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PARTHENAY

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 869 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARTHENAY  , a

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town of western France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Deux-Sevres, 27 M . N.N.E. of
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Niort, on the railway between that town and
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Saumur . Pop . (1906), 5615 . The town retains considerable portions of its
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fine 13th-century ramparts, including the Porte St Jacques, a fortified gateway guarding an old
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bridge over the Thouet . Amongst ancient buildings of
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interest are the church of Ste Croix, of the 12th century, restored in 1885, with a 15th-century belfry; the church of St Laurent, also restored in
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modern times, portions of whose walls date from the i 1th century; the ruined Romanesque portal of Notre-Dame de la Couldre; and i m. south-west of the town the ancient church (12th century) of Parthenay-le-Vieux . The manufacture of woollen goods and wool-spinning are the
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principal
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local
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industries .

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