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BAZAS , a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Gironde, 382 m. S.S.E. of See also:Bordeaux by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) town, 2505; See also:commune, 4684. The town, which was the seat of a See also:bishop from at least the beginning of the 6th See also:century till 1790, has a See also:Gothic 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 (formerly the See also:cathedral) dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries. There are remains of ramparts (15th and 16th centuries) and several old houses of the 16th century. The vineyards of the vicinity produce See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:wine. The town is See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement, and carries on tanning, &c., and See also:trade in the well-known Bazadais See also:cattle.
Bazas (Cossio) was capital of the See also:ancient > ribe of the Vasates, and under the See also:Romans one of the twelve cities of Novempopulana. In later times it was capital of the See also:district of Bazadais. It was the See also:scene of much bloodshed during the religious See also:wars of the 16th century.
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