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Allassac
Allassac (; oc, Alaçac) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Allassacois'' or ''Allassacoises'' The commune has been awarded three flowers by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''. Geography Located in the Brive Basin, the commune of Allassac is irrigated by three major rivers in the north-south direction: the Vézère and its tributaries the Loyre and the Clan which is a sub-tributary of the Corrèze. Allassac, like many surrounding communes, is part of Vézère Ardoise Country and benefits from the label ''French Towns and Lands of Art and History''. The town of Allassac is located at the intersection of departmental roads D9, D25, D34 and D134. Allassac station on the Orléans–Montauban railway line has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Uzerche and Limoges. It is located, in orthodromic dista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allassac Station
Allassac is a railway station in Allassac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Orléans–Montauban railway line. The station is served by Transport express régional, TER (local) services operated by SNCF. Train services The following services currently call at Allassac: *Local service (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Limoges - Uzerche - Brive-la-Gaillarde References Railway stations in Corrèze {{Limousin-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donzenac
Donzenac () is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Geography Commune of the urban area of Brive-la-Gaillarde located in the Massif Central on the national road N20, 10 km north of Brive-la-Gaillarde. Perched on an outcrop dominating the Maumont, resulting from the confluence of the Maumont Blanc and the Maumont Noir. Another tributary of the Maumont, the Clan stream waters the western part of the communal territory. The Château district, Donzenac, a former fortified village, still retains its medieval appearance with its high walls, narrow, winding lanes that all return to the Church district. The village of Travassac, located 3 km above the town, is one of the most important hamlets of the commune. It is a typical village once inhabited by slate workers who worked in the quarry. This hamlet is home to a vertically operated former open slate quarry. This unique site in Europe is now open to the public. Population See also *Communes of the Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadroc
Sadroc (; oc, Sadran) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Corrèze department The following is a list of the 279 communes of the Corrèze department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Corrèze {{Corrèze-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération Du Bassin De Brive
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive is an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Brive-la-Gaillarde. It is located in the Corrèze department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, south-central France. It was created in January 2014. Its seat is in Brive-la-Gaillarde.Fiche signalétique CA du Bassin de Brive BANATIC Its area is 808.7 km2. Its population was 107,749 in 2017, of which 46,916 in Brive-la-Gaillarde proper.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estivaux
Estivaux is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. See also *Communes of the Corrèze department The following is a list of the 279 communes of the Corrèze department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Corrèze Corrèze communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Corrèze-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Objat
Objat (; oc, Ajac) is a commune in the Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The inhabitants are called Objatois and Objatoises. Geography Fifteen kilometres north-west of Brive-la-Gaillarde, the municipality of Objat is located in the valley of the Loyre (a tributary of the Vézère) which crosses the town centre. The municipality is limited to the southwest by the Loyre and the Roseix rivers, and to the west by Mayne stream. Objat station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Saint-Yrieix and Limoges. Population Places and Monuments * St. Bartholomew's Church from 15th century with its steeple redone in the 19th century. Objat église.JPG, Objat église vitrail (1).JPG, Objat église nef.JPG, Notable people * Gérard Brutus, writer born in Objat in 1959. * Eugène Freyssinet (1879-1962), a French engineer who invented prestressed concrete, was born in Objat. * Max Mamers, racing driver twice champion of France de Rallycross, organizer of the Andros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Viance
Saint-Viance (; oc, Sent Viance) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Corrèze department The following is a list of the 279 communes of the Corrèze department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Corrèze Corrèze communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Corrèze-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Blaeu
Joan Blaeu (; 23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673) was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu. Life In 1620, Blaeu became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635, they published the ''Atlas Novus'' (full title: ''Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus'') in two volumes. Joan and his brother Cornelius took over the studio after their father died in 1638. Blaeu became the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company like his father before him. Blaeu died in Amsterdam on 21 December 1673. He is buried in the Westerkerk there. Maps Blaeu's world map, ''Nova et Accuratissima Terrarum Orbis Tabula,'' incorporating the discoveries of Abel Tasman, was published in 1648. This map was revolutionary in that it "depicts the solar system according to the heliocentric theories of Nicolaus Copernicus, which show the earth revolving around the sun.... Although Copernicus's groundbreaking book ''On the Revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aredius
Aredius (c. 510–591), also known as Yrieix and Saint Aredius, was Abbot of Limoges and chancellor to Theudebert I, King of Austrasia in the 6th century. He founded the monastery of Attanum, and the various French communes called St. Yrieix are named after him. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Background Aredius was from a prominent Gallo-Roman family of Limoges. He was the son of a noble landowner, Jucundus, and his wife, Pelagia of Limoges. As a young boy he received his education from the abbot Sebastian of the monastery at Vigeois. As a young man, he was sent to the court of the Frankish king Theodebert I of Austrasia (534-48) at Trier. By 540 was appointed chancellor. Nicetius bishop of Trier persuaded Aredius to leave the dissolute life at court. According to Gregory of Tours, one day, while the clerics sang psalms in the church, a dazzling white dove, after flying around Aredius, landed on his head, as if to show that he was already filled with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Cartography
The history of French cartography can be traced to developments in the Middle Ages. This period was marked by improvements in measuring instruments and also by an upgrade of work in registers of all types. What is thought to be the oldest land map in Europe, the Saint-Bélec slab, representing an area of the Odet valley, was found in 1900, and rediscovered in a castle cellar in France in 2014. The Bronze-Age stone is thought to be 4,000-years old. The first map of France was drawn by Oronce Finé and printed in woodcuts in 1525. It testifies to the will of the political power to mark its presence on the territory; to affirm, to build limits, borders, to arrange its territory, and to consolidate the internal economic markets. In the 16th century, Dieppe appeared as an important school of cartography. Pierre Desceliers allowed the realization of many maps. At the same time, the Portolan maps of the Portuguese sailors had the most recent knowledge obtained by the Dieppois sailors in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, while phrases like ''liberté, égalité, fraternité'' reappeared in other revolts, such as the 1917 Russian Revolution, and inspired campaigns for the abolition of slavery and universal suffrage. The values and institutions it created dominate French politics to this day. Its causes are generally agreed to be a combination of social, political and economic factors, which the ''Ancien Régime'' proved unable to manage. In May 1789, widespread social distress led to the convocation of the Estates General, which was converted into a National Assembly in June. Continuing unrest culminated in the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July, which led to a series of radical measures by the Assembly, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panorama Allassac Corrèze
A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in the 18th century by the English (Irish descent) painter Robert Barker to describe his panoramic paintings of Edinburgh and London. The motion-picture term ''panning'' is derived from ''panorama''. A panoramic view is also purposed for multimedia, cross-scale applications to an outline overview (from a distance) along and across repositories. This so-called "cognitive panorama" is a panoramic view over, and a combination of, cognitive spaces used to capture the larger scale. History The device of the panorama existed in painting, particularly in murals, as early as 20 A.D., in those found in Pompeii, as a means of generating an immersive "panoptic" experience of a vista. Cartographic experiments during the Enlightenment era prece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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