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How Courvoisier Crafts One Of The World’s Great Cognac
Louis Gallois and Felix Courvoisier founded a wines and spirits business in Bercy, in the suburbs of Paris, in 1809 ...
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Restored Notre-Dame to have its own museum in Paris's Hôtel-Dieu
During the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, the prefect of Paris, destroyed houses and buildings in front of the cathedral’s façade to clear space. The medieval Hôtel-Dieu was ...
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Napoleon's Temple In The Heart Of Paris Is A Hidden Gem With Impressive Architecture
In 1806, Napoleon recategorized ... walking distance of Pont Alexandre III, the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, and the Palais Garnier opera house. To explore Paris even faster, take advantage ...
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Georges Clemenceau
Named mayor of Montmartre in Paris after the 1870 overthrow of Napoleon III, Clemenceau was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1876. Touched by a scandal over Panama canal funding in 1893 ...