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REDON , a See also:town of western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 45 M. S.S.W. of See also:Rennes by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 5170. Redon is situated on the right See also:bank of the Vilaine, above the confluence of the Oust and on the See also:canal from See also:Nantes to See also:Brest. The 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 Sauveur, formerly belonging to an See also:abbey, has a Romanesque central See also:tower, square in See also:form but with rounded angles. A See also:fine tower of the 14th See also:century with a 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:spire stands isolated from the church, from which it was separated owing to the destruction of See also:part of the See also:nave by See also:fire in 1782. The See also:choir, with See also:ambulatory and radiating chapels, forms one of the most remarkable examples of 13th-century See also:architecture in See also:Brittany. The abbey has been converted into an ecclesiastical See also:college. Some 16th-century timbered houses have interesting carvings. The See also:industries include the manufacture of See also:emery and See also:polish, agricultural implements and See also:boat-See also:building, tanning, See also:brewing and See also:flour-milling. The See also:port is accessible at high tides for vessels of 600 to 700 tons. Redon See also:grew up See also:round a monastery founded in the first See also:half of the 9th century. In the 14th century See also:Jean de Treal, one of the abbots, surrounded the town with walls, of which a remnant is still to be seen.
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