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	The Hermitage - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Hermitage is a plantation located 12 miles east of Nashville in central Tennessee.
		The plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States from 1804 until his death at The Hermitage in 1845.
		The Hermitage is now a museum, both of Jackson's life and the antebellum South in general, and is open to the public.
	open-encyclopedia.com /The_Hermitage (167 words)

	City of Hermitage - Home
		Hermitage, Pennsylvania is a growing, vibrant home rule charter third-class city with approximately 16,000 residents.
		Hermitage is a unique city, consisting of over thirty square miles of land, developed in a variety of ways.
		Buhl Farm, a beautiful 500-acre community park in Hermitage, with facilities and activities for all ages, is a jewel in the Shenango Valley.
	www.hermitage.net (439 words)

	Merriam-Webster Online
		"Hermitage" is of course related to "hermit," a word for one who retreats from society to live in solitude, often for religious reasons.
		The origins of "hermitage" and "hermit" are found in Greek.
		A hermitage can be the dwelling of a hermit (e.g., a mountain shack or a monastery) or simply a secluded home.
	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Dec.05 (170 words)

	Hermitage grape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hermitage grape is the name given to one of a handful of different wine grape varieties in different wine growing regions of the world.
		In Australia it is another name for the Shiraz grape, the most widely planted red wine grape in that country.
		In South Africa and parts of Europe, it is the name given to the Cinsault grape.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hermitage_grape (131 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Hermitage Museum [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The vast Hermitage collections are displayed in four buildings, the main one being the Winter Palace which used to be the official residence of the Russian Tsars.
		In recent years, Hermitage expanded to the nearby building of the General Staff and launched several ambitious projects abroad, including the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas, the Hermitage Rooms in London's Somerset House, and the Hermitage Amsterdam in the former Amstelhof, Amsterdam.
		The Hermitage was featured in the film Russian Ark, an incredible single shot walk through with period reenactments spanning three hundred years of court meetings, balls, and family life in the Winter Palace.
	encyclozine.com /Hermitage_Museum (829 words)

	Hermitage Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		In 1492 James IV's doubts about the loyalty of the fifth Earl of Douglas led him to instruct that Hermitage Castle be exchanged for the less strategically sensitive Bothwell Castle, until then held by the first Earl of Bothwell.
		When news of this came to the ears of Mary Queen of Scots, visiting Jedburgh, 25 miles away, she dropped everything and rode with a small retinue to be by his side.
		Still married at the time to Lord Darnley she could not be seen to stay at Hermitage with Bothwell, so after two hours she returned the 25 miles to Jedburgh.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /hawick/hermitagecastle (898 words)

	Docket No. 4678
		Hermitage's superintendent and general manager, who had a combined total of thirty-six years experience in the manufacture of conduit pipe, testified at the hearing that they had never encountered a problem with silica dust.
		Here, Hermitage has not argued that the exposures or work conditions on the day of the inspection were in any way unrepresentative, nor did it present rebuttal evidence on the issue.
		Because I do not find that the Secretary has shown that conditions at Hermitage's plant could cause death or serious physical harm, it is unnecessary for me to determine whether Hermitage knew or, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, could have known of the presence of excessive levels of respirable silica dust at its workplace.
	www.oshrc.gov /decisions/html_1982/4678.html (3402 words)

	Hermitage Castle & Mary, Queen of Scots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The isolated valley of the Hermitage Water, in Liddesdale, is said to have been the home long ago of a holy man of God.
		For most of its 400-year existence, Hermitage, "the strength of Liddesdale", was the key to control over much of the Border country, "the guardhouse of the bloodiest valley in Britain", and as such it was highly prized and much fought over.
		Later, the castle passed to the Earls of Bothwell, and it was during their ownership that Hermitage was the scene of one of the most well-known adventures of Mary Queen of Scots, in the course of which she almost died.
	www.marie-stuart.co.uk /Castles/Hermitage.htm (495 words)

	[The History of the Hermitage Continued]
		The next major addition to the Winter Palace and the Hermitage was not added until the year 1837 under the rule of Czar Nicholas I. In December of that year, the great fire of 1837 took hold in the halls between the two Hermitage pavilions.
		Over the next few years,"the Hermitage and the Russian Museum were allowed to choose the works that they wanted and the rest were sent to the Museum Fund Storage." Between 1928 and 1932, the works that found their way to the Museum Fund Storage were sold all over the world.
		Thus the Hermitage collections were split between Sverdlovsk and the basement of the Hermitage for the duration of the war (Graeme).
	it.stlawu.edu /~rkreuzer/pmcguire/hermitage3.html (1277 words)

	Hermitage Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hermitage's early history continued to be varied as by 1338, it had been attacked and damaged by Sir William Douglas, who then kept the new sheriff of Teviotdale, Sir Alexander Ramsay, prisoner at Hermitage and starved him to death.
		Hermitage remained in English hands however, as his widow married an English lord, Sir Hugh de Dacre of Cumberland.
		Hermitage then passed into the hands of Sir Walter Scott of Branxholm and Buccleuch, the rescuer of Kinmont Willie Armstrong from Carlisle Castle in 1596.
	www.heritage.me.uk /castles/hermit.htm (1048 words)

	Hermitage Publishers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hermitage Publishers Co. was founded by Igor Efimov (Russian writer) and his wife Marina Efimov (poet, journalist, translator) in 1981, in Michigan.
		Another part of Hermitage activity is publishing scholarly books on Russian history, arts and culture (both in Russian and English) and anthologies of Russian prose and poetry which could be used by the students of Russian language in the American universities.
		In some sense Hermitage can be seen as a colony of Russian literature on the banks of Hudson river, and its ties with the “Metropolis” in Eastern hemisphere is getting stronger every year.
	www.hermitagepublishers.com (7295 words)

	Exploring St. Petersburg / The Hermitage
		Not least among the attractions of the Hermitage is the museum itself, with its fine interior decoration and architectural detail.
		As the Hermitage is so enormous, its collection so strong and diverse, and its interior so attractive in its own right, many visitors find that the very best way to tour the museum is to make several briefer visits rather than one frenetic and exhausting marathon tour.
		The origins of the Hermitage can be traced back to the private art collection of Peter the Great, who purchased numerous works during his travels abroad and later hung them in his residence.
	www.geographia.com /russia/peter02.htm (740 words)

	History of The State Hermitage Museum
		In 1779 the Hermitage collection was considerably enriched by the acquisition of paintings from one of the most outstanding collections in England, that of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister to George I and George II, which was acquired from his heirs.
		The fine art treasures amassed by Catherine II were originally accommodated in the rooms of the Winter Palace, the main residence of the Russian tsars, which was built on the banks of the river Neva in 1754-1762 to the designs of the architect Francesco Bartolommeo Rastrelli.
		The mid-19th century saw a number of important acquisitions for the Hermitage including the collection of the Barbarigo Palace in Venice, which provided the Museum with some excellent paintings by Titian, several works from the collection of William II of The Netherlands, and classical antiquities from the collection of the Marchese Campana in Rome.
	www.hermitagemuseum.ca /Foundation/MuseumHistory.shtml (2544 words)

	Hermitage Castle, Roxburghshire
		Hermitage Castle has a long and colourful history, the castle was a bastion of power in the 'debatable land', land that was exchanged between English and Scottish hands during the border wars and skirmishes.
		The Red Cap is still said to guard treasure somewhere around Hermitage, and the cries of Lord Soulis's victims are said to be heard from within the castle.
		Another tradition is attached to a small mound which lies next to the ruined chapel about a quarter of a mile to the Northwest of the castle.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /majorsites/hermitage.html (924 words)

	Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The green-and-white three-storey palace is truly impressive: it has 1786 doors, 1945 windows and 1057 halls and rooms, many of which are open to the public.
		The Hermitage Museum is the largest art gallery in Russia and is among the largest and most respected art museums in the world.
		Nowadays, the Hermitage has about 2.7 million exhibits and displays a full range of world art from Ancient Egypt to early 20th century Europe.
	www.cityvision2000.com /city_tour/hermitage.htm (311 words)

	Hermitage, Dorset, England
		Hermitage exists, 4 miles from Cerne Abbas, but seems delighted to be a forgotten place.
		A greater solitude cannot be imagined for the hermitage that was here, belonging to the Order of St. Augustine, yet the monks left as long ago as 1460.
		A curious landslide in 1583 caused three acres of land to slip and block the highway to Cerne Abbas.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /locations/place/H080.htm (144 words)

	Traditions and Stories of Scottish Castles - Hermitage Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		THE Castle of Hermitage, now a ruined structure, stands in the southern part of Roxburghshire, a few miles froth Riccarton Junction, near Hermitage Water, which is formed by Twistlehope Burn and Braidley Burn, and becomes a tributary of Liddel River.
		So pleased was the King with this exploit that he conferred at once upon Ramsay the office of Sheriff of Teviotdale, forgetting that the office was already held by the Knight of Liddesdale, and was thus deprived of it that it might be given to his rival.
		His possessions in Liddesdale, including Hermitage Castle, were conferred upon Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch, who was created, in 1606, as first Lord Scott of Buccleuch, from whom descended the Dukes of Buccleuch, holders of the title.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/castles/hermitage.htm (1225 words)

	Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Hermitage Museum is Russia's best gallery of world art, one of the most prominent art museums in the world and definitely the main tourist attraction of
		The main building of the Hermitage Museum is the Winter Palace which was once the main residence of the Russian Tzars.
		Hermitage collections are displayed in four buildings which together make a huge museum complex: Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage and New Hermitage.
	www.cityvision2000.com /sightseeing/museums/hermitage (311 words)

	Hermitage High School :: Believe Achieve & Succeed
		Hermitage's center is the Center for the Humanities.
		Hermitage is also a "Blue Ribbon School" for excellence in Music and Art Education.
		Hermitage High School's mission is to prepare students for responsible citizenship with a strong foundation for work, post-secondary education, and life-long learning.
	www.henrico.k12.va.us /HS/Hermitage (409 words)

	Arts + Features - hermitage opens dutch outpost - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"The Hermitage is one of the four biggest museums in the world of the caliber of Madrid's Prado and Paris's Louvre," Piotrovsky said in a recent interview.
		Funds for opening a Dutch branch of the Hermitage were raised by the Hermitage on the Amstel Foundation, an organization created specifically for the purpose.
		The establishment of a Dutch Hermitage comes as culmination of a longstanding exchange between the Netherlands and the Hermitage in St.
	archive.sptimes.ru /archive/times/947/features/a_11772.htm (847 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Francis of Assisi
		For Francis never altogether separated the contemplative from the active life, as the several hermitages associated with his memory, and the quaint regulations he wrote for those living in them bear witness.
		It was too lengthy and unprecise to become a formal rule, and two years later Francis retired to Fonte Colombo, a hermitage near Rieti, and rewrote the rule in more compendious form.
		In April, 1226, during an interval of improvement, Francis was moved to Cortona, and it is believed to have been while resting at the hermitage of the Celle there, that the saint dictated his testament, which he describes as a "reminder, a warning, and an exhortation".
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06221a.htm (8264 words)

	The Hermitage - Restaurant
		Since its opening in 1988, The Hermitage has been a favourite of Vancouverites and visitors alike.
		The critically acclaimed wine list boasts one of the best selections of Burgundy wines in Vancouver and is highlighted with exclusive wines from the family winery in Chamilly, France.
		Always on the list when accolades are being given, The Hermitage has received many awards as a result of the mix of tradition, knowledge and artistry that Hervé brings to his restaurant.
	www.thehermitagevancouver.com /restaurant.asp (218 words)

	Hermitage Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Davidson County, Tennessee
		With a population of approximately 32,000 residents, Hermitage is an addition to Davidson County and is located near both the U.S. Interstate 40 and just south of Highway 70.
		Among the many city parks and recreational facilities Hermitage houses the Ravenwood Golf Club, a private 18-hole course for residents who enjoy golf, and Nashville Shores, a premier recreational spot with white sandy beaches, three family-fun swimming pools, waterslides, lake cruises, live entertainment, volleyball courts, miniature golf, horseshoe pits and much more.
		Real estate options in Hermitage consist of single-family detached homes, estate properties, condominiums, townhouses, land lots and lake lots, which are especially popular during the spring and summer months.
	www.hermitage-tennessee.com (735 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg.
		Put together throughout two centuries and a half, the Hermitage collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century.
		Computer technologies enable the State Hermitage Museum to provide people from all over the world with wider access to information about the Museum and its treasures.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En (165 words)

	Pets Newswire \| Hermitage Pets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hermitage Pets is made available in Pennsylvania through IPR Wire - the online leader in pet news and information.
		It is our pleasure to provide residents of Hermitage with pet related news and information.
		We appreciate our members in Hermitage helping us to make this network one of the fastest growing pet sites in the nation.
	www.surfmeister.net /pennsylvania/hermitage/003.html (94 words)

	Religion Newswire \| Hermitage Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hermitage Religion is made available in Pennsylvania through the IPR Wire Religion Newswire - the online leader in religious news and information.
		It is our pleasure to provide residents of Hermitage with religion related news and information.
		We appreciate our members in Hermitage helping us to make this network one of the fastest growing religious sites in the nation.
	www.surfmeister.net /pennsylvania/hermitage/info.html (97 words)

	Hermitage Rooms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Please note that the Hermitage Rooms are temporarily closed while we prepare for our forthcoming exhibition which opens on 17th November.
		The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg holds one of the finest art collections in the world with some 3 million pieces housed in the Winter Palace and the magnificent buildings erected specially for the collections.
		Here at Somerset House, one of London's great 18th century buildings, the Hermitage Rooms recreate in miniature the décor of the Winter Palace and provide a perfect backdrop for rotating exhibitions drawn from the museum and other collections.
	www.hermitagerooms.com (104 words)

	Hermitage
		The Hermitage is Tucson’s first no-kill, no-cage facility (except for quarantine).
		The Hermitage is a textbook example of how a fairly old private residence (built in 1948) can be converted to house over 300 cats and kittens in clean, yet homey conditions.
		The Hermitage wishes to acknowledge and thank the Scott Family for their generous support in providing the original design and hosting of our web site.
	www.hermitagecats.org (300 words)

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