Montagnac, Hérault

picture info	Montagnac, Hérault Montagnac (; oc, Montanhac) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. History The Saint-Martin Chapel was mentioned in 847. Protestant population: the town was devastated during the French Wars of Religion. The feudal castle, Château de Lavagnac, was dismantled in the 17th century on the orders of Richelieu and remodelled in accordance with the tastes of the day. It is currently the subject of an enormous tourism project which is opposed by a minority of the local population. Population Its inhabitants are called ''Montagnacois'' in French. International relations Montagnac is twinned with Nerpio in Spain. Personalities Jean Henri Latude, French prisoner, famous for his escapes * Paula Delsol, novelist and film director. * Charles Camichel (1871–1966) physician born in Montagnac. * Samuel Honrubia French International handball player, World champion, European champion, Olympic champion and France champion. Montagnac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Communes Of France The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jean Henri Latude Jean Henri Latude (23 March 1725 – 1 January 1805), often called Danry or Masers de Latude, was a French writer famous for his lengthy confinement in the Bastille, at Vincennes, and for his repeated escapes from those prisons. Life He was born at Montagnac in Gascony. He received a military education and went to Paris in 1748 to study mathematics. He led a dissipated life and endeavoured to curry favor with Madame de Pompadour by secretly sending her box of poisonand then informing her of the supposed plot against her life, hoping that he could earn a reward of cash for warning her. The ruse was discovered, and Mme de Pompadour, not appreciating the humor of the situation, had Latude put in the Bastille on 1 May 1749. He was later transferred to Vincennes, from which he escaped in 1750. Captured and reimprisoned in the Bastille, he made a second brief escape in 1756. He was again transferred to Vincennes in 1764, and the next year made a third escape and was a third time recaptu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Montagnac (34) Hotel Pegat 1 Montagnac or Montanhac may refer to the following places in France: * Montagnac, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, a former commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ''département'' that is now a part of Montagnac-Montpezat Montagnac, Gard, in the Gard ''département'' Montagnac, Gers, a former commune in the Gers ''département'' that is now in the commune of Catonvielle Montagnac, Hérault, in the Hérault ''département'' Montagnac-d'Auberoche, in the Dordogne ''département'' Montagnac-la-Crempse, in the Dordogne ''département'' Montagnac-Montpezat, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ''département'' Montagnac-sur-Auvignon, in the Lot-et-Garonne ''département'' Montagnac-sur-Lède, in the Lot-et-Garonne ''département'' Montagnac, Algeria, colonial name for Remchi Remchi is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Montagnac (34) Hotel De Rat Porte1 Montagnac or Montanhac may refer to the following places in France: * Montagnac, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, a former commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ''département'' that is now a part of Montagnac-Montpezat Montagnac, Gard, in the Gard ''département'' Montagnac, Gers, a former commune in the Gers ''département'' that is now in the commune of Catonvielle Montagnac, Hérault, in the Hérault ''département'' Montagnac-d'Auberoche, in the Dordogne ''département'' Montagnac-la-Crempse, in the Dordogne ''département'' Montagnac-Montpezat, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ''département'' Montagnac-sur-Auvignon, in the Lot-et-Garonne ''département'' Montagnac-sur-Lède, in the Lot-et-Garonne ''département'' Montagnac, Algeria, colonial name for Remchi Remchi is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Apse In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic Christian church (including cathedral and abbey) architecture, the term is applied to a semi-circular or polygonal termination of the main building at the liturgical east end (where the altar is), regardless of the shape of the roof, which may be flat, sloping, domed, or hemispherical. Smaller apses are found elsewhere, especially in shrines. Definition An apse is a semicircular recess, often covered with a hemispherical vault. Commonly, the apse of a church, cathedral or basilica is the semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or sanctuary, or sometimes at the end of an aisle. Smaller apses are sometimes built in other parts of the church, especially for reliquaries or shrines of saints. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]