Le pavillon de Flore est un bâtiment du palais du Louvre, qui faisait partie autrefois du palais des Tuileries, à Paris. Il constitue aujourd'hui, comme pendant, côté Seine, du pavillon de Marsan, l'extrémité sud-ouest du Louvre, relié au reste du palais par l'aile de Flore (c'est par lui que l'on découvre d'abord le Louvre depuis la Seine, lorsque l'on remonte le cours de cette dernière).
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Le Grand Véfour, the first grand restaurant in Paris, France, was opened in the arcades of the Palais-Royal in 1784 by Antoine Aubertot, as the Café de Chartres, and was purchased in 1820 by Jean Véfour, who was able to retire within three years, selling the restaurant to Jean Boissier. A list of regular customers over the last two centuries includes most of the heavyweights of French culture and politics, e.g. Honoré de Balzac, Napoleon, Jean Cocteau, Colette and André Malraux along with le tout-Paris. Sauce Mornay was one of the preparations introduced at the Grand Véfour. Closed from 1905 to 1947, a revived Grand Véfour opened with the celebrated chef Raymond Oliver in charge in the autumn of 1948. Jean Cocteau designed his menu. The restaurant, with its early nineteenth-century neoclassical décor of large mirrors in gilded frames and painted supraportes, continues its tradition of gastronomy at the same location, "a history-infused citadel of classic French cuisine."
In 1983, the restaurant was destroyed in a bomb attack. It was then bought by Jean Taittinger who restored and reopened the place.
When it lost one of its three Michelin stars in 2008 under the régime of Guy Martin for the Taittinger Group, it was headline news.
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On 23 December 1983, the Le Grand Véfour restaurant in Paris, France was damaged in a bomb attack, in which twelve people were wounded. The attack in one of Paris's most exclusive restaurants left a large crater in its front. Five of the injured diners were Americans, and two were Japanese.
Raymond Oliver, owner of Le Grand Véfour, was quoted by his daughter as saying, "I am ruined. My clients trust me and this had to happen to me as I reach the end of my career."
Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack. The Action Directe terror group also denied involvement, saying it did not carry any political significance. The case file was closed by police and no one has been apprehended.
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The Rue de Beaujolais is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.
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The Hôtel de Toulouse, former Hôtel de La Vrillière is located at 1 rue de La Vrillière, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Originally, the mansion had a large garden with a formal parterre to the southwest.
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The Lycée Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin is a Catholic upper-secondary educational institution located in the heart of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is notably famous for having once been the establishment where widely celebrated French statesman Général Charles de Gaulle, figurehead of the French Résistance effort during WWII and later elected President of France, undertook his primary studies.
Since then, the original building was destroyed to leave place for a new educational complex outfitted with the equipment necessary to adapt to pupils' ever-growing learning needs. After completion of the construction endeavor, the school underwent a strategic reorganization that led to the termination of primary education services altogether and shifted focus toward older pupils in the upper-secondary stage of their educational curriculum
Father Raymond-Jacques Tournay, a renowned Biblical scholar, member of the École Biblique, and fierce participant in the French Résistance during the WWII Nazi Occupation of France, also attended the school to complete his primary education .
More recently, notable alumni include actresses Élodie Bouchez and Ana Girardot, amongst others.
Le pavillon doit son nom, officieux puis officiel, au Ballet de Flore[Lequel ?], donné en 1669 dans le salon du premier étage du pavillon.