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A French passport (French: passeport français) is an identity document issued to French citizens.Besides enabling the bearer to travel internationally and serving as indication of French nationality (but not proof; the possession of a French passport only establishes the presumption of French nationality according to French law [7]), the passport facilitates the process of securing assistance ...
The Fontaine des Innocents is a monumental public fountain located on the place Joachim-du-Bellay in the Les Halles district in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Originally called the Fountain of the Nymphs, it was constructed between 1547 and 1550 by architect Pierre Lescot and sculptor Jean Goujon in the new style of the French ...
48°51′36″N 2°20′56″E / 48.860°N 2.349°E / 48.860; 2.349. Type. Public (not extant) Style. churchyard. The Holy Innocents' Cemetery (French: Cimetière des Saints-Innocents or Cimetière des Innocents) is a defunct cemetery in Paris that was used from the Middle Ages until the late 18th century. It was the oldest and ...
In 1758, when the Place de la Concorde was created, the impasse became the Rue de l'Orangerie. It was also known as the Petite rue des Tuileries. It begins between 2, place de la Concorde and 258, rue de Rivoli. It ends at 271, rue Saint-Honoré, where it is extended by the Rue du Chevalier-de-Saint-George. The even-numbered side is in the 1st ...
The Boulevard des Capucines is a boulevard in Paris. It is one of the ' Grands Boulevards ' in Paris, a chain of boulevards built through the former course of the Wall of Charles V and the Louis XIII Wall, which were destroyed on the orders of Louis XIV. The name comes from a beautiful convent of Capuchin nuns whose garden was on the south side ...
The Rue des Rosiers, which means "street of the rosebushes," is a street in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It begins at the Rue Malher and proceeds northwest across the Rue Pavée, Rue Ferdinand Duval, Rue des Écouffes, and Rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais before it ends at the Rue Vieille du Temple. The Rue des Rosiers lies at ...
Rue des Martyrs. The Rue des Martyrs is a street that passes through the 9th and 18th arrondissements of Paris, France. [1] The street is an old historic route in Pigalle leading up to the village of Montmartre, linking the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette with Sacré-Cœur. [1] It is lined with around 200 shops and restaurants.
With a land area of 1.601 km 2 (0.618 sq mi; 396 acres), the 4th arrondissement is the third smallest arrondissement in the city.. It is bordered to the west by the 1st arrondissement, to the north by the 3rd, to the east by the 11th and 12th, and to the south by the Seine and the 5th.