the birthplace (in 946) of the prolific scholar Gerbert d'Aurillac, who became Pope Sylvester II, the first of the French popes. Communes of the Cantal...
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part of the commune is part of the Landes de Bordeaux. Early in World War II (June 22, 1940), the town was the scene of a quadruple execution on the firing...
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of Saint-Romain, which holds the tomb of Charibert II, king of Aquitaine, and son of Clotaire II. Nearby, Fort Paté, on an island in the river, and Fort...
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is the environmentalist Pierre Hurmic. Bordeaux is the capital of five cantons and the Prefecture of the Gironde and Aquitaine. The town is divided into...
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In 1308, Pope Clement V resided at the château de Lormont where Richard II was born, the son of the "Black Prince" in 1367. The town prospered and lived...
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astronomy. An early student of such learning was Gerbert d'Aurillac, the later Pope Sylvester II. Saint Hildegard (Hildegard von Bingen, 1098–1179), depicted...
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professor at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Occitania Félibrige Pope Sylvester II Auvergne (province), the historical independent county and later French province...
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relic of St. John the Baptist at the time of that saint's death. Pope Urban II (1088–99) preached the crusade at Bazas. Bazas was a subprefecture until 1926...
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Quat'Sos, which was begun by Louis VIII of France and completed by Henry II of England. The south-western tower, called "la Thomasse", still looks over...
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