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NEVERS , a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Nievre, 1S9 M. S.S.E. of See also:Paris by the Paris-See also:Lyons-Mediterranee railway to See also:Nimes. Pop. (1906) 23,561. Nevers is situated on the 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 on the right See also:bank of the See also:Loire at its confluence with the Nievre. Narrow winding streets See also:lead from the See also:quay through the town where there are numerous old houses of the 14th to the 17th centuries. Among the ecclesiastical buildings the most important is the See also:cathedral of St Cyr, which is a See also:combination of two buildings, and possesses two apses. The See also:apse and See also:transept at the See also:west end are the remains of a Romanesque 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 the See also:nave and eastern apse are in the See also:Gothic See also:style and belong to the ,4th See also:century. There is no transept at the eastern end. The lateral portal on the See also:south See also:side belongs to the See also:late 15th century; the massive and elaborately decorated See also:tower which rises beside it to the See also:early 16th century. The church of St See also:Etienne is a specimen of the Romanesque style of See also:Auvergne of which the disposition of the apse with its three radiating chapels is characteristic. It was consecrated at the See also:close of the 11th century, and belonged to a priory affiliated to See also:Cluny. The ducal See also:palace at Nevers (now occupied by the courts of See also:justice and an important ceramic museum) was built in the 15th and 16th centuries and is one of the See also:principal feudal edifices in central France. The See also:facade is flanked at each end by a See also:turret and a See also:round tower. A See also:middle tower containing the See also:great See also:staircase has its windows adorned by sculptures See also:relating to the See also:history of the See also:house of See also:Cleves by the members of which the greater See also:part of the palace was built. In front of the palace lies a wide open space with a See also:fine view over the valley of the Loire. The See also:Porte du Croux, a square tower, with corner turrets, dating from the end of the 14th century, is among the remnants of the old fortifications; it now contains a collection of sculptures and See also:Roman antiquities. A triumphal See also:arch of the 18th century, commemorating the victory of See also:Fontenoy and the hotel de ville, a See also:modern See also:building which contains the library, are of some See also:interest. The Loire is crossed by a modern 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 See also:bridge, and by an See also:iron railway bridge. Nevers is the seat of a bishopric, of tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce and of a See also:court of assizes and has a chamber of commerce and a See also:branch of the Bank of France. Its educational institutions include a lycee, a training See also:college for See also:female teachers, ecclesiastical seminaries and a school of See also:art. The town manufactures See also:porcelain, agricultural implements, chemical See also:manures, See also:glue, boilers and iron goods, boots and shoes and See also:fur garments, and has distilleries, tanneries and dye-See also:works. Its See also:trade is in iron and See also:steel, See also:wood, See also:wine, See also:grain, live-stock, &c. See also:Hydraulic See also:lime, See also:kaolin and See also:clay for the manufacture of See also:faience are worked in the vicinity.
Noviodunum, the early name of Nevers was in later times altered to Nebirnum. The quantities of medals and other Roman antiquities found on the site indicate the importance of the See also:place at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time when See also:Caesar See also:chose it as a military See also:depot for See also:corn, See also:money and hostages. In 52 B.C. it was the first place seized by the revolting See also:Aedui. It became the seat of a bishopric at the end of the 5th century. The countship (see below) See also:dates at least from the beginning of the loth century. The citizens of Nevers obtained charters in 1194 and in 1231. For a See also:short time in the 14th century the town was the seat of a university, transferred from 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, to which it was restored.
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