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ÃŽle Des Cygnes (former Island)
The Île des Cygnes or Île Maquerelle was an island on the river Seine in Paris. It was in the northwest part of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, 7th arrondissement, between the Rue de l'Université (Paris), Rue de l'Université and the Seine, the Invalides and the Champ de Mars. The current-day Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Musée du Quai Branly is located on it. It was formed by the merger of the islets known as île des Treilles, île aux Vaches, île Maquerelle, île de Jérusalem and île de Longchamp, and was merged into the ''rive gauche'' of the Seine at the end of the 18th century. History An oak pirogue, built with fir plugs, discovered in August 1806 during the construction of the footings for Pont d'Iéna, was thought to be a Norman boat dating to the Siege of Paris (885-886), Siege of Paris in 885/86, although some scholars believe that it may have dated to the Sequani tribe from the first century B.C. In the 13th century the peasants of Chaillot on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals). The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering approximately . The 1502 Portuguese Cantino planisphere has led some historians to speculate that Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island around 975, naming it ''Dina Arobi''. Called ''Ilha do Cirne'' or ''Ilha do Cerne'' on early Portuguese maps, the island was visited by Portuguese sailors in 1507. A Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral Van War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cygne (other)
Cygne M.K may refer to: * La Cygne, Kansas, a city in Linn County, Kansas * "Le cygne", a movement of ''The Carnival of the Animals'' by Camille Saint-Saëns * ''Le Cygne'' (journal), a scholarly journal published by the International Marie de France Society See also * Île des Cygnes (other) * Marais des Cygnes (other) * Île aux Cygnes, a small island in the Seine in Paris, France * Cygne blanc, a white-berried seedling of Cabernet Sauvignon discovered in Swan Valley, Western Australia * Danse des petits cygnes ''Danse des petits cygnes'' is a dance from Tchaikovsky's ''Swan Lake'', from the ballet's second act, the fourth movement of No. 13. It is written in the key of F♯ minor. Translated from French, it means "Dance of the Little Swans", also k ..., a dance from the ballet ''Swan Lake'' by Tchaikovsky * Notre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien, a French Roman Catholic church {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |