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CANNES , a seaport of See also:France, in the See also:department of the Alpes Maritimes, on the Mediterranean, 19 m. S.W. of See also:Nice and 120 M. R. of See also:Marseilles by See also:rail. Pop.(1906)24,531, It enjoys a See also:southern exposure on a seaward slope, and is defended from the See also:northern winds by ranges of hills. Previous to 1831, when it first attracted the See also:attention of See also:Lord See also:Brougham, it mainly consisted of the old See also:quarter (named Sucquet), and had little to show except an See also:ancient See also:castle, and a 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 on the See also:top of Mont See also:Chevalier, dedicated in 1603 to Notre See also:Dame du Mont See also:Esperance; but since that See also:period it has become a large and important See also:town, and is now one of the most fashionable See also:winter resorts in the See also:south of France, much frequented by See also:English visitors, the Americans preferring Nice. The neighbourhood is thickly studded with magnificent villas, which are solidly built of a 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 so soft that it is sawn and not hewn. There is an excellent See also:quay, and a beautiful See also:promenade runs along the See also:beach; and numerous sheltered roads stretch up the valleys amidst groves of See also:olive trees. On the See also:north the See also:modern town climbs up to Le Cannet (2 m.), while on the See also:east it practically extends along the See also:coast to Golfe Jouan (31 m.), where See also:Napoleon landed on the 1st of See also:March 1815, on his return from See also:Elba. From Cannes a railway runs north in 121 M. to See also:Grasse. On the top of the 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 behind the town are a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and a See also:Protestant See also:cemetery. In the most prominent See also:part of the latter is the See also:grave of Lord Brougham, distinguished by a massive stone See also:cross See also:standing on a See also:double See also:basement, with the See also:simple inscription—" Henricus Brougham, Natus MDCCLXXVIII., Decessit MDCCCLxVIII."; and in the immediate vicinity lies See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, See also:fourth See also:duke of See also:Montrose, who died See also:December 1874. The See also:country around is very beautifuland highly fertile; See also:orange and See also:lemon trees are cultivated• like See also:peach trees in See also:England, while See also:olives, almonds, See also:figs, peaches, grapes and other fruits are grown in abundance, and, along with the produce of the See also:fisheries, See also:form the See also:chief exports of the town. Essences of various kinds are manufactured, and See also:flowers are extensively cultivated for the perfumers. The See also:climate of Cannes has been the subject of a considerable variety of See also:opinion, —the preponderance being, however, in its favour. According to Dr de Valcourt, it is remarkable by See also:reason of the See also:elevation and regularity of the temperature during the height of the See also:day, the clearness of the See also:atmosphere and abundance of See also:light, the rarity of See also:rain and the See also:absence of fogs.
Cannes is a See also:place of See also:great antiquity, but its earlier See also:history is very obscure. It was twice destroyed by the See also:Saracens in the 8th and the loth centuries; but it was afterwards repeopled by ,a See also:colony from See also:Genoa. Opposite the town is the See also:island of Ste See also:Marguerite (one of the Lerins), in the citadel of which the See also:Man with the See also:Iron See also:Mask was confined from 1686 to 1698, and which acquired notoriety as the See also:prison whence See also:Marshal See also:Bazaine escaped in See also:August 1874. On the other chief island (St Honorat) of the Lerins is the famous monastery (5th See also:century to 1788) , in connexion with which See also:grew up the school of Lerins, which had a wide See also:influence upon piety and literature in the 5th and 6th centuries.
See L. Alliez, Histoire du monastere de Lerins (2 vols., See also:Paris, 1862) ; and See also:Les Iles de Lerins, Cannes, et les rivages environnants (Paris, 186o) ; Cartulaire du monastere de Lerins (2 vols., Paris, 1883 and 1905) ; de Valcourt, Cannes and its Climate (See also:London, 1873) ; Joanne, See also:special See also:Guide to Cannes; J. R. See also:Green, See also:essay on Cannes and St Honorat, in the first See also:series of his Stray Studies (1st ed., 1876); A. See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
Cooper-Marsdin, The School of Lerins (See also:Rochester, 1905). (W. A. B.
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