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  2. Saint-Séverin, Paris - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Saint-Séverin (French: Église Saint-Séverin) is a Roman Catholic church in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, of Paris, on the lively tourist street Rue Saint-Séverin. It was constructed beginning in 1230, then, after a fire, rebuilt and enlarged in the 15th to 17th centuries in the Flamboyant Gothic style.

  3. 5th arrondissement of Paris - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The 5th arrondissement of Paris ( Ve arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as le cinquième . The arrondissement, also known as Panthéon, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine. It is one of the capital's central arrondissements.

  4. Old City of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Old City of Jerusalem ( Arabic: المدينة القديمة, romanized : al-Madīna al-Qadīma, Hebrew: הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, romanized : Ha'ír Ha'atiká) is a 0.9-square-kilometre (0.35 sq mi) walled area [2] in East Jerusalem . In a tradition that may have began with an 1840s British map of the city, the Old City is ...

  5. Capernaum - Wikipedia

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    Capernaum (/ k ə ˈ p ɜːr n eɪ ə m,-n i ə m / kə-PUR-nay-əm, -⁠nee-əm; Hebrew: כְּפַר נַחוּם, romanized: Kfar Naḥum, lit. 'Nahum's village'; Arabic: كفر ناحوم, romanized: Kafr Nāḥūm) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.

  6. Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris - Wikipedia

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    Rue Saint-Jacques is a street in the Latin Quarter of Paris which lies along the cardo of Roman Lutetia. Boulevard Saint-Michel, driven through this old quarter of Paris by Baron Haussmann, relegated the roughly parallel Rue Saint-Jacques to a backstreet, but it was a main axial road of medieval Paris, as the buildings that still front it attest.

  7. List of historic churches in Paris - Wikipedia

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    In the heart of the Latin Quarter, the church was first built in 1230, then, after a fire, rebuilt and enlarged in 15th to 17th centuries in the Flamboyant Gothic style. It became a parish church for students at the University of Paris and is one of the oldest churches on the Left Bank. Saint-Étienne-du-Mont: Place Saint-Genevieve

  8. Frenchtown, Houston - Wikipedia

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    Frenchtown, Houston. Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church. Frenchtown is a section of the Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas. In 1922, a group of Louisiana Creoles, particularly Creoles of color, some of which were Francophones or Creole-speakers, organized Frenchtown, which contained a largely Roman Catholic and Creole culture. [1]

  9. 6th arrondissement of Paris - Wikipedia

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    13th. 15th. 14th. v. t. e. The 6th arrondissement of Paris ( VIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le sixième . The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the seat of the Senate and its garden, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine.