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unusual facts about Le Lion-d'Angers


World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses

Eventing championships take place in Le Lion-d'Angers, France, consisting of tests for six- and seven-year old eventers.


1100–1200 in European fashion

A bliaut apparently cut in one piece from neckline to hem depicted on a column figure of a woman at the Cathedral of St. Maurice at Angers has visible side-lacing and is belted at the natural waistline.

Achille Valois

His bust of the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet, with whom he had also studied, exhibited at the Salon of 1817, was bought in 1820 for the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers.

André de Chauvigny

This immediately made Andrew one of the most powerful lords of Poitevin Berry, an important frontier zone of the Angevin Empire that protected the roads leading to the capital cities of Tours, Poitiers and Angers.

Angers Cathedral

However, Geoffroy de Tours, the Bishop of Angers from 1081 to 1093, ordered the reconstruction of the Cathedral, which continued under the supervision of his successors, Renaud de Martigné (1102–1125), Ulger (1125–1148) and Normand de Doué (1148–1153).

Baby, You Don't Wanna Know

The band performed the song live for the first time on June 22, 2011, in Angers, France, during the band's summer European leg of the Screaming Bloody Murder Tour.

Battle of Carentan

Advance elements reached Angers on 9 June and Saint-Lô on 10 June, by which time Rommel's main concern was in preventing an attack westward from Carentan to cut off the Cotentin.

Bumbulum

in the British Museum, 11th century; the famous Boulogne Psalter, Ar), 1000; and the Psalter of Angers, 9th century.

Catholic University of the West

1229: During a crisis with the University of Paris, some students and faculty came to the Episcopalian school system of Angers.

Charles Bernardy

From 1775 to 1780, the troop put on shows at Amiens, Cambrai, Strasbourg, Colmar, Paris (at the "théâtre des Petits Comédiens du Bois de Boulogne"), Angers, Le Mans, Aix-en-Provence, Toulon, Marseille, Dijon, Passy, Saint-Quentin, Antwerp and Brussels.

Chris Giannou

After studies in Algiers, Algeria; Angers, France; and Cairo, Egypt, Giannou went on to begin a surgical career which has taken him to many of the contemporary world's most mediatized conflict zones, including Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia and Somalia.

Congregation of Savigny

In 1119 Pope Celestine II, then in Angers, took it under his immediate protection, and strongly commended it to the neighbouring nobles.

Couette flow

This type of flow is named in honor of Maurice Marie Alfred Couette, a Professor of Physics at the French university of Angers in the late 19th century.

David d'Angers

Here John Flaxman and others took him to task for the political sins of David the painter, to whom he was erroneously supposed to be related.

Florimond III Robertet d'Alluye

In April 1562, he and Robertet de Fresne were sent to Orléans with the Prince of Conde, who after the massacre of Vassy, grabbed Orléans, Blois, Tours, Angers and Le Mans.

François-Albert Angers

François-Albert Angers (May 21, 1909 – July 14, 2003) was an eminent Québécois economist and defender of the cause of Quebec and the French language.

Froben Christopher of Zimmern

He then changed his plans and in December 1539, he travelled via Paris to Angers.

Gahmuret

Anjou, a former county centered on the city of Angers in the Loire Valley of western France, is the area that would have comprised the realm of his family, but more information is unknown.

Gérard Maugin

Gérard A. Maugin (born December 2, 1944 in Angers ) is a French engineering scientist.

German U-boat bases in occupied Norway

The U-boat base at Bergen grew exponentially after the liberation of France by the Western Allies, when the senior commanding officer of U-boat operations in the west ("FdU West") was moved from Angers, France to the city.

Glease

With the McKinley production of Grease approaching, Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) names Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) as interim director of New Directions during his sabbatical in Washington, D.C. Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) opposes, citing Finn's age and lack of qualifications, but Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) agrees, which angers Sue.

Henri de la Rochejaquelein

He marched onto Granville, took Avranches on November 12, but failed to seize Granville and retreated to Angers in order to cross the Loire.

Interloire

The Interloire is a French train service run by TER Centre and TER Pays de la Loire linking Orléans to Le Croisic via Blois, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Saumur, Angers and Nantes.

Jean-Baptiste Moreau

Born in Angers, Moreau was a choirboy at the Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, and it was there that he received his musical education.

Jean-Pierre Brisset

He became stationmaster at the railway station of Angers, and later of L'Aigle.

Joachim du Bellay

Joachim Du Bellay was born at the Castle of La Turmelière, not far from Liré, near Angers, being the son of Jean du Bellay, Lord of Gonnor, first cousin of the cardinal Jean du Bellay and of Guillaume du Bellay.

John Casken

The recording has now been re-released on the NMC label, and there have been six further productions of Golem since 1989: Opera Omaha, 1990; Northern Stage (UK Arts Council/Contemporary Music Network Tour), 1991; Theater Dortmund, 1994; Aspen Festival, 2000; Neue Operbühne Berlin 2001; Opéra de Rennes and Angers Nantes Opéra, 2006.

Louis de Carrières

Louis de Carrières (1 September 1662, Angers, France—11 June 1717, Paris) was a French priest and Bible commentator.

Marches of Neustria

In 863, Charles negotiated the Treaty of Entrammes with Salomon, King of Brittany whereby western Anjou was recognised as a part of Brittany and the lay abbacy of Saint-Aubin in Angers was granted to Salomon, who commended himself to Charles and paid tribute.

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

In April 1835 Pope Gregory XVI granted approval of the mother-house at Angers for the institute known as Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angers.

Masson-Angers, Quebec

However, current councillor Luc Montreuil disputed the result reversal mentionning that the electoral list was not updated correctly for the vote.

Maurice Couette

Following a short spell as a lecturer in Angers, he joined the 12th Artillery Regiment at Vincennes for one year of voluntary military service.

Muggle-Wump

In doing this he angers the Enormous Crocodile into wanting to eat more children, only to be thwarted by the Roly-Poly Bird (another recurring character in Dahl's books) and Trunky the Elephant.

Paseo del Buen Pastor

A charitable project organized by the city and the Sisters of Our Lady of Clarity of the Good Pastor of Angers, the establishment of a women's jail, was completed by architect José Montblanch in 1906.

Pièces pittoresques

The suite was first performed on 4 November 1888 by the Association artistique d'Angers, conducted by Chabrier himself.

Robert of Thornham

In 1203, he made an effort to regain the city of Angers from the French, but though he partially destroyed the city he was unsuccessful and was captured.

Robert Soetens

On his repatriation he became leader-soloist of an orchestra at Aix-les-Bains, and later with orchestras at Cannes (where André Messager was one of the conductors), Deauville, and Angers.

Rodulf Haraldsson

Charles got reliable news of this as he remained in his position in Angers.

Saint Brioc

Saint Brioc's relics were moved to the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus of Angers in 865, and again, in a more solemn manner, on 31 July, 1166.

Satriale's Pork Store

Tony Blundetto gives Silvio Dante, Paulie Gualtieri and Vito Spatafore back massages and angers Tony Soprano by speaking back to him in front of his fellow mobsters.

Skaar

After a confrontation with the Red Hulk that angers Banner, Banner, fearing he will turn into the Hulk, teleports to the country of Latveria, supposedly to transform in private.

St. James Canadians

Roster: Pat Angers, Don Atamanchuk, Al Baty, Gary Bergman, Ernie Bradawaski, Rene Brunel, Ted Green, Howie Hughes, Allan Ingimundson, Ken King, Ted Knight, Jerry Kruk, Laurie Langrell, Wayne Larkin, Al LeBlanc, Bob Leiter, Doug Monro, Zenon Moroz, Lew Mueller, John Rodger, Paul Sexsmith, John Sutherland, Bob Wales, Wayne Winstone, Ernie Wakely, J. D. (Jack) Perrin Jr. (President), Bill Addison (Manager), Bill Allum (Coach), Jim Drury (Trainer).

Sumru Ağıryürüyen

Together with three other musicians, she composed the music for Autumn (2008), directed by Özcan Alper, which won Best Soundtrack Award at the 2009 Angers Film Festival (France).

Swavesey Priory

A church existed in Swavesey at the time of the Norman Conquest, when Alan, Count of Richmond, granted it to the Benedictine Abbey of St Sergius and St Bacchus in Angers, France.

The Family Way

Another Smith's single, "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish", is adorned by a still of Avril Angers from the same film.

The Shunned House

A Huguenot from Caude, near Angers, France, who settled in East Greenwich, Rhode Island in 1686 and moved to Providence in 1696; the Shunned House was built on the site of his family's graveyard.

Thomas Madiou

Born in Port-au-Prince, Madiou left Haiti at age ten to study in France at the Royal College of Angers (Collège Royal d'Angers).

Ulmus glabra 'Dovaei'

The Wych Elm Ulmus glabra cultivar 'Dovaei' was raised by the Andre Leroy nursery at Angers, France, as Ulmus dovaei before 1868.

Wing, Buckinghamshire

As early as the 7th century there was an abbey near the village at Ascott, that had been built by an unknown member of the House of Wessex royal family and given to a Benedictine convent in Angers.

Yannick Agnel

On November 15, 2012, Agnel broke his first world record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:32.25 during the first day of the French short course nationals in Angers.


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