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9 unusual facts about Langres


1902 Gordon Bennett Cup

The first section began in Champigny-sur-Marne, a commune in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, before proceeding south-easterly through the towns of Nangis, Troyes, Langres, and coming to an end at Belfort, a distance of 375 km.

Chattuarii

Some of them (laeti) were also settled in France pagus attuariorum (French; Atuyer, comprising Oscheret at that time) south of Langres in the 3rd century.

François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac

Montesquiou-Fézensac was named (1782) Abbé of Beaulieu, near Langres.

Jean Duvet

Duvet's work was produced, like that of Rosso and Pontormo in the Florence of the 1520s, in an urban atmosphere of religious excitement, since the town of Langres was in the grip of an enthusiastic and emotional Catholic revival at the time.

The first of these appointments was on the occasion of the King's visit to Langres, where he was already living, in 1521; he had been involved in the decorations for the Royal Entry.

Moccus

"Moccus" is a Gaulish word for "pig" or "hog", and Moccus may have been the protector of boar hunters among the tribe of the Lingones, where he was invoked at the tribal centre, Langres.

Munderic of Arisitum

Saint Munderic of Arisitum was a Coadjutor at the Diocese of Langres between 539 and 572 and later a Bishop of Arisitum circa 600.

Nicholas Briot

After serving his apprenticeship, Briot travelled to Montbéliard and Langres in 1599, where he produced his first portrait engravings.

Rimailho Model 1904TR

A firing demonstration was held at the French War College at Langres on September 4, 1906 with the French Minister of War, Eugene Etienne in attendance.


Anextiomarus

Anextlomarus is also attested as a Gaulish man's father's name at Langres, and a feminine divine form, Anextlomara, appears in two other Gallo-Roman dedications from Avenches, Switzerland.

Battle of Saint-Mihiel

As a result, by September 1918, Colonel George S. Patton Jr. had finished training two tank battalions - 144 French-built Renault FT light tanks organized as the 344th and 345th battalions of the United States Tank Corps - at Langres, France for an upcoming offensive at the St. Mihiel salient.

Longovicium

The Lingones inhabited the Plateau de Langres in the Bourgogne region of France, near Dijon.


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