CARPENTRAS  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

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

department of See also:

• VAUCLUSE

Vaucluse 16 m . N.E. of See also:

• AVIGNON

Avignon by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) town, 7775; See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune, 10,721 . The town stands on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Auzon on an See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence, the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of which is occupied by 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 Siffrein, formerly a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, and the adjoining See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court: 'St Siff See also:

• REIN

rein, in its existing See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, See also:

• DATES

dates from the 15th and 16th centuries and is See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, but it preserves remains of a previous church of Romanesque See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture . The See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portal and the See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics and See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art in the interior are of some See also:

• INTEREST

interest . The law-court, built in 164o as the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, contains in its courtyard a small but well-preserved triumphal See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch of the Gallo-See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . Other important buildings are the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, an imposing structure of the 18th See also:

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

century, opposite which is a statue of its founder, Malachie d'Inguimbert, bishop of Carpentras; and the former palace of the papal See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate, which dates from 1640 . Of the old fortifications the only survival is the See also:

• PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte d'See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange, a gateway surmounted by a See also:

• FINE

fine machicolated See also:

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

tower . Their site is now occupied by wide boulevards shaded by See also:

• PLANE

plane-trees . See also:

• WATER

Water is brought to the town by an See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct of See also:

• FORTY

forty-eight See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, completed in 1734 . Carpentras is the seat of a sub-See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and of a court of assizes, and has a tribunal of first instance, communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college for girls and boys, a large library and a museum .

See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

Felt hats, See also:

• CONFECTIONERY (from Lat. confectio, conficere, compound)

confectionery, preserved fruits and nails are its See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial products, and there are See also:

• SILK

silk-works, tanneries and dye-works . There is See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in silk, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, oil, &c . The See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation-See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal named after the town flows to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of it (see VAUCLUSE) . Carpentras is identified with Carpentoracte, a town of Gallia Narbonensis mentioned by See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, which appears to have been of some importance during the Roman period . Its See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• HISTORY

history is full of vicissitudes; it was captured and plundered by Vandal, Lombard and Saracen . In later times, as capital of the Comtat Venaissin, it was frequently the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the popes of Avignon, to whom that See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province belonged from 1228 till the Revolution . Carpentras was the seat of a bishopric from the 5th century till 1805 .