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  2. French colonization of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The French colonization of Texas began with the establishment of a fort in present-day southeastern Texas. Fort Saint Louis was established in 1685 near Arenosa Creek and Matagorda Bay by explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle. He intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, but inaccurate maps and navigational errors ...

  3. List of Texas state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the men's death row. Clemens Unit. Eastham Unit. Ellis Unit. W.J. Estelle Unit. Ferguson Unit. Thomas Goree Unit. Huntsville Unit – Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville. Gib Lewis Unit.

  4. Paris, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Website. paristexas.gov. Paris is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. Located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, the population of the city was 24,171 in 2020.

  5. Texas Legation - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Legation in London was located in Pickering Place, an alley off the east side of St. James's Street near St. James's Palace in a building that also houses Berry Bros. & Rudd, a prestigious wine merchants' firm that has been at that site since 1730. On the north side of the building is a plaque marking it as the site of the legation.

  6. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Terrebonne Parish ("Good Land") Timbalier Island (" timpani player") Tulane/Gravier New Orleans neighborhood named after Paul Tulane, philanthropist and son of Louis Tulane, a French immigrant. Vacherie ("Cowshed") Verdun. Versailles. Vieux Carré ("Old Square") also known as the French Quarter in New Orleans.

  7. Fort Saint-Louis (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Fort Saint-Louis (Texas) /  28.333°N 97.117°W  / 28.333; -97.117. Fort Saint-Louis, Texas, was founded in 1685 by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle and members of his expedition, including Jesuit missionary Zenobius Membre, on the banks of Garcitas Creek, a few kilometers inland from the mouth of the Lavaca River.

  8. Sainte-Chapelle - Wikipedia

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    The Sainte-Chapelle ( French: [sɛ̃t ʃapɛl]; English: Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France. Construction began sometime after 1238 and the chapel was consecrated on 26 ...

  9. Arcachon - Wikipedia

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    1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Arcachon ( French: [aʁ.ka.ʃɔ̃] ; Gascon : Arcaishon) is a commune in the southwestern French department of Gironde. It is a popular seaside resort on the Atlantic coast 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of Bordeaux, in ...