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unusual facts about Basilica of Saint-Denis



A Terrible Night

The film was made with the Méliès-Reulos portable camera in the open air, in the garden of Méliès's home in Montreuil, using natural sunlight and a cloth backdrop.

Afropone

The fossils were first studied by Russian paleontologists Gennady M. Dlussky and Alexandr Rasnitsyn with South African paleontologist Denis Brothers.

Alison Van Pelt

Painters—Richard Estes, Denis Peterson, Audrey Flack and Chuck Close among them—would create paintings that appeared to be photographs.

Anna Brownell Jameson

Her father, Denis Brownell Murphy (died 1842), was a miniature and enamel painter.

Béatrice Poulot

Béatrice Poulot (born in 1968 in Saint-Denis, Réunion), who performs as simply Béatrice, is a French singer.

Brent St. Denis

St. Denis was defeated by Carol Hughes of the New Democratic Party in the 2008 federal election.

Cameca

Also in the early 1950s settles the company in the factory of Courbevoie, boulevard Saint-Denis where it will remain more than fifty years.

Christian Olsson

2004: Turin (Grand Prix) - 17.61 m; Bergen (Golden League) - 17.58 m; Bydgoszcz (European Cup super league) - 17.30 m; Gateshead (Grand Prix) - 17.43 m; Rome (Golden League) - 17.50 m; Paris Saint-Denis (Golden League) - 17.41 m; Zürich (Golden League) - 17.46 m; Brussels (Golden League) - 17.44 m; Berlin (Golden League) - 17.45 m; Monaco (World Athletics Final) - 17.66 m

Conon de Béthune

L'autrier un jor aprés la Saint Denise (The day after Saint Denis' Day)

Denis Aberhart

Denis Charles Aberhart (born 23 March 1953 in Motueka) is a former New Zealand first class cricketer who played for Canterbury and Central Districts between 1976/77 and 1983/84.

Denis Gage Deane-Tanner

One version holds that Edward Sands was actually Denis Tanner, the director's younger brother.

Denis Mackey

Mackey was born at Richmond in Melbourne to commercial traveller Alphonsus Denis Mackey and Dulcie Edith, née Reid.

Denis Rose

Denis Rose (May 31, 1922, London - November 22, 1984, London) was an English jazz pianist and trumpeter.

Denis Shvidki

Denis Aleksandrovich Shvidki (born November 21, 1980) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey right wing currently playing for Heilbronner Falken of the German 2nd Bundesliga.

Denis Walker

L to R: Denis Walker, Lord Sudeley, El Salvador's Foreign Minister, Andrew Smith (yellow tie), Dr Harvey Ward

Edith of Wilton

Edith built a church at Wilton and dedicated it to Saint Denis.

Eliska Vincent

When she was widowed she inherited land in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris, giving her a secure income with which she helped promote women's rights and the rights of workers.

Eric Denis

Eric "Roach" Denis' films have played in festivals such as Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, in Tver (Russia), DocsDF (Mexico City) and Nemo (Paris).

Fenwick Groupe

The Fenwick Groupe is a French engineering company, established in 1862, located in Saint-Ouen on the northern outskirts of Paris.

Freddy Kemayo

Frédéric "Freddy" Kemayo (born May 6, 1982) is a French heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Faucon Gym in Villepinte, France.

Gare d'Épinay-sur-Seine

The Gare d'Épinay-sur-Seine (Épinay-sur-Seine station) is one of the two railway stations in the commune of Épinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis department, France (the other being the Gare d'Épinay-Villetaneuse).

Gare de Saint-Denis-près-Martel

The station is also on the preserved railway of the Chemin de Fer Touristique du Haut Quercy (CFTHQ) which operates between Martel and Saint-Denis-lès-Martel, a distance of 7 km.

Georgina Verbaan

In 2002, she released her debut studio album Sugar Spider that resulted in a number of radio hits including "Ritmo", "Yo quiero bailar" a cover of Sonia & Selena and "Denis" a cover of Blondie.

Helen Caldicott

Helen Caldicott is featured along with foreign affairs experts, space security activists and military officials in interviews in Denis Delestrac's 2010 feature documentary Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space.

Helikopter-Streichquartett

The performers were: first violinist Irvine Arditti and pilot Marco Oliver; second violinist Graeme Jennings and pilot Lieutenant Denis Jans; violist Garth Knox and pilot Lieutenant Robert de Lange; cellist Rohan de Saram and pilot Captain Erik Boekelman (Stockhausen 1996, 216).

Hornec gang

The Hornec clan is led by three brothers, born in the Parisian suburb city of Montreuil.

Janoir

The Janoir was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1922 by a motorcycle and sidecar company in Saint-Ouen.

Jérôme Anthony

He was also a host of Nouvelle Star, a French version of Idol on W9 and later M6 with Estelle Denis and in Nouvelle Star, ça continue with Camille Combal.

John Kernan Mullen

Mullen was born to Denis Mullen (1806–86) and Ellen Mulray (1816–88) in the town of Ballinasloe, County Galway, in June 1847.

La Grande Chaloupe

La Grande Chaloupe is a village on the island of Réunion, an overseas region of France in the Indian Ocean, located on its northern coast between Saint-Denis and La Possession.

Le Bureau

It takes place in Villepinte, a business park in the northeast suburbs of Paris.

Michaël Niçoise

Michaël Joseph Niçoise (born 19 September 1984 in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis) – commonly known as Dawood Nicoise – is a French football player from Guadeloupe, who is currently playing for Putrajaya SPA F.C. in the Malaysia Premier League.

Morris Engines

The Hotchkiss company of France, who were makers of the famous machine gun, hurriedly transferred production to England during World War I when it looked as if their St. Denis factory near Paris was going to be overrun by the Germans.

Movement director

Michel Saint-Denis taught movement in London and was an influential associate director alongside Peter Brook at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1962–1966, introducing influences from his work in Paris with his uncle Jacques Copeau.

Nicholas Alexander

Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon (born 1955), son of Denis Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon

Nosfell

Nosfell (born 1 December 1977, in Saint-Ouen in Seine-Saint-Denis) is a rock musician who performs in a group with Pierre Lebourgeois (cellist) and Orkhan Murat (drummer).

Óscar Denis

Oscar Denis Sánchez (born 2 October 1946, in Concepción) is a Paraguayan politician and the current Vice President.

Patrick Denis O'Donnell

Patrick Denis O'Donnell died in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, after a long illness, and his remains were interred in Glasnevin Cemetery, following a funeral with military honours and a pall-bearer party from the 5th Infantry Battalion, whose insignia he designed, and in the presence of the Chief of Staff, Lt. General James Sreenan, and accompanied by surviving family members, relatives and friends.

Recollects

In Newfoundland, Recollect friars established a friary in 1689 at the island's capital, Plaisance (now Placentia), which was staffed until 1701 by friars from Saint-Denis, near Paris.

Renée Gailhoustet

Gailhoustet's works are to be found mainly in the Paris suburbs, first and foremost at Ivry-sur-Seine and Aubervilliers, but also in Saint-Denis (renovation of the Ilot Basilique, 1981–1985), Villejuif, Romainville and Villetaneuse.

Richard Pigott

As a young man he supported Irish nationalism and worked on the Nation and the Tablet before acting as manager of The Irishman, a newspaper founded by Denis Holland.

Saint Martial

All that is known about him may be summed up thus: Under the Emperors Decius and Gratius (AD 250-251), Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges.

Sakae Ōsugi

1923 - February: Arrives in France; May: Arrested at May Day demonstration in Saint-Denis; June: Deported from France; July: Arrives in Japan.

Souarata Cissé

Souarata Cissé (born January 16, 1986 in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France) is a French basketball player who played for French Pro A league clubs Pau-Orthez, Paris, Rouen and Hyères-Toulon Var Basket.

Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora

In only 10 years, "Little Jaffna", located at the last stretch of the winding street of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement, between metros Gare de Nord and La Chapelle, has sprung to life and begun to truly flourish.

St. Brendan's College

Groundbreaking for the school started on 8 October 1939 and presided by Bishop Romuald Denis Hayes of Rockhampton.

Stade de Paris

The Stade de Paris (usually called Stade Bauer) is a 8,000-capacity football (soccer) stadium in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis in the northern suburbs of Paris.

Steven Horsford

In August 2011, Horsford appointed Senator Mo Denis to lead the caucus election efforts during for the 2012 election cycle, garnering criticism from some in his party due to Denis's sub-par fundraising.

Tchavolo Schmitt

He became influential among his peers, in particular at Porte de Montreuil or Chope des Puces in Saint-Ouen, legendary homes of manouche swing.


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