
The rue des Lombards is a
street
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in
Paris
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,
France
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which is famous for hosting three of the main French jazz clubs:
Le Baiser Salé,
Le Duc des Lombards and the
Sunset/Sunside. It was originally a banking center in medieval Paris, a trade dominated by
Lombard merchants, name given from the 12th century onwards to Italian merchants and bankers. It was also shown on the
Simpsons
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episode "
To Courier with Love
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Plot
In th ...
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Lombards
The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the '' History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 an ...
Lombards
The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the '' History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 an ...
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