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ANGERS , a See also:city of western See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Maine-et-See also:Loire, 191 m. S.W. of See also:Paris by the Western railway to See also:Nantes. Pop. (1906) 73,585. It occupies rising ground on both See also:banks of the Maine, which are See also:united by three See also:bridges. The surrounding See also:district is famous for its flourishing nurseries and See also:market gardens. Pierced with wide, straight streets, well provided with public gardens, and surrounded by ample, See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree-lined boulevards, beyond which See also:lie new suburbs, Angers is one of the pleasantest towns in France. Of its numerous See also:medieval buildings the most important is the See also:cathedral of St See also:Maurice, dating in the See also:main from the 12th and 13th centuries. Between the two flanking towers of the See also:west See also:facade, the See also:spires of which are of the 16th See also:century, rises a central See also:tower of the same See also:period. The most prominent feature of the facade is the See also:series of eight warriors carved on the See also:base of this tower. The vaulting of the See also:nave takes the See also:form of a series of cupolas, and that of the See also:choir and See also:transept is similar. The See also:chief treasures of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church are its See also:rich stained See also:glass (12th, 13th and 15th centuries) and valuable See also:tapestry (14th to 18th centuries). The See also:bishop's See also:palace which adjoins the cathedral contains a See also:fine synodal See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall of the 12th century. Of the other churches of Angers, the See also:principal are St Serge, an See also:abbey-church of the 12th and 15th centuries, and La Trinite (12th century). The prefecture occupies the buildings of the famous abbey of St See also:Aubin; in its courtyard are elaborately sculptured arcades of the 11th and 12th centuries, from which period See also:dates the tower, the only survival of the splendid abbey-church. Ruins of the old churches of See also:Toussaint (13th century) and Notre-See also:Dame du Ronceray (11th century) are also to be seen. The See also:castle of Angers, an imposing See also:building girt with towers and a See also:moat, dates from the 13th century and is now used as an armoury. The See also:ancient See also:hospital of St See also:Jean (12th century) is occupied by an archaeological museum; and the Logis Barrault, a See also:mansion built about 1500, contains the public library, the municipal museum, which has a large collection of pictures and sculptures, and the Musee See also:David, containing See also:works by the famous sculptor David d'Angers, who was a native of the See also:town. One of his masterpieces, a See also:bronze statue of Rene of See also:Anjou, stands See also:close by the castle. The Hotel de Pince or d'Anjou (1523—1530) is the finest of the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone mansions of Angers; there are also many curious wooden houses of the 15th and 16th centuries. The palais de See also:justice, the See also:Catholic See also:institute, a fine See also:theatre, and
a hospital with 1500 beds are the more remarkable of the See also:modern buildings of the town. Angers is the seat of a bishopric, dating from the 3rd century, a prefecture, a See also:court of See also:appeal and a court of assizes. It has a tribunal of first instance, a tribunal of See also:commerce, a See also:board of See also:trade-arbitrators, a chamber of commerce, a See also:branch of the See also:Bank of France and several learned See also:societies. Its educational institutions include ecclesiastical seminaries, a lycee, a preparatory school of See also:medicine and See also:pharmacy, a university with See also:free faculties (facultes See also:fibres) of See also:theology, See also:law, letters and See also:science, a higher school of See also:agriculture, training colleges, a school of arts and handicrafts and a school of fine See also:art. The prosperity of the town is largely due to the See also:great See also:slate-quarries of the vicinity, but the See also:distillation of See also:liqueurs from See also:fruit, See also:cable, rope and See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread-making, and the manufacture of boots and shoes, umbrellas and parasols are leading See also:industries. The See also:weaving of See also:sail-See also:cloth and woollen and other fabrics, See also:machine construction, See also:wire-See also:drawing, and manufacture of sparkling wines and preserved fruits are also carried on. The chief articles of commerce, besides slate and manufactured goods, are See also:hemp, See also:early vegetables, fruit, See also:flowers and live-stock.
Angers, capital of the Gallic tribe of the Andecavi, was under the See also:Romans called Juliomagus. During the 9th century it became the seat of the See also:counts of Anjou (q.v.). It suffered severely from the invasions of the Northmen in 845 and the succeeding years, and of the See also:English in the 12th and 15th centuries; the See also:Huguenots took it in 1585, and the Vendean royalists were repulsed near it in 1793. Till the Revolution, Angers was the seat of a celebrated university founded in the 14th century.
See L. M. Thorode, See also:Notice de la ville d'Angers (Angers, 1897).
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