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	Vaud Information Center - the vaud j.
		Between the 2nd and the 4th century vaud the area was repeatedly invaded by Alemannic tribes, and in the 5th century the Burgundians occupied the area.
		As the power of the Savoys declined at the beginning of the 15th century the land was occupied brunch ferme vaud by troops from Bern.
		In the 19th century the canton of Vaud was an outspoken opponent of the Catholic separatist movement (Sonderbund).
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_T_-_Z/Vaud.html (806 words)

	Switzerland - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The old historical dialects of Romonsch and Ladin (nearly confined to the canton of the Grisons, q.v.) enjoy no political recognition by the Confederation, are largely maintained by artificial means in the shape of societies founded for their preservation, and are not even in the majority (which is German) in the Grisons.
		The number of goats has remained pretty steady (359,913 in 1906 to 375,482 in 1866, the maximum, 416,323, being attained in 1886), but that of sheep has decreased from 447,001 in 1866 to 209,443 in 1906.
		Tobacco is grown to a certain extent, especially near Payerne in the Broye valley (Vaud) and in Ticino, while more recently beetroot has been cultivated for the purpose of manufacturing sugar.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Switzerland (14869 words)

	Church of St-Jean-Baptiste, Grandson
		The Romanesque church of St-Jean-Baptiste is all that remains of the former Benedictine monastery which was founded in Grandson in 1049.
		After the Burgundian wars, Grandson was ruled by Berne and Fribourg and, as a consequence of the Reformation, the monastery was finally dissolved in 1554.
		In the Battle of Grandson the Confederates gained their first victory on March 2, 1478 over Duke Karl the Bold of Burgundy, who lost all his artillery and a great deal of treasure which can now be seen in the Historical Museum of Berne.
	www.planetware.com /yverdon-les-bains/grandson-church-of-st-jean-baptiste-ch-vd-jb.htm (354 words)

	Grandson Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A village on the lakeshore some 4km north of Yverdon, GRANDSON resonates in the mind of every Swiss schoolchild as the location of one of the three greatest victories ever won by a Swiss army.
		Although a tower was built by Adalbert of Grandson as early as 1050, the main buildings date from 1281, when Otto I of Grandson returned from the Eighth Crusade wealthy enough to build a new castle, a Franciscan cloister in the village and a Carthusian monastery further along the lake near Concise.
		The château at Grandson, meanwhile, faded from central importance, passing between the governments of Bern, Fribourg and Canton Vaud until its rejuvenation as a museum in the 1980s.
	switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/arc_jurassien/grandson.html (434 words)

	Murten - 22nd June 1476
		Stung by his embarrassing defeat by the Swiss Confederation at Grandson in March 1476, Charles, Duke of Burgundy rebuilt his routed but otherwise mainly intact army at Lausanne.
		By the end of May he once again felt ready to march against the Confederates to recover his territories and fortifications in the Pays de Vaud (North of Geneva) then march on attack the city of Berne, his greatest enemy among the cantons.
		An initial assault was repulsed by a heavy barrage of fire from light guns mounted on the walls (which had ironically been captured at Grandson three months previously!), but two great bombards used by the Burgundians were slowly reducing the walls to rubble.
	www.warlords.org.nz /article_murten.htm (1172 words)

	Bern Information Center - dan bern
		It borders new bern epilasik the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north.
		To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud, to the south lies the Valais.
		East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_A_-_C/Bern.html (1081 words)

	GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee) - Online Information article about GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)
		Grandsee) - Online Information article about GRANDSON (Ger.
		Grandson was thence-forward till 1798 ruled in See also:
		Fribourg, and then was given to the canton du Leman, which in 1803 became that of Vaud.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GRANDSON_Ger_Grandsee_.html (411 words)

	Grandson - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Grandsee), a town in the Swiss canton of Vaud, near the south-western end of the Lake of Neuchatel, and by rail 20 m.
		Grandson was thenceforward till 1798 ruled in common by Berne and Fribourg, and then was given to the canton du Leman, which in 1803 became that of Vaud.
		This page was last modified 14:58, 6 Oct 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Grandson (241 words)

	WHKMLA : Swiss-Burgundian War 1474-1477
		In October/November 1475, Bernese troops conquered territory in Vaud from Savoy.
		The castle at Grandson was taken, her garrison, 412 men, drowned.
		Switzerland was to hold on to the territories within Vaud it had occupied (Murten, Grandson, Orbe, Echallens); the Bernese in 1536 would conquer and annex the remainder of the Vaud from Savoy.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/15cen/swissburg14741477.html (510 words)

	Grandson, Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grandson is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, seat of the district of the same name.
		During the Burgundy Wars, Charles the Bold was defeated here in the Battle of Grandson on 2 March 1476.
		Grandson, Switzerland in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grandson,_Switzerland (100 words)

	USA Cycling Photo Gallery :: Juniors in Europe 2006
		A nice morning in the Suisse region of Vaud before the last stage - bikes are prepped and ready to go.
		Tejay on the podium in Grandson, CH - second on the last stage of the Vaud, second overall!!!
		Bjorn headed into the Velodrome in Lausanne, CH in Pays Vaud at the 2.5K prologue - Andrew had the best time at the Prologue but was suffering from a cold and had to pull out the next day.
	www.usacycling.org /gallery/Juniors-in-Europe?page=2 (221 words)

	Centre d'Accueil - Genève Internationale -Châteaux et églises du Canton de Vaud
		Built in 1286 by Louis of Savoy, Morges castle houses the Vaud military museum, the artillery museum and the swiss museum of historical figurines.
		The magnificent medieval château de Grandson (11th to 14th century) is steeped in history and has several permanent collections to offer the visitor.
		Located in the beautiful Broye Valley region, Payerne is a picturesque town renowned for its imposing 11th century abbey church - the largest such Romanesque construction in Switzerland.
	www.cagi.ch /fr/chateaux_eglises_vd.htm (810 words)

	Grandson — Infoplease.com
		John Davison Rockefeller: Son and Grandsons - Son and Grandsons His son John Davison Rockefeller, Jr.,.
		The Brothers Grimm: The Old Man and His Grandson - There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he could hardly hold
		How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success - I awoke rejoicing, and began to reflect on the glorious career before me. I would go forth, methought, at once, and evangelize the whole of Flatland.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0821538.html (244 words)

	Switzerland, my 2nd Home, Canton Vaud - photos of scenery in Lake Geneva on Worldisround
		Just in passing: the picture entitled ''Backside of Chateau Chillon'' is not Château de Chillon, but Grandson.
		The photos are from the Canton of Vaud and the unnamed castle is Chateau Vufflens, Morges.
		The pictures shown here are actually in the canton of Vaud and Geneve- as opposed to the canton of Valais.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/6317/index.html (153 words)

	Pages modified on 2001-10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Payerne district (Vaud canton, Switzerland) 2001-10-05 pascal gross
		Grandson district (Vaud canton, Switzerland) 2001-10-05 pascal gross
		Lausanne district (Vaud canton, Switzerland) 2001-10-05 pascal gross
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/k2001-10.html (297 words)

	grandson - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		GRANDSON : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
		Phrases that include grandson: great grandson, beelzebubs tales to his grandson, fontaines sur grandson, grandson vd
	www.onelook.com /?w=grandson (200 words)

	AllRefer.com - Grandson, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Grandson, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		2,473), Vaud canton, W Switzerland, at the southwestern end of the Lake of NeuchAtel.
		An important town in the Middle Ages, Grandson is known chiefly as the scene of the defeat (1476) of Charles the Bold of Burgundy by the Swiss Confederates.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Grandson.html (145 words)

	Clickable map of Grandson district (Vaud Canton, Switzerland) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clickable map of Grandson district (Vaud Canton, Switzerland)
		Copyright: FOTW Grandson map by António Martins and boundaries’ data by Jarig Bakker.
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	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ch(vd-gr.html (54 words)

	Accommodation in Grandson and Cheap Travel to Grandson, Vaud, Switzerland :-) Hospitality Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Hospitality Club is the world's largest hospitality exchange organization.
		There are no City Volunteers in Grandson at the moment.
		If you are already a member, please go to the member section - you are on the external pages now.
	www.hospitalityclub.org /hc/hcworld.php?city=23499 (436 words)

	Grandson avec fr.shopping.net
		Reasonably priced, AMHR registered, pet, show, breeding stock in Texas.
		GRANDSON Grubby little fingers, Dirty little face; Racing through life at the speed of light, There's no one could take his place.
		Minjok Tongshin Editor's Note: Dr. Harold Hak-won Sunoo wrote this letter to his grandson.
	fr.shopping.net /Grandson.htm (137 words)

	Grandson — FactMonster.com
		Hamuel - Hamuel, in the Bible, Simeon's grandson.
		Hamul - Hamul, in the Bible, grandson of Judah.
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