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  • Villette or Villettes may refer to: Arthur Villettes, (fl. 1746–1765), British diplomat Francois Villette (1621-1698), engineer, optician and fireworks...
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    Villette (/viːˈlɛt/) is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels...
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    The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, 55.5 hectares (137 acres) in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th...
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  • Villette-sur-Aube (French pronunciation: [vilɛt syʁ ob], literally Villette on Aube) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Communes...
    2 KB (76 words) - 04:40, 1 August 2023
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    Porte de la Villette (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də la vilɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro. The origin of the commune of the Villette was a Gallo-Roman...
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    Armand Gabriel Rétaux de Villette (9 February 1754-1797)[citation needed] was a French procurer, forger, blackmailer and pimp. He participated in the famous...
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    The Château de Villette is a château (a French manor house) located in Condécourt, France, 40 km (24.8 mi) northwest of Paris. There are numerous outbuildings...
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    Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l'Ourcq, which meet near the Parc de la Villette. The 19th arrondissement, mixing the Old French bohemianism and also the...
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    Villette is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux...
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  • Pierre Villette (7 February 1926 – 6 March 1998) was a French composer of choral and instrumental music. Villette was born into a musical family in 1926...
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    The Grande halle de la Villette (originally: Grande Halle aux Boeufs; translation: "Great Hall of Cattle"), formerly a slaughterhouse and now a cultural...
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    Charles Michel, Marquis de Villette (4 December 1736 – 7 July 1793) was a French writer and politician. Charles was born in Paris as the heir of a financier...
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    The Bassin de la Villette (La Villette Basin) is the largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water on 2 December 1808. Located in the 19th...
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    Villette-d'Anthon (French pronunciation: [vilɛt dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère department...
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    Villette Sonique is an annual music festival in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, featuring a combination of experimental music, noise rock, electronic...
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    Brussels as the inspiration for some of the events in The Professor and Villette. After returning to Haworth, Charlotte and her sisters made headway with...
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    Villette is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) northeast...
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    La Villette (French pronunciation: [la vilɛt] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The commune is part...
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    multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de l'Ourcq. Its ability...
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    Muille-Villette is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune is situated on the D932 road, some 15 miles (24 km)...
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