BRANTOME  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• DORDOGNE

Dordogne, 20 M . N. by W. of Perigueux by See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway . Pop . (1906) 1230 . The town is built, in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part, on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• RIVER

river Dronne . It is well known for the remains of an See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey founded by See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne about 770 and afterwards destroyed by the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest existing portion is a square See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower dating from the 1th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, built upon a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock beside 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 which it overlooks . It communicates by a See also:

• STAIRCASE

staircase with the church, a rectangular See also:

• BUILDING

building partly Romanesque, partly See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic, to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of which are the remains of a See also:

• CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister . The abbey buildings date from the 18th century, and now serve as hotel-de-ville, magistrature and See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . Caves in the neighbouring rocks were inhabited by the monks before the building of the abbey; one of them, used as an See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory, contains curious carvings, representing the Last See also:

• JUDGMENT

Judgment and the Crucifixion . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 16th century See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre de Bourdeille came into See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the abbey, from which he took the 'name of Brantome . Brantome has some old houses and a church of the 15th century, which was once fortified and is now used as a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market .

Truffles are the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce; and there are quarries of freestone in the neighbourhood . The dolmen which is known as Pierre-See also:

• LEVEE (from Fr. lever, to raise)
• LEVEE (from the French substantival use of lever, to rise; there is no French substantival use of levee in the English sense)

Levee, to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the town, is the most remarkable in See also:

• PERIGORD

Perigord .