was appointed bishop of Laon—a post that would have made him a duke and peer of France—but en route to take up his episcopal duties he died of a stroke...

Gothic style from local brick, the bishop's Palais de la Berbie, and residential quarters, which help the Episcopal City of Albi form a "coherent and homogeneous...

Middle Ages was twelve: Archbishop-Duke of Reims, premier peer Bishop-Duke of Laon Bishop-Duke of Langres Bishop-Count of Beauvais Bishop-Count of Châlons Bishop-Count...

He studied theology and common law in Paris and was appointed a canon of Laon and later Archdeacon of Liège. At the First Council of Lyon (1245), he attracted...

Culture, Mérimée PA00081942 Palais du Roure (in French) Base Palissy: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Festival...

in the 13th century. Façade of Laon Cathedral (begun 1160) Notre Dame de Paris begun in 1163 by the archbishop Maurice de Sully, was the largest and highest...

and de Paulo had to soothe them. The bishops' followers were not ready to go down as easily as the bishop, and in December tried to seize the palais. This...

the river Loire is low, one can see remains of it in the water The Palais épiscopal d'Orléans, former Bishop's Palace. It was built between 1635 and 1641...

Conciergerie and Palais de la Cité begun on the Ile de la Cité in Paris 1340–1410: Château de Vincennes keep and tower 1405–1527: Notre-Dame de l'Épine (begun...

Munich and Freising, and was ordained a bishop on 28 May. He took as his episcopal motto Cooperatores veritatis (Latin for 'cooperators of the truth'), from...

Ages in France such as Jacquemart de Hesdin, Jean de Beaumetz and Colart de Laon. While in music, the Ars antiqua musical style was common in the High Middle...

college, a museum and a library; the three latter are established in the Palais Fesch, founded by Cardinal Fesch, who was born at Ajaccio in 1763. The commune...

districts. The most important is the Palais Granvelle with Renaissance architecture built for Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Chancellor and Keeper of the...

Saint-Quentin, 66 kilometres (41 mi) from Compiègne and 102 kilometres (63 mi) from Laon. In area, Amiens is the third-largest settlement in the Somme, after Crécy-en-Ponthieu...

designer, Emmanuel Nebout and political representatives. Palais des Congrès [Congress hall]: Boulevard de la République, it meets an economic role for enterprises...

Bridge, collapsed in 1978 but was rebuilt. In the garden of the ancient Palais des Archevêques (now Musée des Beaux-Arts) is a huge cedar tree said to...

of the prison, in 2015. It has also launched a study to establish a new palais des congrès in the area. The city of Valence is a territorial collectivity...

of the following existing Gothic buildings are Kulturgüter Liechtenstein [de]. All of the following existing Gothic buildings are monumente istorice. All...

twin spires were built in 1518 and 1523. The neighbouring Palais du Tau, the former episcopal palace, dates from the 12th century. The skyline is also...

Randon [fr] and the Plateau du Palais du Roi. The drinking water of the city of Mende comes from this direction, because of the Lac de Charpal reservoir, which...

to 752, when popes required the approval of the Byzantine Emperors for episcopal consecration, and many popes were chosen from the apocrisiarii (liaisons...