TARASCON  , 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, 62 m . N.W. of See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) town, 5447; See also:

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

commune, 8972 . Tarascon is situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Rhone opposite See also:

• BEAUCAIRE

Beaucaire, with which it is connected by a railway See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge and a suspension bridge . 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 Martha, built in 1187—97 on the ruins of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple and rebuilt in 1379—1449, has a See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• SPIRE

spire, and many interesting pictures in the interior . Of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• BUILDING

building there remain a See also:

• PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

porch, and a See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side portal flanked by See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble columns with capitals like those of St Trophimus at See also:

• ARLES
• ARLES, KINGDOM OF

Arles . The former leads to the See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt, where are the tombs of St Martha (1658), See also:

• JEAN

Jean de Gossa, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence under See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Rene, and 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 II., king of Provence . The See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, picturesquely situated on a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, was begun by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Louis H. in the 14th See also:

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

century and finished by King Rene in the 15th . It contains a See also:

• TURRET (from O. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle)

turret See also:

• STAIR (0. Eng. stagger, step, from stigan, to climb, cf. Ger. steigen; the root is also seen in " stile " and " stirrup ")
• STAIR, JAMES DALRYMPLE

stair and a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel entrance, which are charming examples of 15th-century See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, and See also:

• FINE

fine wooden ceilings . The building is now used as a See also:

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

prison . The hotel-deville See also:

• DATES

dates from the 17th century .

The See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement of Arles is situated at Tarascon, which also possesses a commercial court, and fine See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

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

barracks . The so-called Arles sausages are made here, and there is 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 See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

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

early vegetables . In Tartarin de Tarascon See also:

• ALPHONSE, COUNT OF TOULOUSE AND OF POITIERS (I220-1271)

Alphonse See also:

• DAUDET, ALPHONSE (1840-1897)

Daudet has satirized the provincial See also:

• LIFE

life of Tarascon . Its uneventfulness Galeodes lucasii, an Arachnid of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Solifugae, commonly but wrongly called See also:

• TARANTULA

tarantula in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . is varied by the See also:

• FAIR

fair of Beaucaire, and it used to be the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the two fetes of La Tarasque, the latter in celebration of St Martha's deliverance of the town from a legendary See also:

• MONSTER (Lat. monstrum, from root of monere, to warn; i.e. something terrible or portentous)
• MONSTER, GEORG, COUNT ZU (1776-1844)

monster of that name . King Rene presided in 1469, and See also:

• GRAND

grand exhibitions of See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume and See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange ceremonies take See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place during the two days of the festival . Tarascon was originally a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of the Massaliots, built on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the Rhone . The See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval castle, where See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

Urban II. lived in 1096, was built on the ruins of a Roman See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp . The inhabitants of Tarascon preserved the municipal institutions granted them by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, and of the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power claimed by the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Provence they only recognized the rights of See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty .