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unusual facts about Élysée Palace


House of La Tour d'Auvergne

The Hôtel d'Évreux was subsequently renamed the Élysée Palace and currently serves as the official residence of the President of France.


Lyn Swinburne

In 2000, Swinburne was one of three Australians invited to sign the Charter of Paris Against Cancer at the Élysée Palace in the presence of President Jacques Chirac.

Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict

The idea of a eurodistrict Strasbourg-Kehl (as it was called then) was officially launched on 22 January 2003, by then-French President Jacques Chirac and then-German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder during a meeting in the Élysée Palace; it was point 24 of the common declaration made on the 40th anniversary of the cooperation treaty between Germany and France.


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