SALON  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

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

department of Bouches-du-See also:

• RHONE
• RHONE (Fr. Rhone, Lat. Rhodanus)

Rhone, 40 M . N.N.W. of See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (r906), town, 9927; See also:

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

commune, 14,050 . Salon is situated on the eastern border of the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of See also:

• CRAU (from a Celtic root meaning " stone ")

Crau and on the See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal of Craponne, the engineer of which, See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam de Craponne (1519-1559, has a statue in the town, where he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born . The See also:

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

chief buildings are the 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 of St See also:

• LAURENT, FRANCOIS (1810–1887)

Laurent (14th See also:

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

century), which contains the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael See also:

• NOSTRADAMUS (1503-1566)

Nostradamus, the famous astrologer, who died at Salon in 1565, and the church of St See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel (12th century), with a See also:

• FINE

fine Romanesque portal . The central and See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• PART

part of the town preserves a gateway of the 15th century and the remains of fortifications . There are remains of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman walls near Salon, and in the hotel-de-ville (17th century) there is a milestone of the 4th century . The town carries on an active See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in oil and See also:

• SOAP

soap, which are the chief of its numerous manufactures . See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

Olives are largely grown in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and there is a large trade in them and in almonds .