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Lorette Velvette
Lorette may refer to the following places: Place names * Lorette River, a tributary of Saint-Charles River, in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada * Lorette, Loire, a commune in the Loire department, France * Lorette, Manitoba, a community in Manitoba, Canada * Loreto, Marche, a hill town and commune in Ancona, Italy, called ''Lorette'' in French Others Lorette is also used to describe: * Pommes de terre Lorette, a fried potato dish from French cuisine. * Lorette (prostitution) A Lorette is a type of 19th-century French prostitute. They stood between the kept women (''courtesans'') and the '' grisettes''. A grisette had other employment and worked part-time as a prostitute whereas a Lorette supported herself exclusiv ..., a type of 19c French prostitute. See also * Notre Dame de Lorette (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorette River
The Lorette River is a tributary of the Saint-Charles River, crossing the sector Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge and the area of L'Ancienne-Lorette in Quebec City, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Lorette river valley is mainly served by various urban roads, notably the route 358 (avenue Notre-Dame), boulevard Chauveau Ouest, rue Saint-Olivier, rue Saint- Jean-Baptiste, rue Saint-Paul, route 138 (boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel), boulevard du Parc-Technologique and boulevard Masson. The surface of the Lorette River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April. Geography The Lorette River sub-basin occupies the southwest portion of the Saint-Charles River water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorette, Loire
Lorette () is a commune in the Loire department in central France, in the Gier valley. Geography Lorette lies in the valley of the Gier, a coal mining region, on the south bank of the Giers just east of La Grand-Croix. The Dorlay river, a tributary of the Gier that rises in Mont Pilat, defines the west border of the commune. History The region was developed in the 19th century for coal mining. In 1830 the Jackson brothers (Frères Jackson) built a steel works at Assailly in what is now the north of Lorette. As a result of a merger, in 1854 this became part of the Compagnie des Hauts-fourneaux, forges et aciéries de la Marine et des chemins de fer, based in Rive-de-Gier. Lorette was created on 27 April 1847 in response to the development of the steelworks, particularly that of the Jackson Brothers. It includes the old quarters of the municipalities of Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Saint-Genis-Terrenoire (now Genilac), Rive-de-Gier and Farnay. Churches Lorette has two places of wors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorette, Manitoba
Lorette is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Taché, located 25 km southeast of Winnipeg, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The French-speaking Métis traders and farmers who first settled the area named it Petite Pointe du Chênes. Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché later changed the name to ''Lorette'', honoring a French priest who donated a significant sum to the construction of the Saint Boniface Cathedral in Winnipeg. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lorette had a population of 3,512 living in 1,259 of its 1,295 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,208. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Transportation Lorette is located on Provincial Road 207, which is part of the historic Old Dawson Trail. PR 207 can be accessed via the Trans-Canada Highway from the north, PR 206 from the east or PR 405 from the south. Education There are three elementary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loreto, Marche
Loreto ( , , ) is a hill town and ''comune'' of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is most commonly known as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site. Location Loreto is located above sea level on the right bank of the Musone river and by rail south-southeast of Ancona; like many places in the Marche, it provides good views from the Apennines to the Adriatic. Main sights The city's main monuments occupy the four sides of the piazza: the college of the Jesuits; the Palazzo Comunale (formerly the Palazzo Apostolico), designed by Bramante, that houses an art gallery with works of Lorenzo Lotto, Vouet and Annibale Carracci as well as a collection of maiolica, and the Shrine of the Holy House (''Santuario della Santa Casa''). It also boasts a massive line of walls, designed by the architect (and military engineer) Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, which were erected from 1518 and reinforced in the 17th century. Gallery File:062 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pommes De Terre Lorette
Pomme or pommes may refer to: * Pomme (singer), a French singer * Pomme, a green (vert) roundel in heraldry Other languages French * Apple * Pomme de terre, Potato * Pomme frites, French fries * Pommes fondant, Fondant potatoes See also * " Pomme, pomme, pomme", the Luxembourgish entry in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest * La Pomme Marseille, a former name for cycling team Marseille 13-KTM * Pommie, Australian slang word for British * Pom (other) Pom or POM may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Pom (comics) (1919–2014), a Belgian comic strip writer and artist * Baby Pom, a fictional character in the British television programme ''Fimbles'' * Pom, a character in the video game ''Them's F ... * Pomme de Terre (other) * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorette (prostitution)
A Lorette is a type of 19th-century French prostitute. They stood between the kept women (''courtesans'') and the '' grisettes''. A grisette had other employment and worked part-time as a prostitute whereas a Lorette supported herself exclusively from prostitution. The lorette shared her favours among several lovers; the Lorette's "Arthurs", as they called them, were not financially able or too fickle to have exclusivity. The lorettes evolved into ''coquettes'' under the Second French Empire and ''grues'' by the First World War. Origin of the name The neologism first appeared during the July Monarchy, July monarchy (1830-1848). The name derives from the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, one of the churches located around the old Breda street (hence their other name of ''brédas''), part of the area of prostitution in the subdivision of Nouvelle Athènes, located in the current 9th arrondissement of Paris It was in this district that they resided for the most part at the time of Louis-P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
