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+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+def make_soup(file):
+	with open(file, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as opening:
+		xml = BeautifulSoup(opening, 'xml')
+	return xml
+
+def get_places(file):
+	soup = make_soup(file)
+	for div in soup.find_all('div', {'xml:id': True}):
+		print(div['n'])
+		for place in div.find_all('placeName', {'type': 'production_place'}):
+			print(place.text)
+
+
+def get_archives(file):
+	soup = make_soup(file)
+	for div in soup.find_all('orgName', {'type': 'main'}):
+		print(div.text)
+
+
+
+get_archives("../bourbon-latex/charles-actes-latex.xml")