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VILLAVICIOSA , a seaport of See also:northern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Oviedo; on the Ria de Villaviciosa, an See also:estuary formed by the small See also:river Villaviciosa which here enters the See also:Bay of See also:Biscay. Pop. (1900) 20,995. The See also:town is the headquarters of a large See also:fishery, and has some See also:coasting See also:trade. Its exports are chiefly agricultural produce. Villaviciosa suffers from the competitionof the neighbouring ports of Gij6n and See also:Aviles, and from the lack of railway communication. It is connected by See also:good roads with See also:Siero (13 m.) and Infiesto (9 m.) on the Oviedo-Infiesto railway.
VILLEFRANCHE-DE-See also:ROUERGUE, a town of See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Aveyron, 36 m. W. of See also:Rodez by road. Pop. (1906) town, 6297; See also:commune, 3352. Villefranche, which has a station on the 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 railway, lies amongst the hills on the right See also:bank of the Aveyron at its junction with the Alzou. One of the three See also:bridges that See also:cross the river belongs to the 13th See also:century, and the straight, narrow streets are full of gabled houses of the 13th and 14th centuries. One of the See also:principal thoroughfares passes beneath the See also:porch of Notre-See also:Dame, the principal 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 Villefranche. Notre-Dame was built from 126o to 1581, the massive See also:tower which surmounts its porch being of See also:late See also:Gothic See also:architecture. The remarkable See also:wood-See also:work in the See also:choir See also:dates from the 15th century. A Carthusian monastery overlooking the town from the See also:left bank of the Aveyron derives much See also:interest from the completeness and See also:fine preservation of its buildings, which date from the 15th century. They include a fine See also:refectory and two cloisters, the smaller of which is a masterpiece of the late Gothic See also:style. The manufacture of See also:leather, See also:animal-traps, See also:hosiery, See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-See also:founding, See also:hemp-See also:spinning, &c., are carried on. Quarries of See also:phosphates and mines of argentiferous See also:lead are worked near Villefranche.
Villefranche, founded about 1252, owes its name to the numerous immunities granted by its founder See also:Alphonse, See also:count of See also:Toulouse (d. 1271), and in 1348 it was so flourishing that sumptuary See also:laws were passed. Soon afterwards the town See also:fell into the hands of See also:Edward, the See also:Black See also:Prince, but was the first See also:place in See also:Guienne to rise against the See also:English. New privileges were granted to the town by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Charles V., but these were taken away by 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 XI. In 1588 the inhabitants repulsed the forces of the See also:League, and afterwards murdered a See also:governor sent by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV. The town was ravaged by See also:plague in 1463, 1558 and 1628, and in 1643 a revolt, excited by the exactions of the intendants, was cruelly repressed.
VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-See also:SAONE, a manufacturing town of See also:east-central France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of See also:Rhone, on the Morgon near its junction with the Saline, 21 M. N. by W. of See also:Lyons by See also:rail. Pop (1906) 14,794. Among its See also:industries the See also:chief are the manufacture of working clothes, the manufacture, See also:dyeing and See also:finishing of See also:cotton fabrics, the spinning of cotton See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread, See also:copper founding and the manufacture of machinery and agricultural implements. The wines of Beaujolais, hemp, See also:cloth, See also:linen, cottons, drapery goods and See also:cattle . are the principal articles of trade. An old See also:Renaissance See also:house is used as the 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. The church of Notre-Dame See also:des Marais, begun at the end of the 14th and finished in the 16th century, has a tower and See also:spire (rebuilt in 1862), See also:standing to the right of the See also:facade (15th century), in which are carved wooden doors. Villefranche is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce and a communal See also:college among its public institutions.
Founded in 1212 by See also:Guichard IV. count of See also:Beaujeu, Villefranche became in the 14th century capital of the Beaujolais. As a See also:punishment for an See also:act of violence towards the See also:mayor's daughter, Edward II. was forced to surrender the Beaujolais to the See also:duke of See also:Bourbon.
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