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The Café de la Régence is a café in the Palais-Royal in Paris, France. A meeting place for the French intellectuals, it was well known for being a center of chess in Europe.^[1] Among its many patrons figured great thinkers of the enlightenment, such as Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Voltaire; as well as important statesmen such as Maximilien Robespierre, Benjamin Franklin, and Napoleon Bonaparte.^[2]

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-The '''Café de la Régence''' is a café in the [[Palais-Royal]] in [[Paris]], [[France]]. A meeting place for the French intellectuals, it was well known for being a center of chess in Europe.<ref>{{WP|Café de la Régence}}</ref> Among its many patrons figured great thinkers of the enlightenment such as [[Denis Diderot]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] and [[Voltaire]]; as well as important statesmen such as [[Maximilien Robespierre]], [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Napoleon Bonaparte]].<ref name="Régence">''[[Project Widow]]'' – Thinking man's café</ref>
+The '''Café de la Régence''' is a café in the [[Palais-Royal]] in [[Paris]], [[France]]. A meeting place for the French intellectuals, it was well known for being a center of chess in Europe.<ref>{{WP|Café de la Régence}}</ref> Among its many patrons figured great thinkers of the enlightenment, such as [[Denis Diderot]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], and [[Voltaire]]; as well as important statesmen such as [[Maximilien Robespierre]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], and [[Napoleon Bonaparte]].<ref name="Régence">''[[Project Widow]]'' – Thinking man's café</ref>
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