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Saint Victor of Arcis (Vittre, Vitre, Victor the Hermit; f. 7th century) was a 6th- or 7th-century hermit and then monk in Champagne, France, known from the writings in his honor by Saint Bernard. His feast day is 26 February.
Saint-Victor-la-Coste (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ viktɔʁ la kɔst]; Provençal Occitan: Sent Victor de la Còsta) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region in Southern France. Built against a hill overlooking a plain covered with vineyards with the Rhône Valley in the distance, the town was once part of the medieval ...
Tour de l'Horloge de la basilique Saint-Martin de Tours: Tours: 13th century: bell tower: Mérimée: Indre-et-Loire: Église Saint-Julien de Tours: Tours: 12th – 13th century: church: Mérimée: Isère: Église Saint-Theudère de Saint-Chef: Saint-Chef: 12th – 13th century: church: Mérimée: Isère: Église Saint-André-le-Bas de Vienne ...
Pierre Arnauld de La Briffe (6 May 1772, Paris - 11 September 1839, Arcis-sur-Aube), Lord of Arcis-sur-Aube before the French Revolution, military man and French politician in the 19th century. Hugues-Iéna Darcy (29 October 1807, Arcis-sur-Aube - 4 June 1880, Corcelles-les-Monts ) high French official of the 19th century
La campagne de 1814 après les documents des archives impériales et royales de la guerre à Vienne (in French) (4 vols. ed.). Paris: Librairie militaire de L. Weil, Maurice (1995–2016). "The Campaign of 1814". Translated by Gorsuch, Greg. The Napoleon Series.
Saint Victor may refer to: Saint Victor of Damascus, martyr, 2nd century, see Saints Victor and Corona (died c. 170) Saint Pope Victor I (died 199), martyr; Saint Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290) Saint Victor Maurus (died ca. 303 in Milan), martyr; Saint Victorinus of Pettau (died 303 or 304) Saints Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305 ...
The Arcis wall was built to protect the area to the west of the Gallo-Roman enclosure, which also included the Hôtel-Dieu and Saint-Maurice church, whose vulnerable façade spanned the ancient wall. It also secured access to the bridge, as no other permanent crossing of the Loire existed several kilometers upstream or downstream.
The official start of the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path, is at Place de la Poste in the centre of the village, marked by a plaque. Stevenson spent about a month in Le Monastier before setting off on his travels, as recounted in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes .