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Renaud Labaye graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr from 2005 to 2008 where he obtained the rank of lieutenant, and from HEC Paris in 2009. After his studies, he began his career as a project manager within the management General Director of Competitiveness, Industry and Services at the Ministry of Economics and Finance from 2010 to 2014.
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées ( French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize]; English: Great Palace of the Champs-Élysées ), commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France.
René Sergent (French pronunciation: [ʁəne sɛʁʒɑ̃]; July 4, 1865 - August 22, 1927) was a French architect.. Biography. Born in Clichy, Sergent was trained at the École spéciale d'architecture, where he concentrated on French architecture of the 18th century but also studied British contemporaries such as Robert Adam, then entered the architectural office of Ernest Sanson where he ...
The Pont Neuf (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ nœf], "New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France.It stands by the western (downstream) point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BCE, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia and, during the medieval period, the heart of the city.
The Four Sergeants of La Rochelle ( French: Quatre sergents de La Rochelle) were a group of French soldiers who plotted to overthrow the French monarchy of the Bourbon Restoration. Sergeants Bories, Pommier, Gobin and Raoulx were associates of the revolutionary Charbonnerie, a French secret society modelled after the Italian Carbonari.
Fouquet's Paris is an historic brasserie restaurant in Paris, France located at 99 Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Part of Hotel Barrière Le Fouquet's Paris, the site is known for its red awnings spread over two terraces on the Champs-Élysées and Avenue George V . For decades, Fouquet's Paris has been a place where people from the entertainment ...
The Conciergerie ( French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sjɛʁʒəʁi]) (English: Lodge) is a former courthouse and prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité, below the Palais de Justice. It was originally part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which also included the Sainte-Chapelle.
MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Harrie Lavreysen figured that on a searing fast track in the velodrome outside of Paris, and going against the erstwhile sprinting kings from Britain, that ...