Category: 16th arrondissement of Paris

In Boulogne-sur-Seine and the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret designed and built the Villa Lipschitz, Maison Cook ( see William Edwards Cook ), Maison Planeix, and the Maison La Roche / Albert Jeanneret, which now houses the Fondation Le Corbusier.

Its head office was in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

The Passy Cemetery ( Fr: Cimetière de Passy ) is a cemetery located at 2, rue du Commandant Schlœsing in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Category: 16th arrondissement of Paris

The arrondissement is one of France's richest district in terms of average income, it is part of Paris Ouest alongside the 7th, 8th, 16th arrondissements and Neuilly, but has a much more bohemian and intellectual reputation than the others.

Lagardère is a French-based multinational conglomerate headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Montferrand was born in the parish of Chaillot, France ( now the 16th arrondissement of Paris ).

France's 2nd richest district in average income and Paris ' 1st, this arrondissement is part of Paris Ouest, alongside the 6th, 8th, 16th arrondissements and Neuilly, and is usually considered the most aristocratic district of the area.

It is often lumped together with some areas of the neighbouring 16th arrondissement of Paris as Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy, a compendium of " bourgeois " ( i. e., upscale ) neighbourhoods in Paris.

The 16th arrondissement of Paris ( also known as " Arrondissement de Passy ") is one of the 20 arrondissements ( administrative districts ) of Paris, the capital city of France.

Indeed, the 16th arrondissement is France's 1th richest district for average household income, only fourth to the 8th, 7th and 6th arrondissements ; with Neuilly-sur-Seine, they are collectively referred to as Paris Ouest: the most affluent and prestigious residential area in France.

The 16th arrondissement hosts several large sporting venues, including: the Parc des Princes, which is the stadium where Paris Saint-Germain football club plays its home matches ; Roland Garros Stadium, where the French Open tennis championships are held ; and Stade Jean-Bouin, home to the Stade Français rugby union club.

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The 16th arrondissement population peaked in 1962, when it had 227, 418 inhabitants.

The 16th arrondissement is commonly thought to be one of the richest parts of Paris ( see Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy ), and features some of the most expensive real estate in France including the famous Auteuil " villas ", heirs to 19th century high society country houses, they are exclusive gated communities with huge houses surrounded by gardens, which is extremely rare in Paris.

In the 16th arrondissement of Paris, a street and a square have been named after him .< ref > Auguste Doniol, Histoire du XVI < sup > e </ sup > arrondissement de Paris, Éditions Hachette, 1902 .</ ref > A secondary school ( lycée ) in in his birthplace, Brignoles, has been named after him.

Situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centred on the Opéra, the 8th is, together with the 1st and 9th arrondissements and 16th arrondissement and 17th arrondissement, one of Paris's main business districts.

In 2006, with almost a third of that number, ( 39, 088 ) it was Paris ' 16th least densely populated arrondissement with 1. 8 % of the total.

Chelsea is an upmarket neighbourhood equivalent to that of New York's Upper East Side, Los Angeles ' Beverly Hills or the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Auteuil ( pronounced ) and Passy are part of the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Category: 16th arrondissement of Paris

The Motul Dictionary, compiled in the 16th century by an anonymous author ( although attributed to Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real ), contains a list of stars originally observed by the ancient Mayas.

" Lecha Dodi ", a 16th century liturgical song with strong Kabbalistic symbolism, contains many passages, including its opening two words, taken directly from Song of Songs.

The tale itself resurfaced in Western literature in the 16th and 17th centuries, with The Facetious Nights of Straparola by Giovanni Francesco Straparola ( Italy, 1550 and 1553 ), which contains many fairy tales in its inset tales, and the Neapolitan tales of Giambattista Basile ( Naples, 1634 – 6 ), which are all fairy tales.

Other famous structures include the Gothic Church of St Maclou ( 15th century ); the Tour Jeanne d ' Arc, where Joan of Arc was brought in 1431 to be threatened with torture ( contrary to popular belief, she was not imprisoned there ); the Church of Saint Ouen ( 12th – 15th century ); the Palais de Justice, which was once the seat of the Parlement ( French court of law ) of Normandy and the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics which contains a splendid collection of faïence and porcelain for which Rouen was renowned during the 16th to 18th centuries.

Valletta contains buildings from the 16th century onwards, built during the rule of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as Knights Hospitaller.

St Katherine's Chapel contains the 16th century tomb of John Leweston and wife Joan.

It was built circa 14th century and contains an ornate rood screen decorated with images of the apostles that appears to have been added in the early 16th century.

A page from Elia Levita's Yiddish language | Yiddish-Hebrew language | Hebrew-Latin language | Latin-German language | German dictionary ( 16th century ) contains a list of nations, including word goy ( גוי ) translated to Latin as ethnicus

The town contains a stone church from 1277, with a 16th century excentric, octagonal steeple.

Another theatre ( Theater am Alten Markt ) resides in the former town hall building on the Old Market Square ( Alter Markt ), which also contains a row of restored 16th and 17th century townhouses with noteworthy late Gothic and Weser Renaissance style façades ( Bürgerhäuser am Alten Markt ).

The museum is also the archive of the Bishopric of Michoacán and contains documents from the 16th to the 20th century.

Bahia was a center of sugar cultivation from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and contains a number of historic towns, such as Cachoeira, dating from this era.

The town also contains some historic half-timbered buildings, some of which date back to the 16th century.

The library's reserve contains many ancient and precious books, as well as many rare editions, including eighty books from the 16th century.

This library contains more than 25, 000 volumes published between the 16th and the 19th centuries.

Built in the 12th century, this church contains a wealth of frescos from the 12th to the 16th centuries, including paintings by Lorenzo Lotto.

The syncretic music developed during the post-Portuguese period ( 16th century ) and contains elements from both local music and foreign elements of Arabian, Persian, Indian, Chinese and Western musical and theatrical sources.

English Gothic architecture flourished from the 12th to the early 16th century, and famous examples include Westminster Abbey, the traditional place of coronation for the British monarch, which also has a long tradition as a venue for royal weddings ); Canterbury Cathedral, one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England ; Salisbury Cathedral, which has the tallest church spire in the UK ; and Winchester Cathedral, which contains the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe.

Inside, the Capilla del Cristo, or Christ's Chapel ( 16th century ), contains a crucifix venerated throughout Galicia.

The dale contains Sugworth Hall which dates from a least the 16th century although the building has been much changed since then.

Also in the centre of the town, Cheap Street contains buildings dating to the 16th and 17th centuries, and has a stream running down the middle, fed by the spring at St John's Church.

The house contains 16th century linenfold panelling.

The church interior conserves its original 16th century main altar, with four stories tall, contains indigenous, Italian, Flemish and Spanish influence and is covered in 24karat gold leaf.

* The Oratory of San Giuseppe ( early 16th century ), composed of two chapels: one of which contains a 16th century presepio or Nativity scene by Federico Brandani, the stucco figures are lifesize and highly naturalistic.