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  Hector Berlioz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hector Berlioz is buried in the Cimetiere de Montmartre with his two wives, Harriet Smithson (died 1854) and Marie Recio (died 1862).
For Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz was inspired by Thomas de Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.
For La damnation de Faust, Berlioz drew on Goethe's Faust; for Harold in Italy, he drew on Byron's Childe Harold; for Benvenuto Cellini, he drew on Cellini's own autobiography.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hector_Berlioz   (1119 words)

  
 Paris Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
During one invasion Paris was sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collected a huge ransom in exchange for leaving on March 27, 845.
Les Invalides - burial place of many great French soldiers, including Napoleon, as well as a museum.
Cathedral of Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cité
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/p/pa/paris.html   (1653 words)

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