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  Tarascon
Tarascon is a city of the Bouches-du-Rhône département, in the south of France.
Tarascon is located 23 km south of Avignon and 20 km north of Arles, on the banks of the Rhone River, opposite of the city of Beaucaire.
The construction of the current castle of Tarascon was started in 1401 by Louis II of Anjou[?], after the previous castle was destroyed.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ta/Tarascon.html   (222 words)

  
 Tarascon, The origins of the town of Tarascon.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Thus, the consecration and glorification of the cult of the Patron Saint of Tarascon went together with an extension of the town and an increasing population.
By a law dated 28 Pluviose,Year VIII (February 17th 1800), Tarascon became main town of the district (present day district of Arles) and the seat of a law court, the Château was then used as a prison.
On November 15th 1926, President Poincarré abolished the Law Court of Tarascon, consequently, the prison became useless and was freed from the undesirable guests which it had housed for over a century.
www.tarascon.org /en/histoire_tarascon.php   (1592 words)

  
 Tarascon travel: Visit, Maps, Provencal Fabrics, Moulin de Daudet, Plague, Tarasque Legend, History, France - Provence ...
Tarascon is an ancient fortified town on the Rhône, between Avignon and Arles, two of Beyond's most popular towns.
In addition to the "Charles-Demery" museum in Tarascon, Provencal fabrics are exhibited in the "Chateau-Gombert" in Marseille and the "musee Arlaten" in Arles.
Alphonse Daudet was one of several writers inspired by Tarascon.
www.provencebeyond.com /villages/tarascon.html   (1562 words)

  
 Tarascon, France
Tarascon is situated on the left bank of the lower course of the Rhône about half-way between Avignon and Arles.
Tarascon gets its name from the Tarasque, a fabulous man-eating creature of wild appearance said to have dwelt here and which only St Martha was successful in pacifying.
It has become the heraldic animal of the town celebrated by a festival in June, the Fête de la Tarasque, when a terrifying effigy of the creature is led through the procession.
www.planetware.com /france/tarascon-f-az-tar.htm   (120 words)

  
 Tarascon en Provence - Provence Web
Situated on the banks of the Rhone at the crossroads that lead to Avignon, Camargue and Luberon, Tarascon is still today associated with the legend that supposedly took place here in the year 48AD.
Since that time pilgrims come to visit the Collegiate Church St. Martha which was built in her honor not far from the chateau Rene (one of the most beautiful medieval castles in France).
Tarascon is also proud to have the Souleïado rnuseum that exhibits the famous Provençal fabric.
www.provenceweb.fr /e/bouches/tarascon/tarascon.htm   (196 words)

  
 Bicycling France'98 (Le Midi, Languedoc and Roussillon: Lyon, Tarascon, Arles, Les Saintes Maries-de-la-Mer)
In Tarascon we stayed in Hotel Terminus FF190 ($55.00 cdn) and ate a wonderful dinner there of Fish soup and garlic mayonnaise followed by wonderful pork chops and pitchers of local wine.
Tarascon was a busy place we decided, mostly because it is close to Avignon which, being so lovely, seems to be on everyone's itinerary.
When we left Tarascon at about 12:30, I was in a bad mood because this was way too late to be leaving anywhere.
webhome.idirect.com /~totton/france98/france981.html   (1973 words)

  
 Tarascon
Tarascon was originally a market town going back at least to Roman times.
The manufacturing industry closed down at the end of the 20th Century and Tarascon is now principally a tourist centre.
The town itself is divided into two parts by the River Ariège which flows a few hundred metres from the house, The oldest part of town with the Porte d’Espagne and St Michael’s tower and the Clock Tower are up the hill on the opposite side of the river to Place Ste.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /tarascon/page15.html   (158 words)

  
 Tartarin de Tarascon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tartarin de Tarascon is an 1872 novel written by the French author Alphonse Daudet.
Since 1985, a small museum in the city of Tarascon is dedicated to the fictional character Tartarin.
A festival is held in Tarascon every year on the last Sunday of June to remember Tartarin and the Tarasque.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tartarin_de_Tarascon   (239 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
With the long-awaited electronic version of the venerable medical student/resident Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia was released in a Medscape version on September 21st, 2000, Palm users now have a choice of first-rate free pharmaceutical references: ePocrates qRx, first out the door, vs. the new electronic form of the tried-and-true Tarascon Deluxe Pocket Pharmacopoeia.
However, the Tarascon ePharmacopoeia does have some features that ePocrates could learn from, such as more extensive over-the-counter (OTC) information, and the structure in place for electronic prescribing to easily be incorporated.
Medscape's Tarascon ePharmacopoeia is the new, free, electronic version of Tarascon's Deluxe Pharmacopoeia, which retails from Tarascon's website for $17.95 (Tarascon.com).
www.pdamd.com /features/tarascon.xml   (2485 words)

  
 Beta Test The Tarascon Pharmacopoeia Deluxe PDA Edition
Tarascon is inviting beta testing of it's second generation edition of the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia Deluxe PDA Edition.
Tarascon handheld content will be updated monthly throughout 2002, then continuously in 2003.
Tarascon says that they are committed to keeping this product free through December 31, 2002, and anticipate a $25 yearly subscription thereafter.
www.pdacortex.com /Beta_Test_Tarascon.htm   (375 words)

  
 Tarascon ePharmacopoeia Review
This review takes a look at Tarascon ePharmacopoeia from the viewpoint of a seasoned critical care nurse and educator who is new to the Palm-based computing platform.
The Tarascon pharmacopoeia is a free download that can be accessed from Medscape, a medical website that can be accessed free of charge once you complete a generic "member profile".
The Tarascon ePharmacopoeia website supplies the reader with an overview of the Tarascon ePharmacopoeia program and two sample screens as they would appear on your Palm device (Figure 1 and Figure 2).
www.pdacortex.com /Tarascon_ePharmacopoeia_Review.htm   (1242 words)

  
 Review of Tarascon ePharmacopoeia
The Tarascon ePharmacopoeia is the complete and upgraded electronic version of its popular pocket medication guide.
For those who are unfamiliar with Tarascon symbols, selecting the category will provide the user with the symbol translation.
Across the bottom are tabs for pediatricss, forms, notes by Tarascon, personal notes, and a little skull and cross bones symbolizes warnings.
www.npcentral.net /products/epharmacopoeia/epharmacopoeia.shtml   (400 words)

  
 Villa les iris - chambre d'hotes a Tarascon en provence
To TARASCON in PROVENCE, in 15 km of Arles, 7 km of the RENTS of PROVENCE, 25 km of NÎMES, 20Km of Avignon, Provençal house with swimming pool In park of 2 ha, guest houses with private sanitary facilities, ideal for stage restful deluded by the song with the cicadas.
A TARASCON in PROVENZA, in 15 chilometri di Arles, 7 chilometri degli AFFITTI della PROVENZA, 25 chilometri di NÎMES, 20 chilometro di Avignon, casa di Provençal con la piscina in un parco di 2 ha, case dell'ospite con le facilità sanitarie riservate, ideali per restful della fase ingannato dalla canzone con le cicale.
In Tarascon in die Provence, 15 km von Arles, 7 km von Baux De Provence, 25 km von Nimes, 20 km von Avignon ein Provinzales Haus mit Schwimbad in ein Park von 2 ha.Gasteinzimmer mit privaten Sanitäir, eine richtige Etappe gewiegt durch Zikadegesang.
www.villa-les-iris.com   (224 words)

  
 Tarascon PDA Software
Tarascon is one of the major publishers of "peripheral brain" pocketbooks.
The package is converted from text form into PDA by USBMIS, one of a few companies taking traditional media to the digital medium of medical software.
While the pharmacopoeia is the most widely used Tarascon product, it also publishes a variety of references for the wards.
www.studentdoc.com /tarascon-pda.html   (283 words)

  
 MedPDA.net - Medical PDA reviews - Review: Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia Deluxe 4.02.10.002
Pocket Pharmacopoeia, published by Tarascon since 1987, has been the pocket book of choice for a good portion of medical and pharmacy students, residents and fellows.
With the booming use of PDAs, Tarascon decided to publish Pocket Pharmacopoeia for use with the two most popular PDA platforms, PalmOS and Pocket PC.
For those that are used to using the printed pocket edition, Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia for the PDA does not leave anything out.
www.medpda.net /archives/000231.html   (1004 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Alphonse Daudet - Tartarin De Tarascon at Epinions.com
Tartarin, the hero of the novel, is as fuddled and as charmed as the great Don, though his adventures are necessarily less, being but a pale shadow of the true hero's.
The man with the most holes in his hat is proclaimed the winner and, because he is as wonderful at shooting as he is at everything else, Tartarin is always the winner.
We are shown the hobbies and quirks of Tarascon, always through the skewed vision of Tarascon.
www.epinions.com /content_290813152900   (993 words)

  
 South France Holiday Flat (Apartment) in Gard, near Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, South of France
Drive through the center of Tarascon and on to the bridge to Beaucaire.
Stay right at the fork before the bridge to Tarascon and follow the road to the left (through the underpass).
There are many trains from both Nîmes and Avignon to Tarascon (bus from the Avignon TGV station to Tarascon).
www.mybeaucaire.com /gettingthere.html   (445 words)

  
 Paris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
This city, world known for his Tartarin (hero of a book by Alphonse Daudet), symbol of the Tarascon and the “Tarasque”, a horrible, cannibal water monster, tamed by saint Martha.
Now the castle is open for the public and it’s worth visiting for the magnificent view on the roofs and terraces of the houses of Tarascon and the surrounding landscapes.
They don’t tell always the truth but they think they do…its own lie is not a lie but a sort of delusion." The citizens of Tarascon have never been able to live this reputation down.
www.jack-travel.com /Venice/Provence/Html/Tarascon.htm   (760 words)

  
 Tarascon Spa Resort, Daylesford - Accommodation Profile - Weekend Retreats
The resort features a Day Spa complex for you to relax and indulge yourself with a mineral spa, a facial treatment and or a pampering massage.
Head for the resort's Day Spa later in the day after you've explored a few of Daylesford's many highlights, and then do it all again the next day, because one day is never enough in the Spa Country.
Tarascon Spa Resort is less than 10 minutes from the heart of Daylesford, in an area known as Porcupine Ridge.
www.weekendretreats.com.au /tarascon/default.htm   (301 words)

  
 Tarascon - Provence on ForumForUs
See our large, interactive Map of Tarascon for more detail, including satellite views of Tarascon.
This map of Tarascon is centered on the Boulevard Gambetta.
On the other side is the small town of Beaucaire in the Gard département of Languedoc-Roussillon; Directly opposite each other and connected by several bridges, Beaucaire and Tarascon effectively constitute one town.
provence.forumforus.com /Tarascon   (429 words)

  
 Welcome to ESR
Dollé, M.; Orsini, F.; Gozdz, Antoni S.; Tarascon, J.-M., "Development of reliable three-electrode impedance measurements in plastic Li-ion batteries", J. Electrochem.
Du Pasquier, A.; Disma, F.; Bowmer, T.; Gozdz, Antoni S.; Amatucci, G.; Tarascon, J.-M., " Differential scanning calorimetry study of the reactivity of carbon anodes in plastic Li-ion batteries", J. Electrochem.
Tarascon, J.-M.; Gozdz, Antoni S.; Schmutz, C.; Shokoohi, F.; Warren, P. C., "Performance of Bellcore's plastic rechargeable Li-ion batteries", Solid State Ionics, 86-88, 49 (1996).
www.research.telcordia.com /ESR/plpaps.html   (299 words)

  
 French Aces of WW1 - Paul Tarascon
While learning to fly in 1911, Tarascon was seriously injured in a crash, losing his right leg.
During World War II, Tarascon was a Colonel in the French Resistance.
Although one leg had been amputated, he entered aviation and has carried out numerous reconnaissances over long distances and has had 15 aerial combats.
www.wwiaviation.com /aces/ace_Tarascon.shtml   (191 words)

  
 Tarascon Manor House
Tarascon Manor House awaits you just outside the town of Tarascon on a Provencal countryside estate.
Evidence of this era can be seen at the King Rene's Castle on the banks of the Rhone in Tarascon where a weekly market is also held.
Tarascon Manor House is close to many wonderful villages and towns and on your sightseeing tour you may admire the flocks of pink flamingos and the wild horses in the Camargue.
www.rentavilla.com /property.php?id=FRPRO02101   (599 words)

  
 TARASCON - Online Information article about TARASCON
arrondissement of Arles is situated at Tarascon, which also possesses a commercial court, and fine See also:
Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat.
The inhabitants of Tarascon preserved the municipal institutions granted them by the See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SUS_TAV/TARASCON.html   (566 words)

  
 Chambres d'hôtes en Provence : ''Rue du Château'' à Tarascon
You will like to stroll throughout this medieval charming city, with its arches, its old houses and their "meneaux" windows.
Located at the border of the Alpilles and Lubéron, the area offers many sites to be discovered.
Walking throughout the streets of Tarascon you might encounter "La Tarasque", this amphibious dragon, emblem of the city.
www.chambres-hotes.com /english/tarasconen.htm   (133 words)

  
 Region Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur Tarascon Castle French castle Tourism
Region Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur Tarascon Castle French castle Tourism
Drawn up at the edge of the Rhone, the castle of Tarascon defended the access of the possessions of the counts de Provence.
Including/understanding a farmyard preceding the castle itself, the new building, built by Louis II of Anjou since 1400 and finished one half-century afterwards by king Rene, as much the palate as of the fortress with its high naked and almost blind walls holds dissimulating the refined decoration of the home seigneurial and the central court.
www.casteland.com /puk/castle/paca/brhone/tarascon/tarascon.htm   (197 words)

  
 tarascon,alpilles,montagnette,val durance
Numerous convents opened through the centuries around the tomb and the church of Saint Martha.The large number proved the importance of the cult of Saint Martha.
The first to arrive in the 13th century in Tarascon were the Benedictines in 1230, until they were suppressed in 1252 by Pope Clement VII, the Cordeliers in 1250, the Dominicans in 1256 and the Benedictines in 1358.
The Templars had arrived much earlier (11th century), at a short distance from the Priory of Saint Nicolas consecrated in 1096 by Pope Urban II.
www.alpilles.com /tarascon-gb.htm   (264 words)

  
 PDA Products from United States Biomedical Information Systems, Inc.
The Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia continues to be the most popular and most trusted portable drug dosing reference available.
The PDA edition of the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia continues the high-quality tradition of a convenient, organized, and concise reference packed with vital drug information meticulously peer-reviewed by drug information experts and clinicians of multiple specialties.
Visit the beta test site to participate in the Tarascon Pharmacopoeia PDA beta-test or go to tarascon.com for more details.
www.usbmis.com /pdaproducts.htm   (285 words)

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