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Whoops. A few postings ago, in copying the acrostic, somehow I lost the 'I' in Versailles. I've put it back in and supplied a word for it.
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American Revolutionary War ended here with 1783 Treaty of Paris signing
Infidelity - The Sun King had a succession of mistresses
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L'Enfant, Pierre Charles - used the city pattern as a model for Washington DC
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Thanks, Mona  Anyone got an "E" for old Versailles?
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<Actually it appears that I dropped the 'I'. There's no 'I' in Team
Visitors amass daily to see the symbol of absolute monarchy
Extravagance
Renaissance
Seat of power
American Revolutionary War ended here with 1783 Treaty of Paris signing
Infidelity - The Sun King had a succession of mistresses
Louis XIII - XVI had property here
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles - used the city pattern as a model for Washington DC
Estates-General of 1789 - meeting of general assembly representing the French nobility, the Church, and the common people; last was 1614
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Last edited by Beetlemess; 10/14/10 01:00 PM.
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"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children."
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Going for an "S"......
Anybody got one.
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Visitors amass daily to see the symbol of absolute monarchy
Extravagance
Renaissance
Seat of power
American Revolutionary War ended here with 1783 Treaty of Paris signing
Infidelity - The Sun King had a succession of mistresses
Louis XIII - XVI had property here
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles - used the city pattern as a model for Washington DC
Estates-General of 1789 - meeting of general assembly representing the French nobility, the Church, and the common people; last was 1614
Splendor
TA DA!!!
And I'm glad it was Beetle & not me who lost the I!
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Yeah!
Here is the next one:
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Ivan Grozny, his son whom he struck and killed in an unexplained rage
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Ivan Grozny, his son whom he struck and killed in an unexplained rage
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Ivan Grozny, his son whom he struck and killed in an unexplained rage
Vasilyevich - surname that is rarely used when referring to him
Anastasia - his wife
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Ivan Grozny, his son whom he struck and killed in an unexplained rage
Vasilyevich - surname that is rarely used when referring to him
Anastasia - his wife
Novgorod - City burned/pillaged under his orders & inhabitants murdered
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"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
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