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Cours-la-Reine

The Cours-la-Reine, also spelled Cours la Reine (without hyphens), is a public park and garden promenade located along the River Seine, between the Place de la Concorde and the Place du Canada, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.


12 Rounds 2: Reloaded

On August 3, 2012, it was reported that Renny Harlin would not directing the film in order to do 2014's The Legend of Hercules, and was replaced by Roel Reiné, from the director of The Marine 2 and Pistol Whipped.

1997 French Grand Prix

The 1997 French Grand Prix (formally the LXXXIII French Grand Prix) was a Formula Onemotor race held at Circuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours, France on 29 June 1997.

2001 French Grand Prix

The 2001 French Grand Prix (formally the Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France on 1 July 2001.

2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season

Series veteran Eric Salignon scored four victories at Magny-Cours, Silverstone, Oschersleben and Imola during the season, he took the championship at the wheel of his Graff Racing-run car, giving team their first Eurocup championship.

2005 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round

The 2005 French GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 2 and July 3, 2005 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France.

2006 French Grand Prix

The 2006 French Grand Prix (formally the XCII Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, near Magny-Cours, France on 16 July 2006.

2007 French Grand Prix

The 2007 French Grand Prix (formally the XCIII Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held on July 1, 2007 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France.

2008 French Grand Prix

The 2008 French Grand Prix (formally the XCIII Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held on June 22, 2008 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France.

2010 World Series by Renault season

Aleshin took his third victory of the season at Magny-Cours, while Berthon picked up his only win of the season in the second race, and thus Aleshin extended his championship lead at the halfway stage, leading with 75 points to Ricciardo's 66 and Guerrieri's 59.

Afonso IV of Portugal

The dramatic situation between father and son and Inês, became plots in more than twenty operas, as well as "Nise lastimosa" and "Nise laureada" (1577) by Jerónimo Bermúdez, 'Reinar despues de morir' by Luís Vélez de Guevara, "Inez de Castro" by Mary Russell Mitford, and La Reine morte (The Dead Queen) by Henry de Montherlant.

Architecture terrible

Architecture terrible was a style of architecture advocated by French architect Jacques-François Blondel in his nine-volume treatise Cours d'architecture ou traité de la décoration, distribution et constructions des bâtiments contenant les leçons données en 1750, et les années suivantes (1771–1777).

Automotive industry in Spain

A 25cv sports version of the Tipo 20 was produced in 1919 as the Reine Victoria (name of the Queen consorts).

Charles Bargue

Ackerman, Gerald M., (ed.) & Parrish, Graydon: Charles Bargue avec le concours de Jean-Léon Gérôme: Cours de dessin, French edition, 2003.

Colchester Racing Developments

The best result was achieved by Swede Håkan Dahlqvist in the Coupe d'Europe at Magny-Cours where he finished sixth.

Cours Saint-Louis

The cours Saint-Louis is a street in Marseille, named after Louis of Toulouse (elder brother of Robert of Naples) rather than Saint Louis.

Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick

The Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (in French: Cour du Banc de la Reine du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the superior court of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Dan Linfoot

Just a week after making his BSB debut Linfoot was given a wildcard entry to the World Supersport Championship at Magny-Cours.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

The choices of circuits on which to hold rounds of the championship were also unsuccessful – the rounds at Magny-Cours, France and particularly Interlagos suffered very poor attendance.

FIA WTCC Race of France

The FIA WTCC Race of France was a round of the World Touring Car Championship which was held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours and the Circuit de Pau between 2005 and 2009.

Fort La Reine

The elder Verendrye left Fort Maurepas at the mouth of the Red River in September 1738, ascended that river to the present site of Winnipeg, ascended the Assiniboine and on October 3 chose a site for Fort La Reine.

Groupe µ

The Traité du signe visuel (1992) (which Göran Sonesson said was to visual communication what Saussure’s Cours de linguistique générale was to linguistics) sought to elaborate a general grammar of the image, independently of the type of corpus being considered.

IMSA Performance

In the Porsche Carrera Cup France, the team's only highlight was a win at Magny-Cours.

Jean Grenier

He filled notebooks with details of his relationships with Francine Camus, René Char, Louis Guilloux, Jean Giorno, André Malraux and Manès Sperber and with the editorial team of the Nouvelle Nouvelle Revue française, as well as his conversations with numerous contemporary artists who visited him at his home in Bourg-la-Reine.

Jean Paul Lehners

After completing the “Cours Supérieurs” (higher courses) in Luxembourg in 1967, Jean-Paul Lehners studied in Strasbourg (France) as well as Vienna (Austria) between 1968 and 1973.

Jean-Baptiste Robin

He continued composition studies with George Benjamin (King's College London) and organ studies with Louis Robilliard (Conservatoire de Lyon, Prix de Perfectionnement), Odile Bailleux (Conservatoire de Bourg-la-Reine, Prix de Perfectionnement), and Marie-Claire Alain (regional conservatory of Paris).

Jeremy Coller

He also took the Diplome Cours de Civilisation at the Sorbonne.

JMB Racing

Wendlinger and Bertolini won at Magny-Cours but missed the win at the Spa 24 Hours by two laps, taking third place at the end of the year for the drivers championship, with the team reaching second place.

Joan Bodon

Upon completing his primary school teaching in his native Crespin, Joan Bodon was admitted to cours complémentaire in Naucelle in 1932.

Jon Lancaster

He dovetailed that European campaign with a season in the French Formula Renault Championship, competing in eleven of the series' thirteen races, finishing sixth with two wins coming at Magny-Cours and Barcelona.

Jules Quicherat

In one point he seems to have taken a false step; with a warmth and pertinacity worthy of a better cause he maintained the identity of Caesar's Alesia with Alaise, and he died without becoming a convert to the opinion, now almost universally accepted, that Alise Sainte-Reine is the place where Vercingetorix capitulated.

Karl Muggeridge

He struggled throughout the season with his highest place finish of 8th in race 2 of the penultimate round at Magny-Cours, Karl did not race in the final round of the season.

Kings and Queen

Rois et reine (English title: Kings and Queen) is a 2004 French film directed by Arnaud Desplechin.

Le Mesnil-Lieubray

A fourteenth-century fortified manorhouse called the Château de la Reine Blanche (allegedly owned by Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan).

Liber de Causis

Otto Bardenhewer, Die pseudo-aristotelische Schrift ueber das reine Gute bekannt unter dem Namen Liber de Causis: Arabic text, German translation

Luciano Bacheta

Bacheta made six starts in the WEC, recording a best finish of ninth at Magny-Cours with left him 26th in the championship.

Magny-Cours

It is best known for being the home of the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, a famous motor racing circuit (whose name is often abbreviated to 'Magny-Cours').

Michele Mazzarino

Mazzarino was the promoter of the "Mazarin district" in Aix-en-Provence located south of the Cours Mirabeau.

Middleton Place

Three of the four planted at the corners of the main parterre survive, grown to fifteen feet: One is Camellia japonica "reine des fleurs"; the other is an ancestor of the modern cultivar Charles Sprague Sargent.

Mike Conway

At Magny-Cours he also finished 8th in the feature race, but this time he faded to finish 6th in a wet sprint race.

Paolo Longo

He has also earned second prizes and special mentions in Rome (Premio Valentino Bucchi), Piacenza (Egidio Carella Competition), Geneva (Prix Reine Marie José), Urbana-Champaign (Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award), Angoulême, Cuneo, Auckland and many others.

Régiment de la Reine

A mounted regiment the Régiment de la reine dragons (Queen's Dragoons), was raised in 1673, named like its infantry counterpart in honour of the queen consort Marie-Thérèse of Spain.

Sam Michael

The Michael/Frentzen partnership was successful, resulting in a win at the French Grand Prix at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, and then again at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Swiss cottage, Cahir

Armagh (National Trust); and the Petit hameau de la Reine at Versailles.

Thomas Banastre

In 1360, he was fighting in France in the campaign led by Edward III, who also knighted at Bourg-la-Reine.

Trevor Blokdyk

He continued in Formula Junior in 1964 and then moved into Formula 3 and scored some good results, including a win at Magny-Cours and Nogaro.

Ulmus 'Australis'

Augustine Henry described lines of the trees along the Cours-la-Reine in Rouen planted in 1649 by the Duc de Longueville; several of which were still alive in 1912, having attained a height of about 28 m.

Vercingetorix in popular culture

The village of Alise-Sainte-Reine holds a yearly festival celebrating Vercingetorix.


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