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CREST
, a See also:town of See also:south-eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of Drdme, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Drome, 20 M
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S.S.E. of See also:Valence by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1906) town, 3971; See also:commune, 566o
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It carries on See also:silk-See also:worm breeding, silk-See also:spinning, and the manufacture of woollens, See also:paper, See also:leather and See also:cement
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There is See also:trade in truffles
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On the See also:rock which commands the town stands a huge keep, the See also:sole survival of a See also:castle (12th See also:century) to which Crest was indebted for its importance in the See also:middle ages and the Religious See also:Wars
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The See also:rest of the castle was destroyed in the first See also:half of the 17th century, after which the keep was used as a See also:state See also:prison
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Crest ranked for a See also:time as the See also:capital of the duchy of See also:Valentinois, and in that capacity belonged before the Revolution to the See also:prince of See also:Monaco
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The communal See also:charter, graven on See also: |
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