SAINT-DENIS, City, Réunion

city (1990 pop. 122,875), capital of the French overseas department of Réunion. It is a port on the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the St.-Denis River and exports sugar and rum. St.-Denis is Réunion's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. Industry is related to food processing for local consumption. Arabs play a leading role in the city's commerce. The Institute for Legal, Economic, and Political Studies (1950) is there. St.-Denis was founded in the late 17th cent. as a French way station to Asia.

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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
Book by Henry Adams; Houghton Mifflin, 1913
Subjects: Cathedrale De Chartres, Le Mont-Saint-Michel (France), Middle Ages
...fraindre. Nor wall or city left to capture...last calls for help: MONT-SAINT-MICHEL: THE HALL OF THE...hair of my seigneur Saint-Denis, Del vestment i ad...towers which decorate the city, to see whether the Norman...like that of the Tour Saint-Romain and the Abbaye...
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Saint Joan of Arc
Book by V. Sackville-West; Doubleday, Doran, 1938
Subjects: Joan--Of Arc, Saint--1412-1431
...Badonvilliers, Bureyen-Vaux, Mauvages, Goussaincourt, Saint-Germain and others suffered from the same disadvantage...have chosen more suitably had she chosen the feast of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, or Saint Margaret to make her first appearance...
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The Black Room at Longwood: Napoleon's Exile on Saint-Helena
Book by Jean-Paul Kauffmann, Patricia Clancy; Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999
Subjects: France--Kings And Rulers--Dwellings, Kauffmann, Jean-Paul--Journeys--Saint Helena, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Exile--Saint Helena, Saint Helena--Description And Travel, Saint Helena--History
...the harshness of exile. He is assisted by Ali, also called "The Mameluke," although his real name is Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis. Ali will be the librarian at Longwood and scribe for all the witnesses of Napoleons captivity, as he has an excellent...
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The Confessions of Saint Augustine: An Annotated Bibliography of Modern Criticism, 1888-1995
Book by Richard Severson; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Augustine--Saint, Bishop Of Hippo--Confessiones--Bibliography
...Fielding and Eliot . Iowa City, IA: University of...Orthodoxy: The Confessions of Saint Augustine in Bayles Dictionnaire...scene, as well as Dantes reunion with Beatrice, Miltons...Augustine. 133 Saint-Laurent George. "Augustines...1987 : 22 - 34 . Saint-Laurent speculates on...
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The City of God: A Collection of Critical Essays
Book by Dorothy F. Donnelly; Peter Lang, 1995
Subjects: Apologetics, Augustine--Saint, Bishop Of Hippo--De Civitate Dei, Kingdom Of God
...Stephen McKenna , "Saint Augustines The Trinity...Regimes in Augustines City of God Peter...consists in devotion to reunion with God and ultimately...of passages in the City of God . The idea was...Augustine makes clear in the City of God that salvation...
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journal articles on: Saint Denis City Reunion  - 38 results

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The Formation of Urban Hierarchies Ib Remote Peripheral Regions: The Case of la reunion"/La Formation Des Hierarchies Urbaines Dans Les Regions Ultra-Peripheriques: Le Cas De la Reunion
Journal article by Michel Dimou; Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 29, 2006
Subjects: Canada--Economic aspects, Macroeconomics--Analysis, Metropolitan areas--Analysis
...Consumer City . Journal...Population. Saint Denis: INSEE...Economique de La Reunion. Saint Denis...departement de La Reunion est le seul...Paris, Seine Saint Denis et Val de...lemploi a La Reunion en 1999...br/ Saint Denis 1194...
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Splendor and Peril: The Cathedral of Paris, 1290-1350
Journal article by Michael T. Davis; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998
Subjects: Cathedrals--Design and construction, Church architecture--Design and construction, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France--Design and construction
...Robert Branner, Saint Louis and the...labbatiale de St-Denis an XIIIe siecle...Editions de la Reunion des Musees...Marcel chapel to Saint Louis, see...Church at St-Denis (New Haven...stonecutters in the city in the late...the bone of Saint Denis, mentioned...
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Mummies and Tombs: Turenne, Napoleon, and Death Ritual
Journal article by Suzanne Clover Lindsay; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 82, 2000
Subjects: Art--Mutilation, defacement, etc., France--Monuments, statues, etc., Monuments--France, Mummies--France, Revolutionists--France, Tombs--France, Vandalism--France
...faites en 1793, dans 1abbaya de Saint-Denis," in Musee des monumens francais...tombeaux at lexhumation des rois a Saint-Denis," in Bourderon (as in n. 10), 256-57...lhistoire de labbaye royale de Saint Denis en France," n.d. ca. 1800-1801...
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The Body at the Funeral: Imagery and Commemoration at Notre-Dame, Paris, about 1304-18
Journal article by Charlotte A. Stanford; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007
Subjects: Art, Medieval--Study and teaching, Death--Portrayals, Medieval art--Study and teaching, Portraits--Criticism and interpretation, The Grand Obituary (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...mars-29 juin 1998 (Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux...such as the death of Saint Sanctinus in the St-Denis manuscript (Fig. 6...work on the "Life of Saint Denis" manuscript (the latter...headless and haloed Saint Denis is easily recognizable...
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Possessing the Sacred: Monarchy and Identity in Philip II's Relic Collection at the Escorial
Journal article by Guy Lazure; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Kings and rulers--History, Kings--History, Philip II, King of Spain--History, Spanish monarchy--History
...in the Italian City States. London...in the Age of Saint Louis. Cambridge...ceremonies to the reunion of holy relics...modern examples of Saint-Denis and Westminsters...on the feast of Saint Basil, the exact...de Velasco, the city views of Flemish...
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Synagogues
Magazine article by Leonard Kriegel; American Scholar, Vol. 69, Autumn 2000
Subjects: Belief and doubt--Analysis, Faith--Psychological aspects
...Denis, as architecturally drab a city, despite its famed cathedral, as...Arrondissement in Paris, where I lived, and Saint-Denis, where I taught, was striking. Despite...like aging drunks at a high school reunion, we were grabbing at the past and...
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A Year of Gay Island Hopping: Who Says Summer Has to End, Just Because Winter Is upon Us? Keep the Sun-Drenched Dream Alive with Our 12-Month Almanac of Worldwide Paradises
Magazine article by Robert Dessaix, Daniel B. Haber, Loann Halden, Matthew Link, Michael Luongo, Aefa Mullholland; The Advocate, November 6, 2007
Subjects: Caribbean Islands--Description and travel, Festivals--Calendars, Islands--Description and travel, Mediterranean region--Description and travel, Pacific Islands--Description and travel
...hot spot Saint-Tropez. HOW GAY?: Saint-Denis, the islands administrative capital...Souris Chaude ("the Hot Mouse"). Reunions tourism board, which adopted a gay-friendly...John in the 16th-century capital city of Valletta (on the island of Malta...
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Mary Lou Rosato: Out of This World
Magazine article by Janice Paran; American Theatre, Vol. 13, May-June 1996
Subjects: Actresses--Attitudes, Rosato, Mary Lou--Attitudes, Women in the theater--Attitudes
...the Acting Company, the New York City-based touring ensemble, she has spent...particularly the principles of Michel Saint-Denis) for that attitude. "Style is the...Henry V in a pub, imagining it as a reunion among a ragtag assortment of veterans...
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Season Preview 2006-07: The Season's Top 10
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 23, October 2006
Subjects: Theater--Directories
...Severin; dir: William F. Snyder. Mar 8-17. Reunion, Jack Kyrieleison. May 4-19. New York Stage...NY. Thalia Spanish Theatre, Long Island City, (718) 729-3880, www.thaliatheatre.org...Marsha Hanna. Thru Oct 15. Voice of the City, book and lyrics: Kenneth Jones; music...
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Passing the Ancestral Torch: Newfoundlanders Pay Homage to the Resilient Acadian Community, While Recovering Their French Heritage
Magazine article by Joyce Gregory Wyels; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 57, January 2005
Subjects: Newfoundland and Labrador--History
...thousands of participants to a grand two-week reunion. A pilgrimage of cars and motor homes rolled...Tall slips sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Saint John, New Brunswick, a Loyalist city in a bilingual province whose "Acadian Trail...
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Saint-Denis , City, Réunion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
SAINT-DENIS , city, Reunion city (1990 pop. 122,875...overseas department of Reunion. It is a port on the...the mouth of the St.-Denis River and exports sugar and rum. St.-Denis is Reunions largest city and its administrative...


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