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Dijon

Castrum Divionense

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Flourished under the Valois 1364-1477; patronage of ducal court attracted many artists & musicians; annexed by Louis XI 1477; most prosperous in 18th cen. when became intellectual center of France; declined after Revolution; has 14th-cen. town hall.
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Source
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Died

Louis-Candide Boulanger (French, 1806-1867)

Gabriel Revel (French, 1643-1712)

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