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FLAVIGNY , a See also:town of eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of Cote-d'Or, situated on a promontory overlooking the See also:river Ozerain, 33 M. W.N.W. of See also:Dijon by road. Pop. (1906) 725. Among its antiquities are the remains of an See also:abbey of the 8th See also:century, which has been rebuilt as a factory for the manufacture of See also:anise, an See also:industry connected with the town as See also:early as the 17th century. There is also 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 of the 13th and 15th centuries, containing carved stalls (15th century) and a See also:fine See also:rood-See also:screen (early 16th century). A Dominican See also:convent, some old houses and See also:ancient gateways are also of See also:interest. About 3 M. See also:north-See also:west of Flavigny rises Mont Auxois, the probable site of the ancient See also:Alesia, where See also:Caesar in A.D. 52 defeated the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix, to whom a statue has been erected on the See also:summit of the height. Numerous remains of the Gallo-See also:Roman See also:period have been discovered on 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.
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