AURAY
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V02,
Page 923
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
AURAY
, a See also:town of See also:France near the mouth of the Auray See also:river, in the See also:department of See also:Morbihan, 12 M
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W. of See also:Vannes on the railway between that town and See also:Lorient
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Its See also:port, which is formed by the channel of the river and divides the town into two parts, is frequented by See also:coasting and fishing vessels
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The See also:principal buildings are 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 Esprit (13th See also:century) now secularized; the See also:Renaissance church of St See also:Gildas; 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 (18th century) ; and, at a See also:short distance from the town, the Carthusian monastery, now a See also:deaf and dumb See also:institute, on the site of the See also:battle of 1364, at which See also:Charles of See also:Blois was defeated by See also:John of See also:Montfort (see See also:BRITTANY: See also:History)
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Adjoining the See also:Chartreuse is a small See also:chapel in which are preserved the bones of the Royalists captured by the Republicans in a battle fought near the spot in 1'795
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In the neighbourhood is the church of Sainte See also:Anne d'Auray, one of the principal places of See also:pilgrimage in Brittany
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Auray is one of the See also:chief centres in France for See also:oyster-breeding, and carries on See also:boat-See also:building and sardine-fishing
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