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BEAUCAIRE , a See also:town of See also:south-eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Gard, 17 M. E. by S. of See also:Nimes on the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway. Pop. (1906) 7284. Beaucaire is situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhone, opposite See also:Tarascon, with which it is connected by two handsome See also:bridges, a suspension-See also:bridge of four spans and 1476 ft. in length, and a' railway bridge. A triangular keep, a See also:chapel, and other remains of a See also:chateau (13th and 14th centuries) of the See also:counts of See also:Toulouse stand on the rocky See also:pine-clad 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 which rises to the See also:north of the town; the chapel, dedicated to St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, belongs to the latest See also:period of Romanesque See also:architecture, and contains See also:fine sculptures. The town derives celebrity from the See also:great See also:July See also:fair, which has been held here annually since the 12th See also:century, but has now lost its former importance (see FAIR).
Beaucaire gives its name to the See also:canal which communicates with the See also:sea (near Aigues-Mortes) and connects it with the Canal du Midi, forming See also:part .of the See also:line of communication between the Rhone and the See also:Garonne. The town is an important See also:port on the Rhone, and its See also:commerce, the See also:chief articles of which are See also:wine, and freestone from quarries in the vicinity, is largely See also:water-See also:borne. Among its See also:industries are distilling and the manufacture of See also:furniture, and the preparation of See also:vermicelli, sausages and other provisions.
Beaucaire occupies the site of the See also:ancient Ugernum, and several remains of the See also:Roman See also:city have been discovered, as well as (in 1734) the road that led from Nimes. The See also:present name is derived from Bellum Quadrum, a descriptive appellation applied in the See also:middle ages either to the chateau or to the See also:rock on which it stands.
In 1125 Beaucaire came into the See also:possession of the counts of Toulouse, one of whom, See also:Raymund VI., established the importance of its fairs by the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of privileges. In the See also:Wars of the See also:League it suffered severely, and in 1632 its See also:castle was destroyed by See also:Richelieu.
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