DIGNE  , the See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

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

department of the Basses Alpes, in S.E . See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, 14 M. by a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

• LINE

line from the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main railway line between See also:

• GRENOBLE

Grenoble and See also:

• AVIGNON

Avignon . Pop . (1906), town, 4628; See also:

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

commune, 7456 . The Ville Haute is built on a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

• SPUR (A.S. spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. M.H.G. sporn, mod. Ger. Sporn)

spur See also:

• RUNNING

running down to the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Bleone See also:

• RIVER

river, and is composed of a See also:

• LABYRINTH (Gr. Xa(3vpcvOos, Lat. labyrinthus)

labyrinth of narrow winding streets, above which towers the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral 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, dating from the end of the 15th See also:

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

century, but largely reconstructed in See also:

• MODERN

modern times, and the former 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 (now the See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison) . The See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BOULEVARD (a Fr. word, earlier boulevart, from Dutch or Ger. Bollwerk, cf. Eng. " bulwark ")

Boulevard Gassendi separates the Ville Haute from the Ville Basse, which is of modern date . The old cathedral (Notre See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame du Bourg) is a See also:

• BUILDING

building of the 13th century, but is now disused except for funerals: it stands at the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end of the Ville Basse . The neighbourhood of Digne is 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 in orchards, which have See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long made the town famous in France for its preserved fruits and confections . It is the Dinia of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, and was the See also:

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

capital of the Bodiontii . From the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 6th century at least it has been an episcopal see, which till 1790 was in the ecclesiastical See also:

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

province of See also:

• EMBRUN

Embrun, but since 1802 in that of See also:

• AIX

Aix en See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of Digne in the middleages is See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound up with that of its bishops, under whom it prospered greatly . But it suffered much during the religious See also:

• WARS

wars of the 16th and 17th centuries, when it was sacked several times .

A little way off, above the right bank of the Bleone, is Champtercier, the birthplace of the astronomer Gassendi (1592-1655), whose name has been given to the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal thoroughfare of the little town . See F . See also:

• GUICHARD, KARL GOTTLIEB (1724—1775)

Guichard, Souvenirs historiques sur la ville de Digne et ses environs (Digne, 1847) . (W . A . B .