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AUTUN , a See also:town of See also:east-central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Saone-et-See also:Loire, 62 m. S.W. of See also:Dijon on the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway to See also:Nevers. Pop. (1906) 11,927. Autun is pleasantly situated on the slope 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 runs the Arroux. Its former greatness is attested by many See also:Roman remains, the See also:chief of which are two well-preserved 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 gateways, the See also:Porte d' Arroux and the Porte St See also:Andre, both pierced with four archways and surmounted by arcades. There are also remains of the old ramparts and aqueducts, of a square See also:tower called the See also:Temple of See also:Janus, of a See also:theatre and of an See also:amphitheatre. A See also:pyramid in the neighbouring See also:village of Couhard was probably a sepulchral See also:monument. The See also:chapel of St See also:Nicolas (12th See also:century) contains many of the remains discovered at Autun. The See also:cathedral of St Lazare, once the chapel attached to the See also:residence of the See also:dukes of See also:Burgundy, is in the highest See also:part of the town. It belongs mainly to the 12th century, but the See also:Gothic central tower and the chapels were added in the 15th century by Nicolas Rolin, See also:chancellor of Burgundy, See also:born at Autun. The chief See also:artistic features 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 the See also:group of the Last See also:Judgment sculptured on the tympanum above the See also:west See also:door, and the See also:painting by See also:Ingres representing the martyrdom of St Symphorien, which took See also:place at Autun in 179. In the cathedral square stands the See also:fountain of St Lazare, a See also:work of the See also:Renaissance. The hotel Rolin, a See also:house of the 15th century, contains the collections of the " Aeduan See also:literary and scientific society." The hotel de ville, containing a museum of paintings, the See also:law-See also:court and the theatre are See also:modern buildings. Autun is the seat of a bishopric, of tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, and has an ecclesiastical See also:seminary, a communal See also:college and a See also:cavalry school. Among the See also:industries of the town are the extraction of oil from the bituminous schist obtained in the neighbourhood, leathermanufacture, See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal-See also:founding, See also:marble-working, and the manufacture of machinery and See also:furniture. Autun is the commercial centre for a large part of the See also:Morvan, and has considerable See also:trade in See also:timber and See also:cattle.
Autun (Augustodunum) succeeded See also:Bibracte as capital of the See also:Aedui when See also:Gaul was reorganized by See also:Augustus. Under the See also:Romans, it was a flourishing town, covering See also:double its See also:present extent and renowned for its See also:schools of See also:rhetoric. In the succeeding centuries its prosperity See also:drew upon it the attacks of the barbarians, the See also:Saracens and the See also:Normans. The See also:counts of Autun in 88o became dukes of Burgundy, and the town was the residence of the latter till 1276. It was ravaged by the See also:English in 1379, and, in 1591, owing to its support of the See also:League, had to sustain a See also:siege conducted by See also:Marshal See also:Jean d'See also:Aumont, See also:general of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV.
See H. de Fontenay, Autun et ses monuments (Autun, 1889).
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