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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 360 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Puy-de-See also:Dome, 8 m. N. by E. of Clermont-See also:Ferrand by See also:rail. Pon., town, 7839; See also:commune, ro,627. Riom is situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Ambene, on an See also:eminence rising above the fertile See also:plain of Limagne. It is surrounded with boulevards and has wide streets, but the houses, being built of See also:black See also:lava, have a sombre See also:appearance. Some belong to the 15th and 16th centuries, and have, turrets and carved stonework. The See also:church of St Amable, of Romanesque and See also:early See also:Gothic See also:architecture, See also:dates from the 12th See also:century, but has been restored in See also:modern times. It has See also:fine carved woodwork of the 17th century. The church of Notre-See also:Dame du Marthuret (15th century) has a well-known statue of the Virgin at its western entrance. The Sainte-Chapelle ofthe 14th and 15th centuries is a relic of the See also:palace of See also:Jean de See also:Berry, See also:duke of See also:Auvergne, and contains fine stained See also:glass. Near it stands a statue of the See also:chancellor See also:Michel de 1'H6pital, who was See also:born near Riom. The See also:rest of the site of the palace is occupied by the See also:law courts.

Other interesting buildings are the See also:

belfry of the 16th century and a See also:mansion of the same See also:period known as the Maison See also:des Consuls. The town possesses numerous fountains, some of which are of the See also:Renaissance period. Riom is the seat of a See also:court of See also:appeal, 'a court of assizes and a sub-See also:prefect, and has tribunals' of first instance and See also:commerce and a communal See also:college. It has a See also:state manufactory of See also:tobacco, and carries on the preparation of See also:fruit preserves. See also:Trade is in See also:grain, See also:wine, vegetables, fruit, See also:nut-oil and Volvic See also:stone. ' Riom (Ruomagus or Ricomum of the See also:Romans) was See also:long the See also:rival of Clermont. Along with Auvergne it was seized for the See also:crown by See also:Philip See also:Augustus, and it was the capital of this See also:province under the See also:dukes of Berry and See also:Bourbon.

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