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unusual facts about Limoges-Fourches


MSL Aero H80

The MSL Aero H80 is a French ultralight aircraft that was designed by Massimo Tedesco and Sebastian Lefebre and produced by MSL Aero of Limoges-Fourches.


Bournemouth Airport

Increasing from 14 routes, after the discontinuation of the Nantes route, to 18 - Carcassonne, Faro, Limoges, and Reus were added to the route network in February 2009.

Carve Her Name with Pride

Once again, she is under Fraser's command, this time in the Limoges region.

Charles-René d'Hozier

The sections relating to Burgundy and Franche-Comté were published by Henri Bouchot (1875-1876): those relating to the généralité of Limoges, by Moreau de Pravieux (1895) ; and those for the election of Reims, by P. Cosset (1903).

Chronicon Aquitanicum

5239, of the Abbey of Saint Martial at Limoges.

Claude-Auguste Lamy

After he graduated from University in 1842 he became a teacher at Lille than at Limoges and again in Lille.

Daher Ahmed Farah

Farah successful in 1983 the Inter-African admission to the competition Special Military School of Saint-Cyr, and studied management at Reims and Limoges.

French bagpipes

One of the most important is the Conservatoire Occitan, located in the city of Toulouse (Occitania), but there are also important schools in Limoges, Aurillac, Belin, Mazamet, and other towns.

French porcelain

The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain in Limoges was established in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges.

History of Limousin

During the 10th century the Limousin was divided in many seigneuries; the most important among them, located in the southern part of the region, were the vicomtés of Limoges, Comborn (in the present-day Corrèze), Ventadour (today Ussel and Plateau de Millevaches) and Turenne.

Institut d'Estudis Occitans

The IEO is divided into regional and departmental sections and local circles that cover the whole of the country from the cities (called in vernacular language) of Lemòtges and Clarmont up north to Marselha, Tolosa or Bordèu down south.

Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny

Fialin was born at Saint-Germain-Lespinasse (Loire), the son of a receiver of taxes, and was educated at Limoges.

Jonathan Borwein

He has received various awards including the Chauvenet Prize (1993), Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada (1994), Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002), an honorary degree from Limoges (1999), and foreign membership in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2003).

Koulsy Lamko

A regular attendant at the Limousin Festival International des Francophonies, he briefly lived in Limoges, France.

Limoges porcelain

Limoges porcelain designates hard-paste porcelain produced by factories near the city of Limoges, France beginning in the late 18th century, but does not refer to a particular manufacturer.

The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges was established by Turgot in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges.

Marcel Jouhandeau

Under the influence of a young woman from the Carmel of Limoges, he embraced a mystical form of Catholicism and for a time thought to enter the orders.

Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas

There are also pieces from almost all other notable European manufactures, such as Sèvres, Limoges, and Capodimonte, as well as marked and signed socarrat tiles.

O'Toole family

Colonel John O'Toole of the Irish Brigade in France was created a count and is the ancestor of the present Count O'Toole of Limoges.

Ostabat-Asme

It was the meeting point of 4 European ways to Santiago de Compostela, 3 of them joining together there, namely Paris - Tours - Poitiers - Dax, from Center - Europe linking to Limoges, from Genoa and Lyon through Moissac, the fourth one the Toulouse way, linking Central Italy with the Languedoc region, the Toulouse region and linking though the Béarn region, via Lescar-Oloron to Somport, Spain, and the Spanish Pyrénées.

Ourense Cathedral

Artifacts include El Incunable de Monterrey, the first book published in Galicia in 1494, Enrique de Arfe's processional cross, 13th-century enamels from Limoges, the so-called Treasure of San Rosendo and the oldest Christian tombstone in Galicia from Baños de Bande.

Pas de Peyrol

In the 2004 tour, the pass was used on stage 10 from Limoges to Saint-Flour, approaching from the Salers direction which includes a final three kilometres at an average of 12% and a maximum gradient of 15%, with Richard Virenque first over the summit.

Payzac, Dordogne

1481-1516: Jean d'Albret, king of Navarre, count of Périgord, viscount of Limoges, lord of Payzac

Périgueux

Périgueux railway station offers connections to Limoges, Bordeaux and Brive-la-Gaillarde and other regional destinations.

Philippe Benetton

Philippe Benetton (born Cahors, 18 May 1968) is a former French rugby union footballer and currently head coach of the Fédérale 1 club Limoges.

Pre-Romanesque art and architecture

In southwestern France at the monastery of Saint Martial in Limoges a number of manuscripts were produced around year 1000, as were produced in Albi, Figeac and Saint-Sever-de-Rustan in Gascony.

Psalmodius

Psalmodius’ Office was celebrated under a Double Rite, and the saint’s name appears in the Kalendar of Limoges, in the Menology of David Camerarius, in the Martyrology of Andrew Saussay, in the work of Ferrarius, in the work of Simon Martin, in the work of the Bollandists, and in the work of the Petits Bollandistes.

Raoul Hausmann

He moved to Paris, then Peyrat-le-Chateau, near Limoges, living there illegally with his Jewish wife Hedwig, in a quiet, secluded manner, until 1944 .

After the Normandy landings in 1944, the pair finally moved to Limoges.

Raymond of Toulouse

:Raymond I, Count of Toulouse (died 865), Count of Limoges, Rouergue, Quercy, Toulouse and Albi

Recollects

It was observed by communities of friars in France in Tulle in 1585, at Nevers in 1592, at Limoges in 1596 and in Paris in 1603.

Saint Martial

All that is known about him may be summed up thus: Under the Emperors Decius and Gratius (AD 250-251), Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges.

Sancho II Sánchez of Gascony

Historian Ferdinand Lot supposed that Sancho was even nominated as duke at Limoges or Orléans by Charles the Bald in that year.

Sarane Alexandrian

Alexandrian's initiation to Dada and surrealism came in the summer of 1943 when, aged 16, he met Raoul Hausmann who was staying in Peyrat-le-Château near Limoges as a refugee.

Sony Lab'ou Tansi

In 1979 he founded the Rocado Zulu Theatre, which would go on performed his plays in Africa, Europe, and the United States in addition to appearing regularly at the Festival International des Francophonies in Limoges.

St. Julian of Brioude

The geographical distribution spread rapidly, to the East, to Rheims, to Tours, and to the monastery of Limoges.

Theophanis Lamboukas

Sarapo died at the side of the road in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, following an automobile accident on 28 August 1970.

Tulle murders

After the Normandy Landings, the 2nd Panzer Division received orders to position themselves in the region between Tulle and Limoges to suppress the Maquis, who, in coordination with the Allied invasion, were intensifying their insurgency against German interests and forces.

Valerie of Limoges

Around 985 at least part of the relics was transferred to the Benedictine abbey at Chambon-sur-Voueize, to the north-east of Limoges, which became a centre of her cult.

Images of the martyrdom became an important theme of Limousin art, both painting and sculpture, and later Limoges enamels.

Webdesign international festival

The Webdesign International Festival (WIF) is an annual event that takes place in Limoges, France.


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