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Nevers is a commune of central France, the préfecture (capital) of the Nièvre département, in the former province of Nivernais. Nevers is located 159 m. S.S.E. of Paris. Population: (1999) 43,082. The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
In France, a préfecture is the capital city of a département. ...
Nièvre is a département in the center of France named after the Nièvre River. ...
The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ...
The kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. ...
The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
History
Noviodunum, the early name of Nevers was in later times altered to Nebirnum. The quantities of medals and other Roman antiquities found on the site indicate the importance of the place at the time when Caesar chose it as a military depot for corn, money and hostages. In 52 BC it was the first place seized by the revolting Aedui. It became the seat of a bishopric at the end of the 5th century. The countship dates at least from the beginning of the l0th century. The citizens of Nevers obtained charters in 1194 and in 1231. For a short time in the 14th century the town was the seat of a university, transferred from Orléans, to which it was restored. Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin: IMP·C·IVLIVS·CAESAR·DIVVS¹) (b. ...
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC 49...
Orleans cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Cross, built from 1278 to 1329; the Protestants pillaged it in the 1560s; the Bourbon kings restored it in the 17th century. ...
Geography Nevers is situated on the slope of a hill on the right bank of the Loire River at its confluence with the Nièvre River. The Loire is wide; here in Orléans, half of it is shown, up to a dividing half-flooded island. ...
Highlights Narrow winding streets lead from the quay through the town where there are numerous old houses of the 14th to the 17th centuries.
Among the ecclesiastical buildings the most important is the cathedral of Saint Cyr-Sainte Juliette, which is a combination of two buildings, and possesses two apses. The apse and transept at the west end are the remains of a Romanesque church, while the nave and eastern apse are in the Gothic style and belong to the 14th century. There is no transept at the eastern end. The lateral portal on the south side belongs to the late 15th century; the massive and elaborately decorated tower which rises beside it to the early 16th century. A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ...
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The church of Saint Etienne is a specimen of the Romanesque style of Auvergne of which the disposition of the apse with its three radiating chapels is characteristic. It was consecrated at the close of the nth century, and belonged to a priory affiliated to Cluny. The ducal palace at Nevers (now occupied by the courts of justice and an important ceramic museum) was built in the 15th and 16th centuries and is one of the principal feudal edifices in central France. The facade is flanked at each end by a turret and a round tower. A middle tower containing the great staircase has its windows adorned by sculptures relating to the history of the house of Cleves by the members of which the greater part of the palace was built. Auvergne coat of arms Auvergne (Occitan: Auvèrnha) was the name of an historically independent county in the center of France, as well as later a province of France. ...
Cluny nowadays The town of Cluny or Clugny lies in the modern-day département of Saône-et-Loire in the région of France, near Mâcon. ...
In front of the palace lies a wide open space with a fine view over the valley of the Loire. The Porte du Croux, a square tower, with corner turrets, dating from the end of the 14th century, is among the remnants of the old fortifications; it now contains a collection of sculptures and Roman antiquities. Loire Valley (French Vallée de la Loire) is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle of the French Language. ...
A triumphal arch of the 18th century, commemorating the victory of Fontenoy and the hotel de ville, a modern building which contains the library, are of some interest. The Loire is crossed by a modern stone bridge, and by an iron railway bridge. Arc de Triomphe, Paris A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental gate, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. ...
Fontenoy can refer to: Battle of Fontenoy (1745) Several communes in France: Fontenoy, in the Aisne département Fontenoy, in the Yonne département This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Economy Nevers is the seat of a bishopric, of tribunals of first instance and of commerce and of a court of assizes and has a chamber of commerce and a branch of the Bank of France. Its educational institutions include a lycee, a training college for female teachers, ecclesiastical seminaries and a school of art. The town manufactures porcelain, agricultural implements, chemical manures, glue, boilers and iron goods, boots and shoes and fur garments, and has distilleries, tanneries and dye-works. Its trade is in iron and steel, wood, wine, grain, live-stock, &c. Hydraulic lime, kaolin and clay for the manufacture of faience are worked in the vicinity. A rare Dresden porcelain figurine Porcelain is a type of hard semi-translucent ceramic generally fired at a higher temperature than glazed earthenware, or stoneware pottery. ...
Miscellaneous Nevers is known for a fictionous and mythical fencing trick, the "botte de Nevers", named after a fictionous Duc de Nevers; it is supposedly the ultimate and unstopable trick, and leaves a distinct wound right between the eyes.
Nevers was the birthplace of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763-1794), revolutionist. Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Pierre Gaspard Chamette (1763 - April 13, 1794) was a French revolutionary. ...
The Formula One circuit of Magny-Cours is located near Nevers. The following circuits have been used for Formula One Grands Prix since 1950: See also: List of Formula One Championship events; Category:Formula One circuits A1-Ring, Knittelfeld, Austria Adelaide street circuit, Adelaide, Australia Ain-Diab, Casablanca, Morocco Aintree race course, Liverpool, United Kingdom AVUS, Berlin, Germany Bahrain International Circuit...
Pierre Bérégovoy once Prime Minister of France committed suicide on May 1, 1993 in Nevers. French politician Pierre Beregovoy Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy (December 23, 1925 - May 1, 1993) was a French Socialist politician. ...
The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ...
Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of wilfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ...
May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ...
1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...
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