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  ISSOUDUN - LoveToKnow Article on ISSOUDUN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Of the fortifications with which the town was formerly surrounded, a town-gate of the 16th century and the White Tower, a lofty cylindncal building of the reign of Philip Augustus, survive.
Issoudun is the seat of a sub-prefecture, and has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, a chamber of arts and man ufactures and a communal college.
Issoudun, in Latin Exoldunum or Uxellodunum, existed in.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /I/IS/ISSOUDUN.htm   (223 words)

  
 Mairie d'Issoudun
Issoudun is a dynamic town in the heart of a population centre which includes over 30,000 inhabitants.
The town is a member of two associations of communes: the Community of Municipalities of the Issoudun Area (CCPI) and the Region of Issoudun and of Berry Champagne.
The Community of Municipalities of the Issoudun Area is the second largest economic centre in Indre and the fourth in the whole of Berry.
www.issoudun.fr /page.php?id=112   (301 words)

  
 The Two Brothers - Chapter VII
Issoudun was at that time the seat of the ephemeral power of the Routiers and the Cottereaux, adventurers and free-lancers, whom Henry II.
But all Issoudun was roused at the sight of the brave young fellow left with only twenty napoleons in his possession; and the mayor gave him a place in his office with a salary of six hundred francs.
That of Issoudun, built on the place d'Armes at an angle of the rampart, and kept by the widow of an officer, was naturally the rendezvous of the Bonapartists, chiefly officers on half-pay, and others who shared Max's opinions, to whom the politics of the town allowed free expression of their idolatry for the Emperor.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/debalzac/TheTwoBrothers/chap7.html   (6848 words)

  
 Issoudun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Issoudun is a commune of the Indre département in France.
It is also referred to as Issoundun, which is the ancient name.
Issoudun is a sous-préfecture of the Indre département.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Issoudun   (73 words)

  
 Issoudun hotels. Hotel rooms in Issoudun. Discount France hotels for leisure breaks and business travel. Hotel in Indre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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www.hotellink.co.uk /docs/fr/centre/indre/issoudun/hotels001.htm   (493 words)

  
 2 Jan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
95th - Squadron entrained at Issoudun, France, for the front, on cars which were entirely without windows, and which had not been cleaned since the previous trips with loads of horses and mules.
The day was very cold and raw and the officers and men built fires on the floors of the cars to warm themselves and incidentally to dispose of the litter.
Equipment of the enlisted men had been lost at Romsey and efforts to locate it had failed, It became necessary to complete the equipment of the organi2ation from salvaged supplies left by other organi2ations.
www.1stfighter.org /history/1918.html   (3540 words)

  
 A Description of Flight Training in World War I
The plan for Issoudun was that it should be used chiefly as a place where pilots already fully trained in the United States should have a " refresher course " before being sent to the Front.
The course at Issoudun was not thought out on paper beforehand by a theorist, but was gradually evolved under the most strenuous conditions imaginable and contained ideas derived from a very considerable number of the best American pilots in France.
With a true sense of the importance of having the best possible teachers and a keen realization of the old adage that "a stream cannot rise higher than its source," it was early determined to retain only the very best American pilots for teachers and instructors.
www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/AirWWI.html   (1979 words)

  
 Travel directions to Meci s.a.s.
Leave the A20 at Junction 10 for Vatan and Issoudun.
Follow the road into the center of Vatan and turn left onto the D960, direction Issoudun.
There are direct trains from Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris to Issoudun.
www.bristol-meci.com /english/company/comdir.htm   (195 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This airdrome was situated on a hill in the rainy and foggy valley of the Meuse and flying was almost impossible.
In the confusion both pilots had apparently opened their throttles and the machine guns in Captain Marr's plane opened fire, An explosion of ammunition in the carrying cases in Captain Marr's airplane set fire to the plane and it was completely demolished.  10 May 1918147th - First type XXVIII Nieuport airplanes received at the squadron.
The squadron baseball team took on the team from the 147th squadron with the understanding that the losers were to put on a barbecue.
www.langley.af.mil /wm_source/1_fw_source/staff_agency/HO/1918.doc   (12469 words)

  
 EUROGLIDE - 2000KM Gliding Race - 2000 story of team 494   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Issoudun is a major gliding site in almost flat countryside, familiar to those who have flown from Le Blanc in former years.
We took our evening meal in Issoudun, a small town some way off to the north, where the main impression was provided by loud outdoor rock music and lively youngsters.
It was at about this time that Julian took to midnight carpentry as a pastime, enforced by the departure of a crucial element in his bed.
www.euroglide.nl /2000_494.html   (4474 words)

  
 Castle of Issoudun Centre region Medieval Renaissance Castles French castle Tourism
Following one different with the author of certain cards, which we will not quote, we are obliged to withdraw the whole of the texts and photographs of this monument.
Disputed a long time between the kings of France and England, the fortress of Issoudun, located at the heart of Berry, is a curious mixture of know-how.
One clearly detects there the leg of the architects to the pay of Plantagenêts, but also that of the engineers of king Philippe Auguste.
www.casteland.com /puk/castle/centre/indre/issoudun/issoudun.htm   (149 words)

  
 Backpacking across Europe - Matt's live travelogue, May 11 1997 Geneva, Switzerland
I managed to find the right trains and catch them, slept well enough on the overnight train and not 24 hours after I left Granada I was in Issoudun.
Issoudun today is a sleepy little town of perhaps 15,000 souls that holds on to its medieval heritage.
Once an important center of commerce, the town keeps its past alive with an extraordinary (for a town of its size) museums, remnants of its ancient fortress, and a medieval festival, which happened to be held in the three days I was there.
www.eurotrip.com /destinations/Travelogues/Matt_s_Trip/may11/may11.html   (1717 words)

  
 Rickenbacker
An old Rickenbacker friend, Capt. James Ely Miller, was tasked to supervise the buildup at Issoudun of a huge new flight training center for American aviation cadets.
He was now an officer and a gentleman and was headed straight for trouble at Issoudun.
More than 1,000 young pilot candidates, many from top schools and America's wealthy families, found themselves sent to Issoudun for training, only to find that construction of the 3rd Aviation Instruction Center was far from complete.
www.afa.org /magazine/sept2000/0900ricken.asp   (3558 words)

  
 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A retreat in the spirit and spirituality of Fr.
Designed to coincide with the novena for the 150th anniversary, this program will include daily presentations on some aspect of our history/spirituality along with personal reflection and prayer and sharing in small groups.
Each day will end with the celebration of the novena in St. Cyr Church with the the Chevalier Family in Issoudun.
www.misacor.org /newsite/english/events/CorNovum/corNovum.htm   (481 words)

  
 ISSOUDUN - Online Information article about ISSOUDUN
Issoudun is the seat of a sub-prefecture, and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:
Issoudun, in Latin Exoldunum or Uxellodunum, existed in and before See also:
In 1195 it was stoutly and successfully defended by the partizans of See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /INV_JED/ISSOUDUN.html   (651 words)

  
 Massicotte Organization of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Guillaume was born on September 5, 1797 in Indre, Issoudun, the province of Barry France.
He left Issoudun at 16 years, and, after his return to France, he was an established cutter in Bourges, then in Paris in 1840.
It is there that he would have improved the paper cutter which bears his name today.
members.macconnect.com /users/m/mactosh/paper_cutter.html   (232 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The society's motto is, "Ametur ubique terrarum Cor Jesu Sacratissimum" (May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere).
It was founded at Issoudun, in the Archdiocese of Bourges, France, by the Abbe Jules Chevalier.
Until very recent years the mother house was in the above-named town, but since the separation of Church and State in France the society has its headquarters in Rome.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13306a.htm   (637 words)

  
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 The Two Brothers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1792 the townspeople of Issoudun enjoyed the services of a physician named Rouget, whom they held to be a man of consummate malignity.
His well-beloved son was stupidly incapable of doing anything; but the father destined him for the state in life of a land proprietor and allowed him to grow up in wealth and silliness, certain that the lad would know as much as the wisest if he simply let himself live and die.
She lost her mother just as she was on the point of giving birth to her youngest son, and when her father, who, as she well knew, loved her little, died, the coronation of the Emperor was at hand, and that event gave Bridau so much additional work that she was unwilling to leave him.
www.blackmask.com /books14c/brthr.htm   (22289 words)

  
 Issodun Aerodrome Flying School
The fundamental problems with discussing the aircraft used by the A.E.F. at Issoudun are both that the Army designation of the aircraft does not match the designation used by the French manufacturer, and that multiple aircraft were used at the various fields at Issoudun.
The U.S. Army identified the aircraft by the area of the wing while the French manufacturer used its "type" number.
Serving at Issoudun were the following U.S. Aero Squadrons: 10th, 21st, 26th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 37th, 43rd, 101st, 149th, 158th, 173rd, 257, 369th, 372nd, 374th, 640th, 641st, 642nd, 644th, 801st, 802nd, and 1104th.
www.worldwar1.com /dbc/issodun.htm   (822 words)

  
 Ital Florist, Issoudun Online Flower Shop, Flower Delivery Issoudun, Sending Flowers to Issoudun, Canada, USA, Worldwide
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italflorist.com /city/quebec/issoudun-florist.cfm   (144 words)

  
 Kiribati Bibliography - S
in: Annales de Notre-Dame du Sacré Coeur LVI (Issoudun 1921), 315-7, 347-9; LVIII (1922), 57-60, 79-81, 143-5.
in: Annales de Notre-Dame du Sacré Coeur LXXIV (Issoudun 1939), 137-43...(1939-40).
The Societe des Missionnaires du Sacre-Coeur was founded at Issoudun, France, on 8 December 1854, by Fr.
www.trussel.com /kir/gilbibs.htm   (3016 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
That lorship belonged to the patrimony of Lords of Issoudun until the 13th or 14
, lord of Issoudun, gave many of his lands to Hotel-Dieu which was about to take almost two centuries to possess the whole of seigneury
A Few years later, at the time of the repurchase of Issoudun by Philippe Auguste, seigneury of Saint-Valentin went back to the royal lands.
www.village-saint-valentin.com /histoire/theseign.htm   (174 words)

  
 LE PIÈGE D'ISSOUDUN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In a state of shock, she gets in her car and hits the freeway, hoping to kill herself in a car accident.
Before leaving the village of Issoudun, she's stopped by a police officer who realizes that something's wrong.
He gets her to agree to let him take her home, and a bond develops between the officer who has children but doesn't have visitation rights and Esther, a married nuclear engineer who has cracked under life's pressures.
www.tribute.ca /movie_spec/7716.htm   (127 words)

  
 Beef with Balzac by Clive Tully | Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence
I'm seated in the sumptuously furnished dining room of the Michelin-starred La Cognette in Issoudun, in central France, and the dish that's set before me looks like a slice of chocolate pudding drizzled, or should I say glazed, in a yummy chocolate sauce.
The wineries of the region are very accessible to visitors, with most offering tastings to help you make your choice.
Roughly the same distance from Issoudun, on the other side of the ancient city of Bourges, is Sancerre, a prominent wine-producing area for many hundreds of years.
www.travelintelligence.net /wsd/articles/art_3126.html   (1275 words)

  
 The Two Brothers by Honoré de Balzac
That young girl, the handsomest maiden in Issoudun, did not resemble either father or mother.
Her birth had caused a lasting breach between Doctor Rouget and his intimate friend Monsieur Lousteau, a former sub- delegate who had lately removed from the town.
When a family expatriates itself, the natives of a place as attractive as Issoudun have a right to inquire into the reasons of so surprising a step.
manybooks.net /titles/balzachoetext98brthr10.html   (175 words)

  
 [No title]
The transmitters in Issoudun did not accept this frequency, while our relay station Jülich/Germany (JUL) which is used to the remaining European and African Service is not allowed to go beyond 9900 kHz.
Three days later the transmitters at Issoudun were reprogrammed and made able to run 9905 kHz.
To have more flexibility TDF is reactivating Issoudun-1 which is the former station with the old curtain antennas.
www.angelfire.com /ok/worldofradio/dxld0114.txt   (3357 words)

  
 The Two Brothers - Chapter X
In fact, though Max was in the habit of coming in at daybreak, he never woke any one, and Rouget was far from suspecting that his guest was an accomplice in the nocturnal performances of the Knights of Idleness.
In consequence of the vindictive Spaniard's terrible speech, Max and the Rabouilleuse became the object of certain comments which were merely whispered in Issoudun, though they were spoken aloud in Bourges, Vatan, Vierzon, and Chateauroux.
Monsieur Hochon, formerly tax-collector at Selles in Berry, born, however, at Issoudun, had returned to his native place and married the sister of the sub-delegate, the gay Lousteau, exchanging his office at Selles for another of the same kind at Issoudun.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/debalzac/TheTwoBrothers/chap10.html   (4932 words)

  
 Image:RvrThames.jpg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Major Mignonnet, a lean little man, full of dignity, busied himself lived in a modest way, taking his social intercourse with Monsieur and occupations won him the respect of the whole town.html">town; and it was another thing" from Major Potel and Captain Renard, Maxence, and other and the defective morals of the Empire.
At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun, Max was excluded self-respect in never presenting himself at the club, and in never was the handsomest, the most elegant, and the best dressed man in the amazing at Issoudun as the horse of Lord Byron at Venice.
Moreover, if the bourgeoisie of Issoudun thought ill of him, the opinion; his courage, his dashing appearance, his decision of degradations were, for the most part, unknown, and indeed the role at Issoudun which was something like that of the flsmith in Opposition; they counted upon him as the burghers of Perth.
www.city-search.org /im/image:rvrthames.jpg.html   (311 words)

  
 trips
With me was Barry Underwood and Kevin Wood (Barry was showing Kevin who at the time was the sales guy how to get to Sicma).
We landed at CDG Paris and then had to drive down to Issoudun, which took about 45 minutes.
Coming home we missed our flight due to heavy traffic and had to stay over for the night and catch the next flight the following morning.
www.angelfire.com /tx4/tonythomas/trips.html   (1986 words)

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