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	Conques - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conques is a village and commune in the Aveyron département of southern France.
		The Saint Foy abbey-church in Conques was a popular stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela, in what is now Spain.
		The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques was the skeleton of Saint Foy, a martyred young woman from the 4th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conques (282 words)

	St. Foy Abbey Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thanks to the prosperity engendered by her, in the 10th century the first stage of artistic creation was undertaken, producing the Saint Foy reliquary statue, and to house her, a three nave church fronted by a church tower.
		In its conception, it had to meet two imperative conditions: to accommodate the mass of pilgrims descending on Conques, and to enable a community of monks, whose numbers were still on the increase, to assemble for the divine office seven times a day.
		It is a survivor: if today Conques possesses the richest medieval gold treasure in France, this is not due simply to luck but to the courageous salvaging practiced by the inhabitants of Conques itself.
	www.sspx.ca /Angelus/2003_August/St_Foy_Abbey.htm (3505 words)

	Archives: Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Police reported that Conques called her grandfather the next morning from a TA Truck Stop and told him that she was fine but was not coming back.
		After Conques saw a picture of herself in Tuesday's issue of the Slidell Sentry-News, she reportedly spoke with a friend who encouraged her to turn herself in.
		Conques, who is in the custody of the state, reportedly told police she stayed in "different places" while she away, including the TA Truck Stop.
	www.slidellsentry.com /articles/2004/11/05/news/news07.txt (446 words)

	Travel in France : Conques
		The village, nestled in a wild gorge, with its narrow lanes and old, timber-frame houses, follows a hillside along the length of rue Charlemagne.
		This was the street travelled by the pilgrims on their way to the abbey at Conques.
		Conques on the road of Saint-Jean de Compostelle
	www.aveyron.com /english/tourism/conques-village1.html (283 words)

	Conques -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conques is a village and (The smallest administrative district of several European countries) commune in the (Click link for more info and facts about Aveyron) Aveyron (Click link for more info and facts about département) département of southern (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France.
		Its construction was begun on the foundations of a smaller earlier (An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges) basilica, directed by the abbot Odolric (1031-1065) completed around the year 1120.
		The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques was the skeleton of Saint Foy, a (One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion) martyred young woman from the (Click link for more info and facts about 4th century) 4th century.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/conques.htm (387 words)

	Conques3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Her relics were kept in Agen till the IXth century, and then they were brought to Conques by a monk who robbed them.
		The reputation of the abbey was provided by strange wooden reliquary statue called "Ste Foy's Majesty", covered by leaves of gold and inlayed with gems and by a long poem written near the middle of XIth century, with verses of the langue d'oc called "Ste Foy's Song".
		When Conques abbey received Perse monastery as donation in 1060, that one needed not even many works to restore it, but a complete rebuilding, which give idea how the monastery was fallen in decay.
	www.eglise-de-perse.com /4_conques/conques3.htm (231 words)

	Conques, from the year one thousand to the year 2000
		Conques, from the year one thousand to the year 2000
		In this northern region of the old province of Rouergue, now the department of Aveyron, nature and history seem to have concluded an agreement and combined their strength in order to give birth to this masterpiece full of an incomparable evocative power : Conques.
		The whole fits exactly into the wonderfull site of the "conque" (from the latin "concha" : shell) chosen by a hermit in order to withdraw from society in the VIIth century.
	www.conques.com /index1.htm (93 words)

	CONQUES, one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France: Experience authentic France with Come To France. paris, france, ...
		CONQUES, one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France: Experience authentic France with Come To France.
		A landmark in the roman-style art, CONQUES keeps artistic treasures born from the faith of the men from the Middle Ages.
		The abbey of Conques, in the heart of the medieval village, has a magnificent treasure of roman-style sculpture and goldsmith’s trade.
	www.cometofrance.com /CONQUES.html (221 words)

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		There is hardly a level foot of ground in Conques, save for the terraces cut to floor the houses and the larger one on which the abbey is set.
		In the ninth century, Conques, a colony from Cluny, was a struggling abbey, with a much smaller church.
		But when the Terror was over, the people of Conques brought out the abbey treasures from holes in the walls of their houses, and holes under the trees in their orchards, and gave back every one.
	www.merseyworld.com /faith/html_file/conquesfreda.html (2025 words)

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		Conques is a small village in France where the relics of Saint Faith our Patron were taken in the 9th century.
		However I hope that for those who travel to Conques the story of her life will speak to us in a special way as we visit the holy place where her prayers have been sought and where her courage as a young martyr has inspired many in their struggle to witness to the living Christ.
		Conques is in the Diocese of Rodez and at the time of writing we are awaiting a decision (favourable, I hope) from the Bishop of that Diocese as to whether we can receive Holy Communion at their main mass.
	www.merseyworld.com /faith/html_file/conqueshome.html (2557 words)

	CONQUES : cultural season 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The real or imaginary adventure is first and foremost the trip, one word which awakens particular echoes in the Middle Ages: crusades, pilgrimages, invasions, discoveries, trading routes, initiatory or symbolic trips provide to the cinema dreamlike and spectacular visions which exalt huge areas and go sometimes beyond the borders of strangeness.
		Conques' festival has been a tremendous experience for numerous years.
		It is also, first and foremost a place, a magic place: Saint Foy abbey-church.
	www.conques.com /activites.htm (668 words)

	Conques Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		CONQUES, 37km north of Rodez, is one of the great villages of southwest France.
		Known for her ability to cure blindness and liberate captives, Ste Foy's presence brought the pilgrims flocking to Conques in ever-increasing numbers, which earned the abbey a prime place on the pilgrimage route to Compostela
		The village of Conques is very small, largely depopulated and mainly contained within the medieval walls, parts of which still survive, along with three of its gates.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/Europe-&-Russia/France/Conques (197 words)

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		Between Villefranche and Conques I passed scores of pilgrims wearing modern hiking boots and carrying nylon backpacks.
		An ancient hilltop pilgrimage center, Conques is known for its 12th century Romanesque architecture and its splendid abbey church with jewelled St. Foy relics.
		Affrique is a pleasant town with a handsome gothic church beside the Dourdou River (not the same as that at Conques).
	www.tourvelo.org /midigorg.html (5150 words)

	World Walks - South-West France - The Pilgrimage Route of St. James - Conques to Cahors through the beautiful ...
		This section is what is called in France a 'variante', or alternative route, that was used by pilgrims between Conques and Cahors.
		Conques was a major staging point on the main Pilgrim's Route.
		Located among the gorges of the Ouche, there are many reminders of the faith of the 'walkers of God', including the abbey and the treasure of Sainte-Foy.
	www.worldwalks.com /sthwest02.htm (682 words)

	Conques : Abbaye et trésor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The product of the faith, spirit and hands of the builder-monks of the XXth to XIIIth centuries, the Abbey of Conques is a major stopping-place on the road to Santiago de Compostella and a key masterpiece of Romanesque art.
		The abbey and cloister are among the finest examples of medieval ornamental sculpture.
		For twelve centuries, the village of Conques has succeeded in guarding its fabulous gold treasures, chief among them the reliquary statue of Sainte-Foy, an incontestably unique masterpiece of Western medieval art.
	www.villefranche.com /gb/Pages/histoire/conques.html (83 words)

	Walking the Santiago de Compostella Trail to Conques
		On foot through the Middle Ages, as you follow the footsteps of the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella.
		Via scenic villages alongside the Lot, such as Estaing and Entraygues, you'll end your pilgrimage in the centuries-old Conques.
		Extremely divers walk, where you'll find the path of the river Lot alternated with densely forested hills and open landscapes on the plains.
	www.valac.nl /DBDH38.HTM (311 words)

	Carcassonne Info - Les Capitelles de Conques
		The longest of the walks, the signs are difficult to follow
		A short pleasant walk around the best capitelles of Conques.
		follow the direction Conques-sur-Orbiel, do not enter Conques but continue on the D118, then take a small road on the left marked "capitelles".
	www.carcassonneinfo.com /randos/conquesen.php (107 words)

	Little Saint by Hannah Green
		In the early 1970s, Hannah Green and her husband came upon a small village called Conques, curled like a conch shell in the mountains of south-central France.
		Housed in the village's yellow stone basilica sits the gold reliquary of Sainte Foy, who was beheaded in the fourth century for refusing to deny her faith before a Roman consul.
		Little Saint, a book written in ecstasy, is at once a moving and passionate tribute to Sainte Foy, a lyrical evocation of daily life in Conques, and a vivid chronicle of the author's intensely felt spiritual journey.
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0375757473 (434 words)

	Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
		St. Foi has only been resident at Conques, as it happens, since 877, when her relics were actually stolen from their original home, at the nearby Agen (Aginum).
		Man was conquered in turn by the Irish, the Scots, the English of Northumbria (in 620), the Welsh, and then the Scotish Lord of the Hebrides (c.836).
		In 853, the Viking Olaf the White became King of Dublin and established Ketil Flatnose as Jarl (Earl) of Man. Man subsequently was fought over by the Norwegian Kings of Dublin and the Danish Kings of York, until York absorbed Dublin, around 914.
	www.friesian.com /flanders.htm (9945 words)

	Travel Guide - Conques - France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conques occupies a spectacular position on the flanks of the steep, densely wooded gorge of the little River Dourdou, a tributary of the Lot, and is one of the great villages of southwest France.
		The site was chosen as a retreat by a hermit called Dadon in the 7th century, and was named from the Latin concha, meaning shell.
		Known for her ability to cure blindness and liberate captives, Ste Foy's presence brought pilgrims flocking to Conques and the magnificent Romanesque abbey-church became a prime place on the pilgrimage route to Compostela in Spain.
	www.wordtravels.com /Attractions/Countries/France/Resorts/Conques (371 words)

	CONQUES NAMED USA SOUTH LACROSSE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		FAYETTEVILLE, NC – CNU lacrosse player Kristen Conques was named USA South Player of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.
		Conques, a freshman from Fairfax, VA, helped lead the Lady Captains to a 2-1 week.
		The Lady Captains return to action this Thursday as they travel to Randolph-Macon with start time set for 4 pm.
	athletics.cnu.edu /teams/misc/misc032304.htm (118 words)

	History - Prieuré de Conques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		that Saint Remacle, the bishop of Maastricht, ordered the building of a monastery in Conques on the land of the Count of Chiny.
		acquired the Conques estate, where they worked the Semois and lakes of Conques to breed fish
		converted the PrieurÃ© de Conques into a welcoming and luxurious hostelry.
	www.conques.be /en/Histoire-Conques.cfm (147 words)

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		Conques stated after seeing her picture, she spoke with a friend who encouraged her to turn herself in.
		Conques, who is in the custody of the state, currently resides at the K Bar B Youth Ranch in Lacombe.
		While gone for nearly two weeks, Conques stated she stayed in “different places” including the TA Truck Stop.
	www.slidell.la.us /pr/p1099505784.doc (496 words)

	Conques abbey 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If we resolve to consider these events had a historical basis, they only can concern the monastery from where Dadon and his companions were gone to found Conques in the VIIIth century.
		By its geographical situation and the unknown episodes of its history, Perse would be that monastery of origin.
		To reinforce the idea of inverted filiations, a strange saying, translated from the langue d'oc, refers to the relationships between Perse and Conques:
	www.eglise-de-perse.com /4_conques/conques4.htm (374 words)

	Art across Time \| Web Links
		10.2 Reliquary statue of Sainte-Foy, Conques, late 10th-11th century.
		10.4 Tribune and nave vaults, Sainte-Foy, Conques, c.
		10.9 Christ the Judge, tympanum of west portal, Sainte-Foy, Conques.
	highered.mcgraw-hill.com /sites/0072450061/student_view0/part3/chapter10/web_links.html (343 words)

	Domaine de Cambelong in Conques, Midi-Pyrenees, France - Inns of France
		Once your reservation is confirmed you will be issued with a voucher showing full prepayment of your reservation.
		Located in a green valley at the foot of the medieval village of Conques is the Moulin de Cambelong, one of the last remaining water mills on the banks of the Dourdou, a little meandering river that flows into the river Lot three miles downstream.
		The restaurant serves an innovative cuisine created by Hervé Busset and is based on local produce (truffles, foie gras, fillet of duck, mushrooms, trout, crayfish for example).
	innsoffrance.com /hotelview.aspx?h=2203&c=1 (349 words)

	Travel in France : Conques
		The tympanum of the Conques Abbaye is a Crowning Work of Romanesque Art
		It depicts the combat of Good and Evil: on the left, Hell and on the right, Paradise.
		The building served as a resting place for pilgrims on the way to Saint Jacques-de-Compostelle.
	www.aveyron.com /english/tourism/conques-village3.html (109 words)

	AH 201 (Dale)
		Sainte Foy, Conques, c.1050-1130, Exterior view of choir and radiating chapels
		Sainte Foy, Conques, c.1050-1130, Interior view of the nave to the east
		Reliquary of Sainte Foy, made in the Auvergne for the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy at Conques, gold repoussé and gemstones over a wood core, c.1000 with later additions
	www.wisc.edu /arth/ah318/02.html (196 words)

	Festival de Musique de Conques 2005 - Conques (Aveyron)
		Festival de Musique de Conques 2005 - Conques (Aveyron)
		Conques en Rouergue, dont l'Abbatiale et le Pont des Pèlerins sont inscrits au Patrimoine Mondial de l'Unesco au titre des chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en France, se situe à 605 km de Paris, 170 km de Toulouse, 57 km d'Aurillac et 35 km de Rodez.
		De l'aéroport : taxi jusqu'à Conques ou location de voitures.
	www.festival-conques.com /acces.php4 (105 words)

	Local News - The Lafayette Daily Advertiser - www.theadvertiser.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Carl Conques said he was told in 1997 when he bought land on West Congress Street that he should build to the front of the lot because the extension was passing in the back of the property.
		Now he's worried that the road will pass in front of his house, jeopardizing his home and property.
		Sylvia Conques added, "We might expect this from a backwoods community, but not Lafayette."
	www.theadvertiser.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050301/NEWS01/503010306/1002 (663 words)

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