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2 unusual facts about Faubourg


Boulevard Saint-Germain

This area around the boulevard is also referred to as the Faubourg ("Suburb") Saint-Germain which developed around the abbey.

Pierre François Tissot

Prior to this moment, he had lived on the income derived from a factory of horn lanterns in the Faubourg Saint Antoine; finally in fairly comfortable circumstances, he devoted himself to literature.


Bureau d'études des postes et télécommunications d'outre-mer

It was a continuous activity started by the Minister of Colonies in the 1894, then at the Pavillon de Flore in the Louvre Palace, and after at different addresses: 10 rue du Mont-Thabor, rue Vaneau and 80 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis.

Faubourg Saint-Germain

During the July Monarchy, from 1830 to 1848, when the junior Orleanist branch held the throne, the Faubourg was politically marginalized, many noble family withdrawing from active participation in political life to their castles, urban mansions in the Faubourg and passive but brilliant social life.

During the Restoration of the Bourbon dynasty, the Faubourg recovered its past glory as the most exclusive high nobility district of Paris.

Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, is a documentary film directed by Dawn Logsdon and co-directed and written by Lolis Eric Elie.

Hans Goerth

He died in the encounter and is represented on the Arras Flying Services Memorial at the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery.

How the Poor Die

In March 1929 he was feeling unwell and spent two weeks in the Hôpital Cochin, rue Faubourg Saint-Jacques, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.

Michel Amelot de Gournay

His purchase in 1713 of a Paris house in rue Saint-Dominique, faubourg Saint-Germain, the Hôtel Amelot de Gournay, which had been begun as a speculation the previous year by the architect Germain Boffrand and was in course of construction, revealed the daring of the architect and the courage of the patron.


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