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unusual facts about St-Gervais-et-St-Protais


St-Gervais-et-St-Protais

On 29 March 1918, a German shell, fired by the long-range "Paris Gun", fell on the church, killing 88 people and wounding 68 others; the explosion collapsed the roof when a Good Friday service was in progress.


Anaheim Bullfrogs

Some players of note include: Rob Laurie (goaltender), Victor Gervais, Joe Cook, Hugo Belanger, Mark Wolf, B.J. MacPherson, Todd Wetzel, Darren Perkins, Rick Judson, Tom Menicci, Jim Ficenec, Kevin Kerr, Daniel Shank, Derek Booth, Rick Judson, Darren Banks, Nathan Petralia, Savo Mitrovic & Darren Langdon.

Aubert of Avranches

The relic of Aubert's skull, complete with hole where the archangel's finger pierced it, can still be seen at the Saint-Gervais Basilica in Avranches.

Brunel Bridge

The Brunel Bridge Roundabout in Slough, famous by its appearance in the opening titles of the Ricky Gervais sitcom The Office

CEVA rail

It will link the CFF route Lausanne – Geneva Cornavin – Geneva Airport and the SNCF route Geneva Cornavin – Bellegarde-sur-Valserine – Lyon with lines in the Haute Savoie serving Thonon-les-Bains, Évian-les-Bains, the valley of the Arve to St Gervais and Chamonix and from Annemasse to Annecy.

Cognitive polyphasia

This can be observed with health related issues where Sandra Jovchelovitch and Marie-Claude Gervais have shown how members of the Chinese community attend to Western medical doctors and simultaneously apply traditional Chinese treatments.

Courmayeur

Courmayeur shares administration of Mont Blanc with its neighboring commune of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in France, and is consequently able to claim the title of highest commune in Italy.

Édouard Dujardin

Édouard Émile Louis Dujardin was born in Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, Loir-et-Cher, and was the only child of Alphonse Dujardin, a sea captain.

Flanimals

Gervais will executively produce the film and also lend the voice to the lead character, while The Simpsons writer Matt Selman will write the script.

In August 2010, Norwich-based writer and artist John Savage issued a High Court writ, claiming that the original book is based on his own work, Captain Pottie's Wildlife Encyclopedia. The writ claims Savage's artistic and literary copyright has been infringed by Gervais.

Francesco Marmaggi

Two years later, alongside Cardinals Maglione, Pietro Boetto, Nicola Canali, Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Alberto di Jorio, Giovanni Mercati, Raffaele Rossi, Carlo Salotti, Federico Tedeschini and Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, he sat on a papal commission analyzing the situation created by the Spanish Civil War and the implications the conflict had on the Roman Catholic clergy in Spain.

François Joseph Heim

In 1819 the "Resurrection of Lazarus" (Cathedral Autun), the "Martyrdom of St Cyr" (St Gervais), and two scenes from the life of Vespasian (ordered by the king) attracted attention.

Gare de Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

In 1985, Z 7500, Z 9500 and Z 9600 railcars were introduced on the Lyon – Genève/Evian/Saint-Gervais services, then in 1987, the Class BB 25200 locomotives (made available by the introduction of BB 22200 locos) were used with push-pull Corail trains between Lyon and Geneva.

Gervais de La Rue

Gervais de La Rue (7 September 1751 – 24 September 1835), French historical investigator, formerly regarded as one of the chief authorities on Norman and Anglo-Norman literature, was a native of Caen.

Gervais Martel

Gervais Martel (born 20 November 1954 in Oignies) is a French businessman and president of French football club RC Lens having served in this role since 24 August 1988.

Gervais, Count of Rethel

Because his younger brother Baldwin was in the Holy Land, where he served as King of Jerusalem, he was succeeded as ruler of Rethel by his sister Matilda and her husband Odo of Vitry.

Gervais' beaked whale

The specimen somehow made its way to the French scientist Paul Gervais, who described it as a new species in 1855.

Gladiator Cycle Company

The Gladiator Cycle Company, Clément-Gladiator (from 1896), was a French manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and cars based in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Seine.

Lectoure Cathedral

Lectoure Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Lectoure) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Lectoure.

Nicklas Jensen

Seven months later, Jensen joined Denmark's under-20 team, competing in Division I of the 2010 World Junior Championships, held in Megeve and Saint-Gervais, France.

Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti, Montevideo

Located on the intersection of the streets Paysandú and Ciudadela, the temple was built between 1885 and 1890 by engineer Ignacio Pedralbes in a Neo-Baroque eclectic style, inspired in the churches of La Sorbonne and Saint Gervais in Paris.

Puy-de-Dôme's 6th constituency

Before its excision, the 6th constituency consisted of Aigueperse, Combronde, Ennezat, Manzat, Menat, Montaigut en Combraille, Pionsat, Pontaumur, Pontgibaud, Randan, Riom, Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne.

Robert Wertheimer

Deeply influenced by Gervais, Wertheimer gave particular focus to French New Wave Cinema and the impact of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and others is still readily apparent in his work.

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains

The Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway departs from Le Fayet station and takes you to Chamonix and across the Swiss border to Martigny.

Seona Dancing

In 1982, in his final year as a student at UCL, Ricky Gervais and his friend Bill Macrae formed Seona Dancing, with Macrae writing the tunes and playing keyboards, and Gervais writing and singing the lyrics.

Tucuxi

The tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis was described by Gervais and Deville in 1853, and the costero Sotalia guianensis by Pierre-Joseph van Bénéden in 1864.


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