TOURNUS
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 107
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
TOURNUS
, a town of east-central France, in the department of Saone-et- Loire, on the right bank of the Saone, 20 m
.
N. by E. of Macon on the Paris- Lyons railway
.
Pop
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(1906), 3787
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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)
of St Philibert ( early 11th century) once belonging to the Benedictine abbey of Tournus, suppressed in 1785, is in the Burgundian Romanesque style
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The facade lacks one of the two flanking towers originally designed for it
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The nave is roofed with barrel vaulting, supported on tall cylindrical columns
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The choir beneath which is a crypt of the 11th century has a deambulatory and square chapels
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In the Place de 1'H6tel de Ville stands a statue of J
.
B
.
Greuze, born in the town in 1725
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There are vineyards in the surrounding district and the town and its port have considerable commerce in wine and in See also: - STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
from the neighbouring quarries
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Chair-making is an important industry
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