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AUCH , a See also:city of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Gers, 55 M. W. of See also:Toulouse on the See also:Southern railway. Pop. (1906) 9294. Auch is built on the See also:summit and sides of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill at the See also:foot of which flow the yellow See also:waters of the Gers. It consists of a See also:lower and upper See also:quarter See also:united in several places by flights of steps. The streets are in See also:general steep and narrow, but there is a handsome See also:promenade in the upper See also:town, laid out in the 18th See also:century by the See also:intendant See also:Antoine Megret d'Etigny. Three See also:bridges See also:lead from the See also:left to the right See also:bank of the Gers, on which the suburb of Patte d'Oie is situated. The most interesting See also:part of the town lies in the old quarter around the See also:Place Salinis, a spacious See also:terrace which commands an extensive view over the surrounding See also:country. On its eastern See also:side it communicates with the left bank of the See also:river by a handsome See also:series of steps; on its See also:north side rises the See also:cathedral of Sainte-See also:Marie. This 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, built from 1489 to 1662, belongs chiefly to the See also:Gothic See also:style, of which it is one of the finest examples in southern France. The See also:facade, however, with its two square and somewhat heavy flanking towers See also:dates from the 17th century, and is See also:Greco-See also:Roman in See also:architecture. Sainte-Marie contains many See also:artistic treasures, the See also:chief of which are the magnificent stained-See also:glass windows of the See also:Renaissance which See also:light the apsidal chapels, and the 113 See also:choir-stalls of carved See also:oak, also of Renaissance workmanship. The See also:archbishop's See also:palace adjoins the cathedral; it is a See also:building of the 18th century with a Romanesque 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 and a See also:tower of the 14th century. Opposite the south side of the cathedral stands the lycee on the site of a former Jesuit See also:college. Only scanty remains are left of the once celebrated See also:abbey of St Orens. The ecclesiastical See also:seminary contains an important library with a collection of See also:manuscripts, and there is a public library in the Carmelite See also:chapel, a building of the 17th century. The .former palace of the intendants of See also:Gascony is now used as the prefecture. Auch is the seat of an archbishopric, a See also:prefect and a See also:court of assizes, and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce, a lycee, training-colleges, a school of See also:design, a See also:branch of the Bank of France and an important lunatic See also:asylum. The manufactures include agricultural implements, See also:leather, See also:vinegar and plaited sandals, and there is a See also:trade in See also:brandy, See also:wine, See also:cattle, poultry and See also:wool; there are quarries of building-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 in the neighbourhood.
Auch (Elimberris) was the capital of a Celtiberian tribe, the Ausci, and under the Roman domination was one of the most
important cities in See also:Gaul. In the .4th century this importance was increased by the See also:foundation of its bishopric, and after the destruction of Eauze in the 9th century it became the See also:metropolis of Novempopulana. Till 732, Auch stood on the right bank of the Gers, but in that See also:year the ravages of the See also:Saracens drove the inhabitants to take See also:refuge on the left bank of the river, where a new city was formed. In the loth century See also:Count See also:Bernard of See also:Armagnac founded the See also:Benedictine abbey of St Orens, the monks of which, till 1308, shared the See also:jurisdiction over Auch with the archbishops—an arrangement which gave rise to See also:constant strife. The See also:counts of Armagnac possessed a See also:castle in the city, which was the capital of Armagnac in the See also:middle ages. During the Religious See also:Wars of the 16th century Auch remained See also:Catholic, except for a See also:short occupation in 1569 by the See also:Huguenots under See also:Gabriel, count of See also:Montgomery. In the 18th century it was capital of Gascony, and seat of a generality. Antoine Megret d'Etigny, intendant from 1751 to 1767, did much to improve the city and its commerce.
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