ANNECY , the See also:chief See also:town of the See also:department of Haute See also:Savoie in See also:France. Pop. (1906) 10,763. It is situated at a height of 1470 ft., at the See also:northern end of the See also:lake of Annecy, and is 25 M. by See also:rail N.E. of See also:Aix See also:les Bains. The surrounding See also:country presents many scenes of beauty. The town itself is a pleasant See also:residence, and contains a 16th See also:century See also:cathedral 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, an 18th century See also:bishop's See also:palace, a 14th–16th century See also:castle (formerly the residence of the See also:counts of the Genevois), and the reconstructed See also:convent of the Visitation, wherein now reposes the See also:body of St See also:Francois de Sales (See also:born at the castle of Sales, See also:close by, in 1567; died at See also:Lyons in 1622), who held the see from 1602 to 1622. There is also a public library, with 20,000 volumes, and various scientific collections, and a public See also:garden, with a statue of the chemist Berthollet (1748–1822), who was born not far off. The bishop's see of See also:Geneva was transferred hither in 1535, after the See also:Reformation, but suppressed in 18or, though revived in 1822. There are factories of See also:linen and See also:cotton goods, and of See also:felt hats, See also:paper See also:mills, and a celebrated See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell foundry at Annecy le Vieux. This last-named See also:place existed in See also:Roman times. Annecy itself was in the loth century the See also:capital of the counts of the Genevois, from whom it passed in 1401 to the counts of See also:Savoy, and became See also:French in 186o on the See also:annexation of Savoy.
The LAKE OF ANNECY is about 9 M. in length by 2 M. in breadth, its See also:surface being 1465 ft. above the level of the See also:sea. It discharges its See also:waters, by means of the Thioux See also:canal, into the Fier, a tributary of the See also:Rhone. (W. A. B.
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