-Voeu-Cherbourg; founded c.1164; dissolved c.1414; granted to the Carthusians at Mount...
    24 KB (2,841 words) - 12:34, 15 September 2024
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    Marie Thérèse d'Artois. On 16 August, the family had reached the port of Cherbourg where they boarded a ship for Britain. King Louis-Philippe had taken care...
    39 KB (4,410 words) - 15:48, 27 August 2024
  • Roupy [fr], Roupy, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, 1922 Gare Maritime de Cherbourg, Cherbourg, 1933 Gare de Rouen Rue Verte, Rouen, Normandy, 1928 Grand Hôtel...
    111 KB (10,030 words) - 23:33, 28 September 2024
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    Louis XVI (category Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis)
    and of his sister-in-law Marie Antoinette transferred and buried in the Basilica of St Denis, the Royal necropolis of the Kings and Queens of France. Between...
    88 KB (10,448 words) - 09:41, 1 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dual monarchy of England and France
    English settlers had arrived to purchase estates in coastal cities like Cherbourg, Caen and Harfleur. However, for matters of security of English-controlled...
    45 KB (5,969 words) - 03:52, 29 September 2024
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    Germans were dug into fortified emplacements above the beaches. Caen, Cherbourg, Carentan, Falaise and other Norman towns endured many casualties in the...
    27 KB (3,686 words) - 04:13, 15 August 2024
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    emperor to Italy in 1116, was controversially crowned empress in St Peter's Basilica, and acted as the imperial regent in Italy. Matilda and Henry V had no...
    108 KB (13,393 words) - 17:01, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alauna, France
    important towns, was situated on the Roman road connecting it to Coriallo (Cherbourg). The road continues southeast towards Crociatonum, which may be Saint-Côme-du-Mont...
    73 KB (8,673 words) - 14:33, 6 September 2024
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