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Breil (other)
Breil may refer to: Places * Breil/Brigels, in Grisons, Switzerland * Breil, Maine-et-Loire, in the Maine-et-Loire department, France * Breil-sur-Roya, in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France Other * Breil (company), watches, jewelry and fragrance brands of the Binda Group * Joseph Carl Breil Joseph Carl Breil (29 June 1870 – 23 January 1926) was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor. He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures. His first film was ''Les amou ... (1870–1926), American composer, especially for silent films See also * Breuil (other) * Le Breil (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breil/Brigels
Breil/Brigels is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Andiast and Waltensburg/Vuorz merged into the municipality of Breil/Brigels. The name of the municipality comes from the word ''brigilo'', meaning ''little town''. The name comes from the village name in the two local languages. In Romansh the name is while in German it is . History While the area was settled in the late Roman era or Early Middle Ages, Breil/Brigels is first mentioned in 765 as ''in Bregelo'' when the Bishop of Chur granted a farm in Breil/Brigels to Disentis Abbey. Shortly thereafter, the Abbey established a church and fortification on St. Eusebius' hill near the village. The village church of S. Maria and the chapel of S. Sievi (''Chaplutta Son Sievi'') both came under control of the Abbey in 1185 at the order of the Pope. New immigrants, known as the ''Freie von Laax'', moved into the village during the middle ages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breil, Maine-et-Loire
Breil () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Noyant-Villages. 7 December 2016 Breil's nearest town is Noyant (6 km). Population The inhabitants are known as ''Breillois''.Sights Breil is most famous for its Chateau in the Parc du Lathan, where a major Fête de la Chasse (Hunting Fair) is held each August 15. Breil is near the Lac de Rillé, a lake stretching from Rillé to Gué Morin,a hamlet in Breil, where the River Lathan was dammed in 1978 principally for irrigating the valley of the Authion.See also * |
Breil-sur-Roya
Breil-sur-Roya (, literally ''Breil on Roya''; it, Breglio sul Roia or simply ''Breglio''; lij, Breggio; oc, Brelh de Ròia) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Population Geography Breil-sur-Roya as its name says is located on the scenic and fast moving river Roya within the river's gorge and along the adjacent escarpments. The area features river rafting, swimming, and hiking. Breil-sur-Roya is one of the towns on the route of the SNCF Train des Merveilles which runs between Nice and Cuneo in Italy. Trains operate seven times each direction as of 2020 can be taken from Nice (1 + 1/2 hour) for area touring. The line operated by Italy (FS, the Italian State Railroad) from Ventimiglia joints the SNCF line from Nice at Breil-sur-Roya. Tourism The GR52, part of the French Grande Randonnée walking trail network links the town to Gorges de Saorge and Vallon de Zouayne. Breil-sur-Roya is particularly known for trout fishing. The Roya r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breil (company)
Breil is an Italian luxury company of Binda Group. Its products include watches, jewels, eyewear, fragrances, and leather accessories. History This brand started in Milan in 1939, named after a Swiss municipality. In 1942, the first Breil wristwatch was introduced. Initially, the company made a line of alarm clocks and a few years later, wristwatches too. In 1956, the producer Innocente Binda made an unusual promotional action: he dropped some watches from his production from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to show that after a flight of 302 meters, his watches proved to have been fully functional. Operations In commercials of the early 1990s, the company created a line of wristwatch models, typically used by men, that were marketed to women; Monica Bellucci, Shana (singer), Carré Otis, Charlize Theron, Jessica Alba, Laura Chiatti were the chosen models for this campaign. In 2001, Breil launched steel jewelry. In 2009, the company made the Bloom collection, the first range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Carl Breil
Joseph Carl Breil (29 June 1870 – 23 January 1926) was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor. He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures. His first film was ''Les amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) starring Sarah Bernhardt. He later composed and arranged scores for several other early motion pictures, including such epics as D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) and ''Intolerance'' (1916), as well as scoring the preview version of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1925), a score that is now lost. His love theme for "Birth of a Nation", titled "The Perfect Song", was published by Chappell & Co. in an arrangement for voice and keyboard. It was later used as the theme for the radio show "Amos and Andy".M. Marks: ''Music and the Silent Film'' (New York, 1997) Life Joseph was the first of four children born to Joseph and Margaret Breil of Pittsburgh. (Joseph Sr., a lawyer, was an immigrant fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breuil (other)
Breuil may refer to the following: People * Beta Breuil (1876 – after 1918), American script editor and screenwriter * Henri Breuil (1877–1961), French archeologist and ethnographer * Alphonse du Breuil (1811–1885), French botanist * Christophe Breuil (born 1968), French mathematician Places France *Breuil, Somme, in the Somme ''département'' *Breuil-Barret, in the Vendée ''département'' *Breuil-Bois-Robert, in the Yvelines ''département'' *Breuil-la-Réorte, in the Charente-Maritime ''département'' *Breuil-le-Sec, in the Oise ''département'' *Breuil-le-Vert, in the Oise ''département'' *Breuil-Magné, in the Charente-Maritime ''département'' *Breuil-sur-Vesle, in the Marne ''département'' Italy *Breuil-Cervinia, in the Aosta Valley See also * Breuilh, a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France * Breil (other) * Le Breuil (other) Le Breuil may refer to the following communes in France: *Le Breuil, Allier, in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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