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GRASSE , a See also:town in the See also:French See also:department of the Alpes Maritimes (till IS6o in that of the Vex),122 m. by See also:rail N. of See also:Cannes. Pop. (1906) town, 13,958; See also:commune, 20,305. It is built in a picturesque situation, in the See also:form of an See also:amphitheatre and at a height of xo66 ft. above the See also:sea, on the See also:southern slope of a 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, facing the Mediterranean. In the older (eastern) See also:part of the town the streets are narrow, steep and winding, but the new portion (western) is laid out in accordance with See also:modern French ideas. It possesses a remarkably mild and salubrious See also:climate, and is well supplied with See also:water. That used for the purpose of the factories comes from the See also:fine See also:spring of Foux. But the drinking water used in the higher portions of the town flows, by means of a conduit, from the Foulon stream, one of the See also:sources of the Loup. Grasse was from 1244 (when the see was transferred hither from See also:Antibes) to 1790 an episcopal see, but was then included in the See also:diocese of See also:Frejus till 186o, when politically as well as ecclesiastically, the region was annexed to the newly-formed department of the Alpes Maritimes. It still possesses a 12th-See also:century See also:cathedral, now a See also:simple See also:parish 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; while an See also:ancient See also:tower, of uncertain date, rises See also:close by near the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, which was formerly the See also:bishop's See also:palace (13th century). There is a See also:good town library, containing the muniments of the See also:abbey of Lerins, on the See also:island of St Honorat opposite Cannes. In the See also:chapel of the old See also:hospital are three pictures by See also:Rubens. The painter J. H. See also:Fragonard (1732–1806) was a native of Grasse, and some of his best See also:works were formerly to be seen here (now in See also:America). Grasse is particularly celebrated for its See also:perfumery. Oranges and See also:roses are cultivated abundantly in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood. It is stated that the preparation of See also:attar of roses (which See also:costs nearly Doc, per 2 lb) requires alone nearly 7,000,000 roses a See also:year. The finest quality of See also:olive oil is also manufactured at Grasse. (W. A. B.
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