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    Berthelin, The salle des fêtes of the Hôtel de Ville of Paris for the visit of Queen Victoria on 23 August 1855. Ceiling of the new salle des fêtes. Louis-Ernest...
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    which today houses the French Senate.[full citation needed] The Jardin des Plantes was the first botanical garden in Paris, created in 1626 by Louis...
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    Jacques B. Brunius asked Méliès to make an advertising film for the Régie des Tabacs of France. Méliès's contribution, his final completed work as a film...
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    neoclassical sculptor Charles Percier at the École des Beaux-Arts, who had served as the official Architect of Festivals and Ceremonies for the deposed King, and...
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