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FIGEAC , a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Lot, 47 M. E. N.E. of See also:Cahors on the See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans railway. Pop. (1906) 4330. It is enclosed by an See also:amphitheatre of wooded and See also:vine-clad hills, on the right See also:bank of the Cele, which is here crossed by an old See also:bridge. It is See also:ill-built and the streets are narrow and dirty; on the outskirts shady boulevards have taken the See also:place of the ramparts by which it was surrounded. The town. is very See also:rich in old houses of the 13th and 14th centuries; among them may be mentioned the Hotel de Balene, of the 14th See also:century, used as a See also:prison. Another See also:house, dating from the 15th century, was the birthplace of the Egyptologist J. F. See also:Champollion, in memory of whom the town has erected an See also:obelisk. The See also:principal 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 is that of
St Sauveur, which once belonged to the See also:abbey of Figeac. It was built at the beginning of the 12th century, but restored later; the See also:facade in particular is See also:modern. Notre-See also:Dame du See also:Puy, in the highest See also:part of the town, belongs to the 12th and 13th centuries. It has no See also:transept and its aisles extend completely See also:round the interior. The See also:altar-See also:screen is a See also:fine example of carved woodwork of the end of the 17th century. Of the four obelisks which used to See also:mark the limits of the authority of the abbots of Figeac, those to the south and the See also:west of the town remain. Figeac is the seat of a subprefect and has a tribunal of first in-stance, and a communal See also:college. See also:Brewing, tanning, See also:printing, See also:cloth-See also:weaving and the manufacture of agricultural implements are among the See also:industries. See also:Trade is in See also:cattle, See also:leather, See also:wool, plums, walnuts and See also:grain, and there are See also:zinc mines in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood.
Figeac See also:grew up round an abbey founded by See also:Pippin the See also:Short in the 8th century, and throughout the See also:middle ages it was the See also:property of the monks. At the end of the 16th century the See also:lord-See also:ship was acquired by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King 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.'s See also:minister, the See also:duke of See also:Sully, who sold it to 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 XIII. in 1622.
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