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Entremont is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département in France and a district of the Simplon département in Switzerland. It features megalithic art in carved limestone pillars. Megalithic art refers to the use of large stones as an artistic medium. ...


Entremont is also the name of an Gaul oppidum near Aix-en-Provence in southern France. Gallia (in English Gaul) is the Latin name for the region of Western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... To the Romans, an oppidum was the main settlement in any administrative area. ... Aix (prounounced eks), or, to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, Aix-en-Provence is a city in southern France, some 30 km north of Marseille. ...


External links

  • The Gauls in Provence: The Oppidum of Entremont (http://www.entremont.culture.gouv.fr/) (French Ministry of Culture)

Entremont is also a French cheese-making company (http://www.entremont.fr).


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The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: Entremont proves he's a consummate Mozartean, with piano as podium, too (428 words)
Entremont's performance of the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor (K.466), which he led from the keyboard, did not sound like a compromise between the soloist and conducting responsibilities, as is so often the case with player/conductors.
Entremont did not neglect the orchestra as he drew gorgeous sounds from the keyboard in one of the greatest of all concerti.
Entremont coaxed a beautiful sound out of the strings in the symphony's second movement, reshaping the theme as it was passed among the various sections of the orchestra.
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