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AURILLAC , a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Cantal, 140 M. N.N.E. of See also:Toulouse, on the See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans See also:rail-way between See also:Figeac and See also:Murat. Pop. (1906) 14,097. Aurillac stands on the right See also:bank of the Jordanne, and is dominated from the See also:north-See also:west by the See also:Roc Castanet, crowned by the See also:castle of St See also:Etienne, the keep of which See also:dates from the 1th See also:century. Its streets are narrow and uninteresting, with the exception of one which contains, among other old houses, that known as the Maison See also:des Consuls, a See also:Gothic See also:building of the 16th century, decorated with sculptured 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-See also:work. Aurillac owes its origin to an See also:abbey founded in the 9th century by St Geraud, and the abbey-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, rebuilt in the 17th century in the Gothic See also:style, is the See also:chief building in the town. The former See also:college, which dates from the 17th century, is now occupied by a museum and a library. There is a statue of See also:Pope See also:Silvester II., See also:born near Aurillac in 930 and educated in the abbey, which soon afterwards became one of the most famous See also:schools of France. Aurillac is the seat of a See also:prefect, and its public institutions include tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce, a lycee, training-colleges and a See also:branch of the Bank of France. The chief manufactures are wooden shoes and umbrellas, and there is See also:trade in See also:cheese and in the See also:cattle and horses reared in the neighbourhood.
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