LAMBALLE
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V16,
Page 106
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
LAMBALLE
, a town of north-western France, in the department of Cotes-du- Nord, on the Gouessant 13 M
.
E.S.E. of St Brieuc by rail
.
Pop
.
(1906) 4347
.
Crowning the eminence on which the town is built is a beautiful Gothic 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)
(13th and 14th centuries), once the chapel of the castle of the counts of Penthievre
.
La Noue, the famous Huguenot leader, was mortally wounded in 1591 in the siege of the castle, which was dismantled in 1626 by Richelieu
.
Of the other buildings, the church of St See also: - MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
(11th, 15th and 16th centuries) is the chief
.
Lamballe has an important tiaras ( depot for stallions) and carries on trade in grain, tanning and leather-dressing; earthenware is manufactured in the environs
.
Lamballe was the capital of the territory of the counts of Penthievre, who in 1569 were made dukes
.
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