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the year
1345
saw both the completion of the
Notre Dame de Paris
(pictured)
and the writing of important works on
Buddhist cosmology
?
besides
utility poles
(example pictured)
, anonymous
knitters
from
Knitta
have also left their
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on the
Great Wall of China
and the
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Louvre
Théodore Chassériau
's painting of his sister
Aline Chassériau
, now in the
Louvre
, was painted when he was 16 and she was 13?
the
Louvre
describes
Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle
as the most beautiful
ronde-bosse
ivory carving
ever made?
the
Dendera zodiac
(pictured)
, an ancient
relief
on display at the
Louvre
, was originally a
planisphere
on the ceiling of a
temple
in
Egypt
?
the American Classic
Arcade
Museum located at
Funspot
has been called "the
Louvre
of the '
8-bit
' world"?
Sainte-Chapelle
the
Byzantine
chapel of the
Theotokos of the Pharos
at
Constantinople
housed a huge collection of holy relics, many of which were acquired by
Louis IX of France
for his
Sainte-Chapelle
?
Paris
16th-century English diplomat
Francis Bryan
disgraced himself by throwing eggs and stones at the common people during a mission to
Paris
?
French anarchist
Theodule Meunier
, responsible for several bombings in
Paris
in 1902, was featured as a
Sherlock Holmes
antagonist in René Réouven's
L'Assassin du Boulevard
?
Bandung
in
Indonesia
was dubbed the "
Paris
of
Java
" (
Parijs van Java
) in the
1920s
due to the European ambience of
Braga Street
?
Honoré de Balzac
once observed that "the heart of
Paris
today beats between
rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin
and rue du Faubourg
Montmartre
"?
Mexican
cuisine
celebrity chef
and
author
Marcela Valladolid
has also been classically trained as a pastry chef in
Paris
?
Paris
currently has more than
360 working fountains
, including one, the
Fontaine des Innocents
(pictured)
, in use since the 16th century?
Paris
has held six
BIE
-sanctioned
world's expositions
, but the most recent was in 1937?
Paris
-based
Naye Prese
was the sole
Yiddish
-language
communist
daily newspaper in
Europe
during the
interbellum
period?
Peter Paul Rubens
produced a
series of paintings
depicting episodes from
Marie de' Medici
's life for the
Luxembourg Palace
in
Paris
?
Philippe Égalité
's
Château du Raincy
near
Paris
contained an outcrop of houses scored to resemble traditional Russian log huts?
Pope John Paul II
Pope Benedict XVI
received
George W. Bush
this month in a
medieval tower
where
Pope John Paul II
resided temporarily while his
papal apartments
were being remodeled?
Pope John Paul II
placed
rosary devotions
(example pictured)
at the very center of Christian spirituality and called them "among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation"?
Pope John Paul II
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?
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had
Pope John Paul II
made an honorary
Harlem Globetrotter
, represented
Frank Sinatra
for decades and claimed to have known client
Dolly Parton
"since she was flat-chested"?
Jacques-Désiré Laval
(pictured)
, a
Spiritan
missionary
to
Mauritius
, was the first person
beatified
by
Pope John Paul II
?
one of those killed in the
mass murders in Piaśnica
, Sister
Alicja Kotowska
, was
beatified
together with
107 other victims
of
Nazi terror
in 1999 by
Pope John Paul II
?
retired
Sacramento
bishop
Alden John Bell
was stabbed in his office while preparing for a trip to see
Pope John Paul II
?
the
Baroque
church of
Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi
(pictured)
, which houses the hearts of 25
popes
, was presented to the
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
by
Pope John Paul II
?
the
postage stamps of the Palestinian National Authority
have featured many well-known figures, but those with
Pope John Paul II
might be fake
illegal stamps
?
the
Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis
, a book of
Aztec
herbal remedies
in
Latin
, was returned to
Mexico
by
Pope John Paul II
after more than four centuries of changing hands in
Europe
?
Eiffel Tower
Nağaybäk
Tatars
of
Russia
constructed their own Paris, with
Eiffel Tower
?
the 14th name on one side of the
Eiffel Tower
is the engineer
Charles Combes
?
Catholic Church
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
's
Missa Papae Marcelli
was once thought to have been composed to convince the
Council of Trent
not to ban
polyphonic music
from the
Catholic Church
?
ordinary salt may be blessed
by
Catholic
priests
and used as a
protective sacramental
?
Callistus Valentine Onaga
oversees a
microbank
as part of his position as a
Roman Catholic
bishop in Nigeria?
Charles Langdale
was one of the first
Roman Catholics
in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
following the passing of the
Catholic Relief Act 1829
?
Professor Ivor Browne
was denounced as antagonistic towards the
Catholic Church
after he came out in support of the mistress of
Fr. Michael Cleary
?
Ludwig Schwarz
, the
Roman Catholic
bishop
of
Linz
,
Austria
, has a
doctorate
in
classical philology
and
archeology
from the
University of Vienna
?
Our Lady and the English Martyrs
in
Cambridge
is one of the largest
Catholic
churches in United Kingdom?
Pino Puglisi
was a
Roman Catholic
priest in the deprived
Palermo
neighbourhood of
Brancaccio
who was killed by the
Sicilian Mafia
?
Tacchi Venturi
, the personal liaison between
Mussolini
and the popes, was the architect of the
Lateran Treaty
, which created
Vatican City
and made
Catholicism
the state religion of Italy?
after the six year study
A Christian reflection on the New Age
, the
Catholic Church
rejected all that is close to the
New Age
?
France
"
4 Mots sur un piano
", which deals with the theme of a
romantic
relationship between two men and one woman, was the fifth
best-selling
single
of
2007
in
France
?
11-year old
Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
is regarded by
Jacobites
as third in line for the throne of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
, and
Ireland
?
18th century
Franco
-
Portuguese
industrialist
Jácome Ratton
(pictured)
left a vivid account of the
1755 Lisbon earthquake
in his
memoirs
and was exiled to the
Azores
during the
Napoleonic Wars
?
18th century
French
artilleries
were the most efficient at
cannon operation
(pictured)
, capable of firing 150 shots per
cannon
daily during
siege
?
18th century
French
salons
were often led by those who were creating the
Encyclopédie
?
footballer
Edward King
was honored for heroism in the
Philippines
and tactical skill in
France
and later became
Commandant of the Army Command and General Staff College
?
Cambodia
's
Mongkol Borei District
was part of
Thailand
until the
French
demanded it back in 1907?
Camille Le Mercier d'Erm
and his colleagues formed the
Breton Nationalist Party
in 1911 to advocate the independence of
Brittany
from
France
?
Catherine II
's
Instruction to the Legislative Assembly
was banned in pre-revolutionary 18th-century
France
as a "libertarian book"?
cinematographer
Lawrence Sher
first developed an interest in photography after his father convinced him to take a
35mm
camera on a
Teaneck High School
-sponsored trip to
France
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