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Catacombs of Paris

The Catacombs of Paris or Catacombes de Paris is a underground ossuary in Paris, France. Located south of the former city gate (the "Barrière d'Enfer" at today's Place Denfert-Rochereau), the ossuary holds the remains of about six million people and fills a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of Paris's stone mines.

Located at 48.834, 2.33232 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Paris, Subterranea (geography), History of Paris, Catacombs, Ossuaries, Museums in Paris, History museums in France

Alfred Dreyfus

Alfred Dreyfus ( ; 9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Jewish background whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most tense political dramas in modern French and European history. Known today as the Dreyfus Affair, the incident eventually ended with Dreyfus's complete exoneration.

Located at 48.8381, 2.32694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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1859 births, 1935 deaths, Alsatian Jews, École Polytechnique alumni, Devil's Island inmates, French Jews, French military personnel of World War I, French prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, Attempted assassination survivors, Jewish French history, Officiers of the Légion d'honneur, Overturned convictions, People associated with the Dreyfus Affair, People convicted of treason against France, People from Mulhouse, Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by France, Recipients of French presidential pardons, Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery, Jewish military personnel

14th arrondissement of Paris

The 14th arrondissement of Paris (also known as "arrondissement de l'Observatoire") is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France. Situated on the left bank of the River Seine, it contains most of the Montparnasse district. It is today best known for its skyscraper, the Tour Montparnasse, and its major railway terminus, the Gare Montparnasse.

Located at 48.833, 2.32689 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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14th arrondissement of Paris

Flora Tristan

Flora Tristan (7 April 1803 in Paris – 14 November 1844 in Bordeaux, France) was a socialist writer and activist. She was one of the founders of modern feminism. She wrote several works, the best known of which are Peregrinations of a Pariah (1838), Promenades in London (1840), and The Workers' Union (1843). Tristan was the grandmother of the painter Paul Gauguin.

Located at 48.8324, 2.32063 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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1803 births, 1844 deaths, Writers from Paris, Feminist writers, French suffragists, French feminists, French socialists, French women writers, French people of Spanish descent, Peruvian feminists, Peruvian people of Spanish descent

École Spéciale d'Architecture

The École Spéciale d'Architecture is a private school for architecture at 254, boulevard Raspail in Paris, France. The school was founded in 1865 by engineer Emile Trélat as reaction against the educational monopoly of Beaux-Arts architecture.

Located at 48.8375, 2.33083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Architecture schools in France, Educational institutions established in 1865

Alésia (Paris Métro)

Alésia is a station of the Paris Métro on line 4 in the 14th arrondissement. The line 4 platforms were opened on 30 October 1909 when the southern section of the line opened between Raspail and Porte d'Orléans. The name refers to Rue d'Alésia, named for the Battle of Alesia between the Gauls of Vercingetorix and the Romans of Julius Caesar.

Located at 48.8283, 2.32667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Railway stations opened in 1909

Denfert-Rochereau (Paris Métro)

Denfert-Rochereau is a station on the Paris Métro in France. An adjacent station with the same name is served by RER B. The station opened on 24 April 1906 with the opening of the extension of line 2 Sud from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907 line 2 Sud became part of line 5.

Located at 48.8339, 2.33273 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Railway stations opened in 1906

Mouton-Duvernet (Paris Métro)

Mouton-Duvernet is a small, typically Parisian metro station on line 4 in the 14th arrondissement. The line 4 platforms were opened on 30 October 1909 when the southern section of the line opened between Raspail and Porte d'Orléans. The name refers to the Rue Mouton-Duvernet, named after 19th-century general Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet.

Located at 48.8321, 2.33032 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Railway stations opened in 1909

Petit-Montrouge

The quartier du Petit-Montrouge is number 55 of the 80 quartiers administratifs (administrative districts) in Paris. It lies in the 14th Arrondissement, in the south of the capital. It owes its name to the adjacent commune of Montrouge, of which it formed a part before 1860. It is familiar as the quartier Alésia, from the name of a street that bisects it and from the principal Métro station that serves it, although the quartier Alésia does not exactly overlap the quartier du Petit-Montrouge.

Located at 48.8301, 2.33088 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Districts of Paris

Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge

Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge is a 19th century church in Paris, in the Petit-Montrouge quarter of the XIVe arrondissement. It was built from 1863, during Hausmann's redesign of the city, by Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, the architect charged with designing the 14e arrondissement. It occupies a triangular site bounded by the avenue du Maine and the avenue du général-Leclerc, and its bell-tower faces the quarter's central square.

Located at 48.8286, 2.32703 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, Churches completed in 1863, 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings

Place Denfert-Rochereau

Place Denfert-Rochereau, previously known as Place d'Enfer, is a public square located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France, in the Montparnasse district, at the intersection of the boulevards Raspail, Arago, and Saint-Jacques, and the avenues René Coty, Général Leclerc, and Denfert-Rochereau, as well as the streets Froidevaux, Victor-Considérant and de Grancey. It is one the largest and most important squares on the left bank of the Seine.

Located at 48.8344, 2.33239 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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14th arrondissement of Paris, Squares in Paris

Montparnasse Cemetery

Montparnasse Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Montparnasse) is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, part of the city's 14th arrondissement.

Located at 48.8381, 2.32694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Paris, 14th arrondissement of Paris, Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery