Alençon
Alençon , town (1990 pop. 31,139), capital of Orne dept., N France, in Normandy, on the Sarthe and Briante rivers. A commercial center in a fertile farm area, it is particularly noted for its fine lace work, an industry which dates from the 17th cent. The town also has spinning mills, printing plants, sawmills, and quarries. Alençon was heavily damaged in World War II. Among its surviving structures are Notre Dame Church, with windows and a porch from the 16th cent.; the Gothic St. Leonard's Church (completed in 1505); and the Ozé House (15th cent.).
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Viva Caracalla
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; CARACALLA - 901 Ninth St. NW. 202-371-0681...Washington is throbbing with new restaurants. Caracalla, for instance, is a leap of faith for...routinely devours and reissues pizzas. Caracalla looks like a Roman bath crossed with...
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Caracalla in Amman: Jordanians gear up for a theatrical extravaganza, THE STAR
Newspaper article from: The Star (Jordan, Middle East); 8/27/2001; ; 575 words
; ...festival the minute the Lebanese theatrical group Caracalla takes the stage. Caracalla is expected to mesmerize the Jordanian audience...festival, which will kick off 9 September. Caracalla is considered the most prominent ballet theatrical...
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Khalifa confers Order of Independence on Caracalla.
Newspaper article from: Emirates News Agency (WAM) (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates); 12/9/2008; 514 words
; ...Nahyan has conferred a first class Order of Independence on Abdul Halim Caracalla, founder of the famous Lebanese Caracalla Dance Theatre. The honour was bestowed on Mr. Caracalla as a token of recognition of his enormous contributions to the contemporary...
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Le Modest Proposal. (In Other Words).(The Edict of Caracalla, or a Plea for the United States of the West by Xavier de C***)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Foreign Policy; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; L'Edit de Caracalla on Plaidoyera Pour des Etats-Unis...par Xavier de C*** (The Edict of Caracalla, or a Plea for the United States of...2002, Debray published The Edict of Caracalla, or a Plea for the United States of...
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Caracalla Dance Theatre at the Peacock Theatre
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 5/1/2003; ; 399 words
; Caracalla Dance Theatre conjured up all the glorious...family concern, led by Abdul-Hakim Caracalla, who leaves the production in the hands...Sheherezade and the nobility of Omar Caracalla as Shazaman stood out. As with many...
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GOOD BUY GUIDE CARACALLA BAGAGLIO BESTSELLERS
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/22/2009; ; 473 words
; ...takes its name from the Terme di Caracalla race circuit in Rome, where Ferrari won its first race in 1947. Caracalla Bagaglio's main range is the Commemorative...that it's heavy, but four of the Caracalla Bagaglio designs have wheels and a...
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Christine Zaahour of Beirut's Caracalla Dance Company
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/7/1999; 226 words
; Christine Zaahour of Beirut's Caracalla Dance Company, which is performing at the Peacock Theatre, in Covent Garden, London, until Saturday Laurie Lewis
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Mark of a tyrant rewrites history
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and even his allies just for kicks. Caracalla's reign of terror over the most powerful...800 years after his death, a relic of Caracalla's campaigns north of Hadrian's Wall...carved intaglio (engraved gem) of Caracalla, the centrepiece of a signet ring used...
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Arts: Giant steps
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/9/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Queen of Carthage, performed by the Caracalla Dance Theatre. Their auditorium is packed...itself. Thirty years ago, Abdel-Halim Caracalla was Lebanon's champion pole-vaulter...way to work. "During the war," says Caracalla, "everyone was constantly on the move...
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Dance: Elissa, queen of the desert
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/17/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...keeping fit. The miracle of Beirut's Caracalla Dance Theatre is not so much what it...teeth of destruction. Abdul-Halim Caracalla and his troupe belong to that breed we...for a week's run at the Peacock. For Caracalla's brand of dance drama relies more...
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Caracalla
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Caracalla Caracalla (188-217) was a Roman emperor whose reign was characterized by...of Emperor Septimius Severus and his Syrian empress, Julia Domna, Caracalla was originally named Bassianus. His father renamed him Marcus Aurelius...
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Rulers of the Roman Empire
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...proclaimed emperor, 193-211 Caracalla, son of Severus, 211-17 Geta, son of Severus, ruled jointly with Caracalla, 211-12 Macrinus, proclaimed...217-18 Heliogabalus, cousin of Caracalla, 218-22 Alexander Severus, cousin...
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Heliogabalus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Avitus Bassianus. He was a cousin of Caracalla ; according to the claims (almost certainly...mother and grandmother, he was the son of Caracalla. He was chosen by the troops in Syria...Macrinus, who had killed and succeeded Caracalla. When Macrinus was defeated and killed...
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Domitius Ulpian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...written works date most of them to the reign of the emperor Caracalla (211-217). However, Ulpian's productions are so numerous...Septimius Severus (193-211), and then completed under Caracalla. Roman legal science had always depended heavily upon extensive...
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The Julias of Rome
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...other end of the Roman world, where she bore her first son Caracalla. A year later in 189, her second son Geta was born in Sicily...Domna's marriage. He may have envied her influence or, as Caracalla insisted, simply aspired to seizing power for himself. In...
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