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cinemas  

Definition

  • A cinema or movie house is a public site where motion pictures are exhibited to a paying public. Movie house architecture, audience composition, and filmic entertainment have changed dramatically since the first storefront theaters were opened in the earliest years of the twentieth century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Cinema]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-Q83H0W6W-K

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