|
MOISSAC , 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:Tarn-et-See also:Garonne, 17 M. W.N.W. of See also:Montauban on the See also:Southern railway between See also:Bordeaux and See also:Toulouse. Pop. (1906) town, 4523; See also:commune, 8218. Moissac stands at the See also:foot of See also:vine-clad hills on the right See also:bank of the Tarn; it is divided into two parts by the lateral See also:canal of the Garonne, which crosses the Tarn by way of an See also:aqueduct a See also:short distance above the town. It contains little of See also:note except the See also:abbey-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 St See also:Pierre, a See also:building of the 15th See also:century with a See also:porch of the 12th century which is decorated with elaborate Romanesque See also:carving unsurpassed in France. The See also:cloister of the See also:early 12th century adjoining the See also:north See also:side of the church is also one of the finest of its See also:kind. Romanesque in See also:character, it has pointed See also:arches resting alternately on single and clustered columns with sculptured capitals. Among other remains of the abbey is the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot's See also:palace, which contains two halls of the Romanesque See also:period. St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, the See also:oldest of the other churches of Moissac, See also:dates from before the See also:year 1oo0. The town has a sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance, a communal See also:college for boys, a library and a museum. See also:Trade is in oil, See also:wine, eggs, See also:wool, poultry and See also:fruit (peaches, apricots, &c.).
The town owes its origin to an abbey probably founded in the 7th century by St Amand, the friend of Dagobert. After being devastated by the See also:Saracens, the abbey was restored by 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 of See also:Aquitaine, son of See also:Charlemagne. Subsequently it was made dependent on See also:Cluny, but in 1618 it was secularized by See also:Pope See also:Paul V., and replaced by a See also:house of Augustinian monks, which was suppressed at the Revolution. The town, which was erected into a commune in the 13th century, was taken by See also:Richard Cceur de See also:Lion and by See also:Simon de See also:Montfort.
End of Article: MOISSAC
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!