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TOURNON , 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:Ardeche, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhone, 58 m. S. of See also:Lyons by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), town, 3642; See also:commune, 5003. Tournon preserves a gateway of the 15th See also:century and other remains of fortifications and an old See also:castle used as 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, See also:court-See also:house and See also:prison and containing a See also:Gothic See also:chapel. 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 See also:Julian See also:dates chiefly from the 14th century. The lycee occupies an old See also:college founded in the 16th century by See also:Cardinal See also:Francois de Tournon. Of the two suspension See also:bridges which unite the town with See also:Tain on the See also:left bank of the See also:river, one was built in 1825 and is the See also:oldest in France. A statue to See also:General Rampon (d. 1843) stands in the See also:Place See also:Carnot. See also:Wood-sawing, See also:silk-See also:spinning, and the manufacture of chemical See also:manures, silk goods and See also:hosiery are carried on in the town, which has See also:trade in the See also:wine of the Rhone hills. Tournon had its own See also:counts as See also:early as the reign of 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 I. In the See also:middle of the 17th century the See also:title passed from them to the See also:dukes of Ventadour.
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