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 * ...that the construction of Basilica Cathedral St. Peter and St. Patern, Vannes (pictured) took seven centuries and featured styles from Romanesque to Neo Gothic?
 * ...that the French admiral Dupetit Thouars took possession of the Tahiti archipelago against his government's will?
 * ...that Claude Aveline met Jean Vigo in a health clinic and 28 years later founded an award in his honor?

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 * 1) Recent_additions/2007/February, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent_additions/2006/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent_additions/2010/August, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.