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    Fort Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ sɛ̃ʒɑ̃]) is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port. Since...
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  • Fort Saint-Jean may refer to: Fort Saint-Jean (Lyon) Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille) Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec) Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, city developed around...
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    forts flank the entrance to the Old Port—Fort Saint-Nicolas on the south side and Fort Saint-Jean on the north. Farther out in the Bay of Marseille is...
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  • Marseille explosion may refer to several explosions in the city of Marseille, France: 1944 explosion of munitions in the Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille) 1973...
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    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ kap fɛʁa]; Occitan: Sant Joan de Cap Ferrat; Italian: San Giovanni Capo Ferrato) is a commune in...
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    fortified (e.g. Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, Saint Nazaire), which made seizure and control of the French ports at Marseille and Toulon increasingly attractive...
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    Condat, Dordogne, since the 12th century Hospice of Saint John, Nice Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille), initially built by the Hospitallers in the late 12th...
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    Notre-Dame de la Garde (category 6th arrondissement of Marseille)
    pencil drawing of Marseille as seen from the Virgin of Notre-Dame de la Garde. The prisoners were then transferred to Fort Saint-Jean. The last of the...
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    upon Marseille, at the head of his army, in order to quash a local uprising against the governor.[page needed] As a consequence, the two forts of Saint-Jean...
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  • Aix-Marseille University (AMU; French: Aix-Marseille Université; formally incorporated as Université d'Aix-Marseille) is a public research university located...
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