Where is it?
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less than an hour northeast of Paris
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at the edge of France's most beautiful national forest
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on the Oise River
What are the partnership's activities and opportunities?
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school exchanges
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visits by performing groups such as Theater in the Park, the Raleigh City Symphony, NC State University Chamber Singers, the Raleigh Boychoir, Raleigh Ringers
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annual Armistice Day celebration at NCSU Memorial Bell Tower
A little more about it …
Compiègne is the site of
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the capture of Joan of Arc
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a magnificent chateau that was home to the hunt during the reign of Louis XV
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the Forêt de Compiègne, a 55-square-mile park with an extensive network of bike paths and trails set amidst medieval villages
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the start of the famous Paris-Roubaix bicycle race
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the University of Technology of Compiègne