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TOURNUS , a See also:town of See also:east-central See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Saone-et-See also:Loire, on the right See also:bank of the Saone, 20 m. N. by E. of See also:Macon on the See also:Paris-See also:Lyons railway. Pop. (1906), 3787. 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 Philibert (See also:early 11th See also:century) once belonging to the See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of Tournus, suppressed in 1785, is in the Burgundian Romanesque See also:style. The See also:facade lacks one of the two flanking towers originally designed for it. The See also:nave is roofed with See also:barrel vaulting, supported on tall cylindrical columns. The See also:choir beneath which is a See also:crypt of the 11th century has a deambulatory and square chapels. In the See also:Place de 1'H6tel de Ville stands a statue of J. B. See also:Greuze, See also:born in the town in 1725. There are vineyards in the surrounding See also:district and the town and its See also:port have considerable See also:commerce in See also:wine and in 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 from the neighbouring quarries. See also:Chair-making is an important See also:industry.
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