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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 571 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BRIGNOLES , a See also:

TOWN

town in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

VAR

Var in the S.E. of See also:

France, 36 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail N. of See also:

TOULON

Toulon. Pop. (1906) 3639. It is built at a height of 754 ft. above the See also:

sea-level, in a fertile valley, and on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the Carami See also:

RIVER

river. It contains the old summer See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

COUNTS

counts of See also:

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence, and has an active See also:

trade, especially in prunes, known as prunes de Brignoles. Its old name was See also:

VILLA

Villa Puerorum, as the See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children of the counts of Provence were often brought up here. It was sacked on several occasions during the religious See also:

WARS

wars in the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Twelve See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles to the N.W. is St Maximin (with a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

church), which is one of the best starting-points for the most famous See also:

PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage resort in Provence, the Sainte See also:

BAUME, ANTOINE (1728-1894)

Baume, wherein St See also:

Mary Magdalene is said to have taken See also:

REFUGE

refuge. This is 20 M. distant by road. (W. A. B.

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