NÎMES

nēm, city (1990 pop. 133,607), capital of Gard dept., S France, in Cévennes. An important market town and rail hub, its products include machinery, textiles and clothing, and tinware. An old Gallic town, it became Roman c.120 b.c. As Nemausus it was an important city, one of the finest of Narbonensis province (see Gaul). United to the French crown in 1258, it later became a stronghold of the Huguenots but suffered greatly from the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685). Nîmes is famous for its remarkable collection of Roman relics. The magnificent Roman arena (1st cent. a.d.), seating up to 24,000, is still in use. The well-preserved Maison Carée [square house], a Roman temple (1st or 2d cent. a.d.), one of the finest extant examples of Roman architecture, houses a museum of Roman antiquities. Other Roman relics are the temple of Diana (2d cent. a.d.), a watchtower, and the nearby Pont du Gard.

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The Authorized Press in Vichy and German-Occupied France, 1940-1944: A Bibliography
Book by Donna Evleth; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: France--History--German Occupation, 1940-1945--Bibliography, French Periodicals--Bibliography, World War, 1939-1945--Press Coverage--France--Bibliography
...DINFORMATION DE LEGLISE REFORMEE DE LA FRANCE . In Nimes. Quarterly. 1888-1948. Protestant. BN BULLETIN DES METIERS . In Nimes. Twice a year. 1917 AD Gard * BULLETIN MENSUEL DE LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE NIMES . In Nimes. Monthly. 1909-1944. BN...
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The Norman Foster Studio: Consistency through Diversity
Book by Malcolm Quantrill; E & FN Spon, 1999
Subjects: Architecture, Modern--20th Century, Architecture, Postmodern, Foster Associates (London, England), Foster, Norman--1935-, Foster, Norman--1935---Interviews
...November 1991, 27-37. 32 Serge de Nimes was a practical, commercial invention...across barriers. In the Carre dArt for Nimes the Foster studio addressed the inner weave...this project in 1993, the expression "de Nimes" (denims!) has taken on another, culturally...
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Migrants in Modern France: Population Mobility in the Later Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Book by Philip E. Ogden, Paul E. White; Unwin Hyman, 1989
Subjects: Labor Mobility--France--History--19th Century, Labor Mobility--France--History--20th Century, Migration, Internal--France--History--19th Century, Migration, Internal--France--History--20th Century
...family from Sommieres. Their attraction to Nimes may have been partly its large Protestant...rather than crises, prompted the move to Nimes of Leonce P. and his wife Louise. Both...schoolteacher from the plain, then in Nimes. A prestigious and desirable location...
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Essays on the Family and Historical Change
Book by David Levine, Leslie Page Moch, Louise A. Tilly, John Modell, Elizabeth Pleck, Gary D. Stark, Leslie Moch Page; Texas A&M University Press, 1983
Subjects: Europe--Economic Conditions, Europe--Social Conditions, Family--Europe--History, Family--United States--History, United States--Economic Conditions, United States--Social Conditions
...deindustrialization of the region." 30 Nimes developed as a trade and commercial center...the people of Amiens, the citizens of Nimes augmented this trading function with two...and shoe manufacture. And like Amiens, Nimes served as a railroad entrepot and the prefecture...
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The Industrial Revolution in France, 1815-1848
Book by Arthur Louis Dunham; Exposition Press, 1955
Subjects: France--Economic Conditions, France--Industries
...contrast to Roubaix in the north stood Nimes in the south. Where the northern center...obscure village into an important city, Nimes had been a center of importance in the...been unable to acclimatize in France. Nimes in her turn produced the Hindu shawl at...
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The Politics of Courtly Love: 'La Prise d'Orange' and the Conversion of the Saracen Queen
Journal article by Sharon Kinoshita; The Romanic Review, Vol. 86, 1995
Subjects: Epic poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., French poetry--To 1500, Love in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc., War and literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...recently conquered Saracen stronghold of Nimes, without young damsels to court or the...effrontery in not launching a new invasion. Nimes, so recently the scene of his triumph...there is little to distinguish it from Nimes. Each is a locus amoenus of beautiful...
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Absolutism and Class at the End of the Old Regime: The Case of Languedoc
Journal article by Stephen Miller; Journal of Social History, Vol. 36, 2003
Subjects: Languedoc, France--History, Languedoc, France--Social aspects, Social classes--History, Social classes--Political aspects
...Lodeve, Bedarieux, Carcassonne and Nimes emerged as cloth-manufacturing hubs...Clermont-de-Lodeve and after 1778 in Nimes as these towns suffered recessions that...Jacques Archinar fils, a merchant from Nimes and a fellow lessee of the salt marshes...
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The Garden of Eden Revisited: With Hemingway in Provence in the Summer of '59
Journal article by Valerie Hemingway; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 18, 1999
Subjects: Authors--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Hemingway, Ernest--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Garden of Eden (Book)--Appreciation
...Amphitheater, the famous old bullring in Nimes, built by the Romans in the middle of...that four months later I would be here in Nimes at the Hotel Imperator reading the manuscript...in having me read The Garden of Eden in Nimes in September of 1959 was that over the...
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The Many Faces in Dhuoda's Mirror: the Liber Manualis and a Century of Scholarship
Journal article by Steven A; Magistra, Vol. 4, 1998
Subjects: Child development, Europe, Families & family life, History, Human relations, Interpersonal communication, Literature, Parents & parenting, Personal relationships, Religion, Spirituality, Women
...three manuscripts presently conserved in Paris, Nimes, and Barcelona.(11) While an extensive paleographical...time of the unearthing of another manuscript at Nimes.(13) Discovered in 1885, MS Nimes, dating from the late ninth century, served...
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Les Lettres De Doleances: Un Genre De Cahier Ou Des Cahiers D'un Nouveau Genre
Journal article by Collete V. Michael; The Romanic Review, 2000
Subjects: France--History, French literature--18th century
...lordre du jour pour le Tiers-Etat de Nimes qui preche (p. 53) a limperatif, enjoignant...le Tiers-Etat de la senechaussee de Nimes adopte un ton parfois elegiaque et avec...le Tiers-Etat de la senechaussee de Nimes suggere que, "consoles deja des maux...
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Roman Rambling: The World Heritage-Listed Pont Du Gard in the South of France Represents One of the Great Feats of Roman Engineering. It's Also the Highlight of a 50-Kilometre Section of the GR6 Footpath That Follows an Aqueduct System Linking Uzes with Nimes
Magazine article by Nick Smith; Geographical, Vol. 77, January 2005
Subjects: France--Description and travel, Nimes, France--Description and travel
...Follows an Aqueduct System Linking Uzes with Nimes. by Nick Smith Tucked away in a sleepy...metropolitan but no less impressive Roman town of Nimes. As the crow flies, the waters destination...distance the water travels from Uzes to Nimes (nearly 50 kilometres), the obstacles...
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Mark Dion: Musee d'Art Contemporain, Nimes, France
Magazine article by Lytle Shaw; Artforum International, Vol. 45, Summer 2007
Subjects: Art, Modern--Exhibitions, Dion, Mark--Exhibitions, Modern art--Exhibitions, Modernism (Art)--Exhibitions
Mark Dion: Musee dArt Contemporain, Nimes, France. by Lytle Shaw EARLY IN THE MARK...History of the Museum," at the Carre dArt Nimes--Musee dArt Contemporain, visitors...the past fifteen years were on display in Nimes (where the show was organized by director...
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Jean-Luc Moulene: CARRE D'ART--MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, NIMES, FRANCE
Magazine article by Jeff Rian; Artforum International, Vol. 47, Summer 2009
Subjects: Moulene, Jean-Luc--Criticism and interpretation, Moulene, Jean-Luc--Exhibitions, Photography--Criticism and interpretation, Photography--Exhibitions
Jean-Luc Moulene: CARRE DART--MUSEE DART CONTEMPORAIN, NIMES, FRANCE. by Jeff Rian FOR THE ONGOING PROJECT "Documents," begun in the late 1990s, French artist Jean-Luc Moulene creates...
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Conferences around the World
Magazine article; Information Today, Vol. 25, June 2008
...contact http://gilbanesf.com. 24-27: Nimes, France (Universite de Nimes). The Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and...communication technologies. Site: Universite de Nimes, Site Vauban, Rue du Docteur Georges Salan, 30021...
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Cultural Extremes: Prepare to Be Inspired-And Surprised-As Rough Guide Authors Samantha Cook and Greg Ward Introduce Some of the Biggest, Longest and, of Course, Oldest Sites of Historical Interest from around the World
Magazine article by Samantha Cook, Greg Ward; Geographical, Vol. 76, April 2004
...finest surviving Roman bridge Pont du Gard, Nimes, France During the first century AD...kilometre aqueduct to supply water to Nimes. Much of the ancient masonry remains in...relics, notably the gladiatorial arena in Nimes and the theatre in Orange, both of which...
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Check out the Web, Then Check in; TRIED AND TESTED: A Room at Jardins-Secrets, a Hotel in Nimes, France, Left. Above: The Ksar Char-Bagh Hotel in Marrakesh. Right: The Azulick Eco Resort, Mexico
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 30, 2007
Subjects: Hotels and motels
Check out the Web, Then Check in; TRIED AND TESTED: A Room at Jardins-Secrets, a Hotel in Nimes, France, Left. Above: The Ksar Char-Bagh Hotel in Marrakesh. Right: The Azulick Eco Resort, Mexico. Forget guidebooks...
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STREETS AHEAD; Travel Sarah Batley Goes Al Fresco in Two of Southern France's Most Historic Centres
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 25, 2007
...are the pretty towns of Montpellier and Nimes, both buzzing with cafes and top-class...financial security. Between Montpellier and Nimes lies the old fortified town of Aigue Mortes...World Heritage Site. Taking water to the Nimes, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was not about...
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Cannes-Tastic; You Don't Need to Be Swimming in Cash to Enjoy Riviera's Delights Says Robin Gauldie
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), January 29, 2006
Subjects: Hotels and motels--France
...ryanair.com) flies from London to Nimes (30 minutes from Avignon) with bargain...and a taxi should cost about pounds 5. NIMES ONE of the most overlooked Roman towns in southern Europe, Nimes has a fully working ancient arena where...
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HOW TO BEAT AN ASH CLOUD. TRAIN IT; If You Can't Face More Cancelled Flights Take the Train Instead. Cathy Hawker Finds Homes on Routes through France and Spain
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 2, 2010
Subjects: Real estate industry
...33 5 45 32 46 41 SOUTH-EAST FRANCE: NIMES AND AVIGNON British sculptor David Horsman...every two months between his houses in Nimes and London, often spending a few days...are up to 14 trains a day from Paris to Nimes," says Mr Horsman, 49. "The green...
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Time off Travel: Grab a Fabulous Flight to Europe; Here's Your Chance to Get Away from It All
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), March 29, 2005
...lery, home to Leonardo da Vincis Venus de Milo NIMES More than two thousand years old, Nimes in southern France is a beautiful Roman town...town, which was the birthplace of denim (De Nimes), enjoys 300days of sunshine a year. There...
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NÎmes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NIMES nem, city (1990 pop. 133,607), capital of Gard dept., S France...but suffered greatly from the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685). Nimes is famous for its remarkable collection of Roman relics. The magnificent...
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Foster, Norman Robert, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...prolific Fosters later works are the Stansted Airport, London, with its lightweight "floating roof" (1991); Carre dArt, Nimes, France (1993); the Joslyn Art Museum annex, Omaha, Nebr. (1994); the 60-story triangular Commerzbank, Frankfurt...
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Pont Du Gard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PONT DU GARD poN du gar, Roman aqueduct across the Gard River, Gard dept., S France. Built in 19 b.c. to supply Nimes with water, it consists of three tiers of arches and is c.900 ft (270 m) long and c.160 ft (50 m) high. This famous...
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France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...southeast, Lyons , Saint-Etienne , Clermont-Ferrand , and Grenoble ; in the south, Marseilles , Toulouse , Nice , and Nimes ; and in the west, Bordeaux and Nantes . Other important cities are Orleans , Tours , Troyes , and Arles . France has an extensive...
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French Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in the 1st cent. a.d. Well-preserved examples of Roman architecture include the Maison Carree and the Pont du Gard near Nimes. Scant traces remain of the early development of Gallic architecture, including Early Christian, Merovingian, and Carolingian...
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