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Chambre du Roi. La Chambre du Roi ( French pronunciation: [la ʃɑ̃bʁ dy ʁwa] ), "the king's bedchamber"), has always been the central feature of the king's apartment in traditional French palace design [1] Ceremonies surrounding the daily life of the king — such as the levée (the ceremonial raising and dressing of the king held in the ...
France. New Caledonia ( / ˌkælɪˈdoʊniə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ) [nb 2] is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, [5] and 17,000 km (11,000 mi) from Metropolitan France.
The Manuscrit du Roi or Chansonnier du Roi ("King's Manuscript" or "King's Songbook" in English) is a prominent songbook compiled towards the middle of the thirteenth century, probably between 1255 and 1260 and a major testimony of European medieval music. It is currently French manuscript no.844 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
First Roman stay (1723–1729) He was born in Nîmes.His sister, Jeanne, was a pastellist. Natoire's father Florent Natoire, a sculptor, gave him his fundamental training in drawing, then sent him to Paris in 1717 to complete his training, first in the atelier of Louis Galloche (1670–1761), peintre du Roi and professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, and then in the ...
Charles François Paul Le Normant de Tournehem (30 December 1684– 27 November 1751) was a French financier, a fermier-général, or tax-farmer . He is best known for his connection with Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (1721–1764), future marquise de Pompadour. Her legal guardian from 1725, after her official father was forced to leave the country ...
Château de Marly. Coordinates: 48°51′50″N 2°06′00″E. The Château de Marly painted by Pierre-Denis Martin in 1724. The Château de Marly ( French pronunciation: [ʃato də maʁli]) was a French royal residence located in what is now Marly-le-Roi, the commune on the northern edge of the royal park. This was situated west of the palace ...
The average annual temperature in Le Grau-du-Roi is 15.0 °C (59.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 574.5 mm (22.62 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C (45.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Le Grau-du ...
United Nations Security Council resolution 1012, adopted unanimously on 28 August 1995, after considering the situation in an African landlocked country, Burundi. The council established an international inquiry over the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye (the first Hulu president of Burundi) during a military coup in October 1993.