This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 edition. Excerpt: ...occasion for a writer of the sixth century thus to describe it: Urbs Vereduna brevi quamvis claudaris in orbe, Pontificis mentis araplificata places. Verdun ton enceinte est petite, Mais tu n'es pas sans agrement; Ton prelat possede un merite, Qui t'grandit assurement. Venance Fortunat--6 century. The ancient ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 edition. Excerpt: ...occasion for a writer of the sixth century thus to describe it: Urbs Vereduna brevi quamvis claudaris in orbe, Pontificis mentis araplificata places. Verdun ton enceinte est petite, Mais tu n'es pas sans agrement; Ton prelat possede un merite, Qui t'grandit assurement. Venance Fortunat--6 century. The ancient cathedral was founded by St.Saintin, in the fourth century, on the spot in the citadel where the church of St. Vannes now stands; but some years afterwards it was transferred to the town for the greater convenience of the inhabitants. This church, often repaired and rebuilt, is at present an handsome structure, as far as may VOL. II. Q be reconciled with a mixture of Grecian and Gothic architecture, it seems a very humble imitation of St. Peter's at Rome, and has not suffered so much as many others from the depredations of revolutionary Vandals. Verdun contained eighteen convents and nunneries, and seven parish churches; but the former are all suppressed, and the latter reduced to three; nor is it any longer an episcopal see. Many Jewish families reside here, who are allowed a synagogue; but their dead are interred at Metz, where this dispersed nation have a large establishment. The population of Verdun is about ten thousand; and the garrison generally consists of three thousand cavalry and infantry; but the great demand for the army of England has reduced it to a third part, and entirely withdrawn many of the interior garrisons. This has always been a station for the French cavalry, from the quantity and cheapness of the forage both corn and hay: the barracks are large and well-built, but the officers generally lodge in the town. There are, no doubt, some remains of the ancient fortress of Verdun, but the present fortifications, began in...
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