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  • Il maestro di Vigevano
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    Il maestro di Vigevano
    Il maestro di Vigevano
    1963
    Real Petri Elio
    Alberto Sordi.
    Collection Christophel © Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

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  • TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
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    TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
    Special police RAID units surround the building where gunman Mohamed Merah has been holed up for over 24 hours. The self-proclaimed member of Al Qaeda is the primary suspect in the murder of three French paratroopers and the attack on a Jewish school where 3 children and a rabbi were murdered in cold blood. Toulouse, FRANCE - 22/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203220841 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
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    TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
    Special police RAID units surround the building where gunman Mohamed Merah has been holed up for over 24 hours. The self-proclaimed member of Al Qaeda is the primary suspect in the murder of three French paratroopers and the attack on a Jewish school where 3 children and a rabbi were murdered in cold blood. Toulouse, FRANCE - 22/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203220841 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
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    TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
    Special police RAID units surround the building where gunman Mohamed Merah has been holed up for over 24 hours. The self-proclaimed member of Al Qaeda is the primary suspect in the murder of three French paratroopers and the attack on a Jewish school where 3 children and a rabbi were murdered in cold blood. Toulouse, FRANCE - 22/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203220841 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
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    TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
    Special police RAID units surround the building where gunman Mohamed Merah has been holed up for over 24 hours. The self-proclaimed member of Al Qaeda is the primary suspect in the murder of three French paratroopers and the attack on a Jewish school where 3 children and a rabbi were murdered in cold blood. Toulouse, FRANCE - 22/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203220841 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
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    TOULOUSE: Siege of Mohamed Merah's building
    Special police RAID units surround the building where gunman Mohamed Merah has been holed up for over 24 hours. The self-proclaimed member of Al Qaeda is the primary suspect in the murder of three French paratroopers and the attack on a Jewish school where 3 children and a rabbi were murdered in cold blood. Toulouse, FRANCE - 22/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203220841 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
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    TOULOUSE: Arrest of a self-declared Islamist gunman
    The French police RAID anti-terrorist seals off the Croix-Daurade district of Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. The self-declared member of Al Qaeda would be the perpetrator of three attacks in which three soldiers and three jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi were killed. Toulouse, FRANCE - 21/3/2012./Credit:LANCELOT FREDERIC/SIPA/1203211118 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • princess mathilde to liberia <8>
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    princess mathilde to liberia <8>
    Monrovia - October 18th, 2010
    Princess Mathilde performs a mission in Liberia in company of the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, Mr Christian Wiener, President of Belgium National Committee for UNICEF and Mr Jimmy Kolker, UNICEF worldwide director of HIV and AIDS. Princess Mathilde takes part in this mission within the framework of her mandate as UNICEF's and UNAIDS special representative for the problems "children and AIDS". Visit to the SDA Revelation High School
    Picture: Princess Mathilde
    Credit Pool - Didier Lebrun / ISOPIX **** REFERENCE : 00030418 ****
    Photo, Foto : ISOPIX (BELGIË, BELGIQUE - Brussel, Bruxelles) (FOTO:DUKAS/ISOPIX)

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  • princess mathilde to liberia <8>
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    princess mathilde to liberia <8>
    Monrovia - October 18th, 2010
    Princess Mathilde performs a mission in Liberia in company of the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, Mr Christian Wiener, President of Belgium National Committee for UNICEF and Mr Jimmy Kolker, UNICEF worldwide director of HIV and AIDS. Princess Mathilde takes part in this mission within the framework of her mandate as UNICEF's and UNAIDS special representative for the problems "children and AIDS". Visit to the SDA Revelation High School
    Picture: Princess Mathilde
    Credit Pool - Didier Lebrun / ISOPIX **** REFERENCE : 00030418 ****
    Photo, Foto : ISOPIX (BELGIË, BELGIQUE - Brussel, Bruxelles) (FOTO:DUKAS/ISOPIX)

    DUKAS/ISOPIX

     

  • princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
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    princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
    Boitfort (Brussels) - March 16th, 2010
    Princess Mathilde went to the pedagogical and social adaptation center 'La Clairière' in Brussels, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. This center accommodates nearly 400 less valid people (boarders and non-boarders/children and adults). Princess Mathilde aimed expressing her solidarity with these vulnerable people of our society. Picture: Princess Mathilde
    Credit Benoît Bourgeois / ISOPIX **** REFERENCE : 00029219 **** (FOTO:DUKAS/ISOPIX)

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  • princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
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    princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
    Boitfort (Brussels) - March 16th, 2010
    Princess Mathilde went to the pedagogical and social adaptation center 'La Clairière' in Brussels, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. This center accommodates nearly 400 less valid people (boarders and non-boarders/children and adults). Princess Mathilde aimed expressing her solidarity with these vulnerable people of our society. Picture: Princess Mathilde
    Credit Benoît Bourgeois / ISOPIX **** REFERENCE : 00029219 **** (FOTO:DUKAS/ISOPIX)

    DUKAS/ISOPIX

     

  • princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
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    princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
    Boitfort (Brussels) - March 16th, 2010
    Princess Mathilde went to the pedagogical and social adaptation center 'La Clairière' in Brussels, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. This center accommodates nearly 400 less valid people (boarders and non-boarders/children and adults). Princess Mathilde aimed expressing her solidarity with these vulnerable people of our society. Picture: Princess Mathilde
    Credit Benoît Bourgeois / ISOPIX **** REFERENCE : 00029219 **** (FOTO:DUKAS/ISOPIX)

    DUKAS/ISOPIX

     

  • princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
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    princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
    Boitfort (Brussels) - March 16th, 2010
    Princess Mathilde went to the pedagogical and social adaptation center 'La Clairière' in Brussels, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. This center accommodates nearly 400 less valid people (boarders and non-boarders/children and adults). Princess Mathilde aimed expressing her solidarity with these vulnerable people of our society. Picture: Princess Mathilde
    Credit Benoît Bourgeois / ISOPIX **** REFERENCE : 00029219 **** (FOTO:DUKAS/ISOPIX)

    DUKAS/ISOPIX

     

  • princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
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    princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
    Boitfort (Brussels) - March 16th, 2010
    Princess Mathilde went to the pedagogical and social adaptation center 'La Clairière' in Brussels, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. This center accommodates nearly 400 less valid people (boarders and non-boarders/children and adults). Princess Mathilde aimed expressing her solidarity with these vulnerable people of our society. Picture: Princess Mathilde
    Credit Benoît Bourgeois / ISOPIX **** REFERENCE : 00029219 **** (FOTO:DUKAS/ISOPIX)

    DUKAS/ISOPIX

     

  • princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
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    princess mathilde to the 'clairiere'
    Boitfort (Brussels) - March 16th, 2010
    Princess Mathilde went to the pedagogical and social adaptation center 'La Clairière' in Brussels, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. This center accommodates nearly 400 less valid people (boarders and non-boarders/children and adults). Princess Mathilde aimed expressing her solidarity with these vulnerable people of our society. Picture: Princess Mathilde
    Credit Benoît Bourgeois / ISOPIX **** REFERENCE : 00029219 **** (FOTO:DUKAS/ISOPIX)

    DUKAS/ISOPIX

     

  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    The Salles des Commissions, one of the grand meeting rooms at the Sorbonne reserved for the higher echelons of the academic staff. The two holes in the painting on the left date from fightinng between the French Resistance and the Germans during the Second World War. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Sorbonne library which first opened in 1770 with a collection of 20,000 books. It now houses 2.5 million volumes, including a collection of rare manuscripts, and occupies a 10,000m2 surface. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
    Famous reading room in the Sorbonne library, accommodating 400 readers. The library first opened in 1770 with a collection of 20,000 books. It now houses 2.5 million volumes, including a collection of rare manuscripts, and occupies a 10,000m2 surface.
    The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007./0709111107 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)

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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Exterior view of the physics tower at the Sorbonne, where visiting scholars are housed. The tower is a single apartment, each of the four floors consisting of just one room. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    The magnificent Sorbonne Peristyle, the reception area in the Palais Academique, the building which houses the offices of the Rector of the University of Paris, and where important conferences are held. The ornate wrought iron door leads to the university's Grand Amphitheatre. To the left of the door is the Stairway of Sciences and to the right, the Stairway of Humanities, both leading up to the Rector's Grand Salon on the first floor. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
    Maurice Quenet, Rector of the Academy of Paris, and Chancellor of the Universities of Paris. The Rector is the ninth most powerful person in France's administrative hierarchy. The Rectorate is the central body of Paris universities, with its offices based in the Sorbonne.
    The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007./0709111107 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)

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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    The Salles des Commissions, one of the grand meeting rooms at the Sorbonne reserved for the higher echelons of the academic staff. The two holes in the painting on the left date from fightinng between the French Resistance and the Germans during the Second World War. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Sorbonne professors dressed in their finery attend a ceremony granting a university honour on an author. The colour of the robes denotes which of five university faculties its wearer belongs to. Yellow is the colour of the law faculty. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    The Salle Octave Greard, one of the grand meeting rooms at the Sorbonne reserved for the higher echelons of the academic staff. The room is named after a former Rector. On the wall is the painting "Pasteur's Jubilee" by Jean Rixens, depicting Louis Pasteur being granted an honour by the university. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Foreign students graduate from the French language programme at the Sorbonne. Only foreigners don ceremonial dress for graduation. French students graduate in regular attire. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Sorbonne student consults a noticeboard. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
    The Salle des Actes, one of the grand meeting rooms at the Sorbonne reserved for the higher echelons of the academic staff. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007./0709111107 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Original document written by Cardinal Richelieu, one of the collection of rare manuscripts contained in the Sorbonne library. The library first opened in 1770 with a collection of 20,000 books. It now houses 2.5 million volumes, including a collection of rare manuscripts, and occupies a 10,000m2 surface. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    The dome of the Sorbonne chapel has become a Paris landmark. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. It was originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Famous reading room in the Sorbonne library, accommodating 400 readers. The library first opened in 1770 with a collection of 20,000 books. It now houses 2.5 million volumes, including a collection of rare manuscripts, and occupies a 10,000m2 surface. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Sean Lennon gives a concert in the Descartes Amphitheatre in Spring 2007, usually only used for special occasions. The university organises many extra-curricular activities and events for students. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Famous reading room in the Sorbonne library, accommodating 400 readers. The library first opened in 1770 with a collection of 20,000 books. It now houses 2.5 million volumes, including a collection of rare manuscripts, and occupies a 10,000m2 surface. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Telescope at the top of the Observatory at the Sorbonne. This is mainly used for visitors to the university, rather than for research purposes. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    The tomb of Cardinal Richelieu in the Sorbonne chapel. The powerful Richelieu (1585-1642) was chief minister to King Louis XIII of France, and in 1622, was elected principal of the Sorbonne. During his tenure, he presided over the renovation of college buildings, including the construction of the chapel. During the French Revolution, Richelieu's body was exhumed and some of his body parts are said to have been scattered. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
    Physics amphitheatre at the Sorbonne famous for the two original desks used by Marie and Pierre Curie to demonstrate scientific experiments to students. The grooves on the desks were used to drain the blood from experiments on animals.
    The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007./0709111107 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)

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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Entrance to the Sorbonne from the Rue des Ecoles. This hallway is known as the Gallery of Humanities - and leads to the Grand Amphitheatre. When the university was created, it was built in a symmetrical way with humanities on one side and sciences on the other. The plaque on the left shows important donors to the university. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    Facade of the imposing Sorbonne chapel. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    The magnificent ceiling in the Sorbonne Peristyle. The stained glass represents the city of Paris with the boat denoting the River Seine. The Peristyle is the reception area in the Palais Academique, the building which houses the offices of the Rector of the University of Paris, and where important conferences are held. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    The magnificent Sorbonne Peristyle, the reception area in the Palais Academique, the building which houses the offices of the Rector of the University of Paris, and where important conferences are held. The ornate wrought iron door leads to the university's Grand Amphitheatre. To the left of the door is the Stairway of Sciences and to the right, the Stairway of Humanities, both leading up to the Rector's Grand Salon on the first floor. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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  • PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
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    PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
    Facade of the Sorbonne seen from Rue des Ecoles. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007./0709111107 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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    PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
    A lecture being given to students of the "University of the Third Age" in the Descartes Amphitheatre at the Sorbonne. This amphitheatre is not normally used by students but reserved for special occasions. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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