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13 unusual facts about Puteaux


47 mm APX anti-tank gun

The chosen weapon was a design of the state-owned arsenal Atelier de Puteaux ("Puteaux workshop", abbreviated to APX), and was designated as canon de 47 mm semi-automatique mle 1937.

Bolloré

Bolloré is a French investment and industrial holding group headquartered in Puteaux, on the western outskirts of Paris, France.

Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP

TRP stands for tir rapide, Puteaux (fast-firing, designed by the Atelier de Puteaux).

Giuseppe Cei

Cei died on March 28 of that year when his plane crashed on Rotschild Island near Puteaux.

Induco

The Induco was a French automobile manufactured in Puteaux from 1922 to 1924.

Jean Metzinger

However, Princet would remain close to Metzinger and participate in meetings of the Section d'Or in Puteaux.

La Femme au Cheval

Princet was close to Metzinger and participated in meetings of the Section d'Or in Puteaux, giving informal lectures to the artists, many of whom were passionate about mathematical order.

Michel Lambert

Titon du Tillet mentions concerts given in his house in Puteaux, during which Lambert himself accompanied on theorbo.

Mochet

Georges Mochet began to produce cycle-cars at his, now-demolished, premises at 68, Rue Roque-de-Fillol at Puteaux in approximately 1946 and by about 1952 had progressed to more modern looking two seater micro-cars and powered two-wheelers.

Rebour

The Puteaux company built "luxury touring cars" and cabs; their model range consisted of 10/12 hp, 18/22 hp, 20/25 hp, and 40/50hp cars.

Unic

In 1905 Richard had a meeting with the entrepreneur-financier Baron Henri de Rothschild and obtained funding for the creation of the "société anonyme des automobiles Unic", based at Puteaux.

Vincenzo Bellini

He died in Puteaux, France at the age of 33, nine months after the premiere of his last opera, I Puritani.

Heine's comments were prophetic because, just nine months after the premiere of I Puritani, Bellini died in Puteaux, near Paris of acute inflammation of the intestine, and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris; his remains were removed to the cathedral of Catania in 1876.


SPAD S.XII

The gun chosen for the SPAD 12 was not the old Hotchkiss cannon but a new 37 mm Semi Automatique Moteur Canon (SAMC), built by Puteaux, for which 12 shots were carried.