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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?

Source

1. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2007/February#7 February 2007, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2006/November#30 November 2006, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2010/August#5 August 2010, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.