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    Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (French: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ də fʁedi baʁɔ̃ də kubɛʁtɛ̃]; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937)...
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    Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1822–1908) was a French aristocrat and painter. He married a woman from Normandy, Agathe Marie Marcelle Gigault...
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    western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by...
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    Committee (IOC), which had been created by French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin, it was held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. Fourteen nations...
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    president. Baron de Blonay was for a time one of the closest confidants of the IOC's second president Pierre de Coubertin. When de Coubertin joined the French...
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    France. Charles Brennus sculpted the shield himself in 1892, based on an original design from his friend and fellow USFSA co-founder Pierre de Coubertin, the...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The basketball team Levallois Metropolitans plays some of its games at the 4,000 capacity Stade Pierre de Coubertin. Another...
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    modernes. ISBN 2-256-90364-8. Frédy de Coubertin, Paul (1898). "La famille de Cyrano de Bergerac" [The family of Cyrano de Bergerac]. La Nouvelle Revue (in...
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    Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879), area 18, plot 101 Charles Brent (1862–1929) Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), area 9, plots 153-154 Alphonse Laverrière...
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    The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres...
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