EMBRUN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

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

department of the Hautes Alpes in S.E . See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . It is built at a height of 2854 ft. on a See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau that rises above the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• DURANCE (anc. Druentia)

Durance . It is 271 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from See also:

• BRIANCON

Briancon and 24 M. from See also:

• GAP

Gap . Its ramparts were demolished in 1884 . In 1906 the communal pop . (including the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison) was 3752 . Besides the Tour See also:

• BRUNE, GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE (1763-1815)

Brune (11th See also:

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

century) and the old archiepiscopal See also:

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

palace, now occupied by See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government offices, See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks, &c., the See also:

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

chief See also:

• OBJECT

object of See also:

• INTEREST

interest in Embrun is its splendid 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, which See also:

• DATES

dates from the second See also:

• HALF

half of the 12th century . Above its See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door, called the Real, there existed till 1585 (when it was destroyed by the See also:

• HUGUENOTS

Huguenots) a See also:

• FRESCO (Ital. for cool, " fresh ")

fresco, probably painted in the 13th century, representing the Madonna: this was the object of a celebrated See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage for many centuries . See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XI. habitually wore on his See also:

• HAT

hat a leaden See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image of this Madonna, for which he had a very See also:

• GREAT

great veneration, since between 1440 and 1461, during the lifetime of his See also:

• FATHER

father, he had been the dauphin, and as such ruler of this See also:

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

province . Embrun was the Eburodunum or Ebredunum of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, and the chief town of the province of the Maritime See also:

• ALPS

Alps . The episcopal see was founded in the 4th century, and became an archbishopric about 800 .

In 1147 the archbishops obtained from the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad III. very extensive temporal rights, and the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of princes of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . In 1232 the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of the Embrunais passed by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to the dauphins of Viennois . In 1791 the archiepiscopal see was suppressed, the region being then transferred to the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Gap, so that the once See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan cathedral church is now simply a See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish church . The town was sacked in 1585 by the Huguenots and in 1692 by the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy . See also:

• HENRI

Henri See also:

• ARNAUD, HENRI (1641-1721)

Arnaud (1641-1721), the Waldensian pastor and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Embrun . See A . See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert, Histoire du diocese d'Embrun (2 vols., Embrun, 1783) ; M . Fornier, Histoire generale See also:

• DES

des Alpes Maritimes ou Cottiennes et particuliere de leur metropolitaine Embrun (written 1626–1643), published by the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume (3 vols., See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and Gap, 189o–1891) ; A . See also:

• FABRE
• FABRE, FERDINAND (183o—1898)

Fabre, Recherches historiques sur le elerinage des rocs de France a N . D. d'Embrun (See also:

• GRENOBLE

Grenoble, 1859)); A . Sauret, Essai historique sur la ville d'Embrun (Gap, 1860) . (W .

A . B .