La RochelleLa Rochelle (UKˌlæ_rɒˈʃɛl, USˌlɑː_roʊˈʃɛl, la ʁɔʃɛl; Poitevin-Saintongeais: La Rochéle; La Rochèla la ruˈtʃɛlɔ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With 75,735 inhabitants in 2017, La Rochelle is the most populated commune in the department and ranks fifth in the New Aquitaine region after Bordeaux, the regional capital, Limoges, Poitiers and Pau. Its inhabitants are called "les Rochelaises" and "les Rochelais".
Trois petites liturgies de la présence divineTrois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine (proper capitalisation Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine; English: Three Small Liturgies of the Divine Presence) is a cantata by Olivier Messiaen for women's voices, piano solo, onde Martenot, percussion battery, and small string orchestra, in three movements. Its libretto was written by Messiaen himself, who composed the work from 1943 to 1944.
La BolducMary Rose-Anne Bolduc, born Travers, (June 4, 1894 – February 20, 1941) was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the Queen of Canadian Folk Singers. Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer-songwriter. Her style combined the traditional folk music of Ireland and Quebec, usually in upbeat, comedic songs. Mary Rose Anna Travers "La Bolduc" was born in Newport, Quebec, in the Gaspé region.
François-Charles de VelbrückFrançois Charles de Velbrück (1719, Chateau de Garath, near Düsseldorf – 1784, Château de Hex, near Tongres) was a German ecclesiastic. He was prince bishop of Liege from 16 February 1772 to 1784. In 1735, Velbrück was made a prébende de chanoine-tréfoncier at the Cathédrale Saint-Lambert de Liège. A year later he was received onto the cathedral chapter by procuration. He was made archdeacon of Hesbaye, then officer of the Scel des Grâces in 1756. A year later he was put in charge of a diplomatic mission to the court at Vienna.
13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign LegionThe 13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion (13e Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère, 13e DBLE), was created in 1940 and was the main unit of the 1st Free French Division, Free French Forces (FFL). From the coast of Norway to Bir Hakeim, to Africa then the Alsace, while passing by Syria and Italy, the 13th Demi-Brigade would be part of most of the major campaigns of the French Army during the Second World War. After having been engaged in Indochina from 1946 to 1954, the 13e DBLE joined the Algerian War, and left in 1962.
Georges FathThéodore Georges Fath (Paris, 22 January 1818 – Maisons-Laffitte, 1900) was a 19th-century French playwright, illustrator and writer as well as Jacques Fath's great-grandfather. He first studied sculpture and became known in 1840 with a drama, La Femme de l'émigré.
Alcalá la RealAlcalá la Real is a city in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 22,129. Alcalá la Real is situated from the provincial capital, Jaén, and from Granada, on the slopes of La Mota, a hill in the Sierra Sur. It has an area of 261.36 km2. The town is dominated by a large Moorish fortress around which, some centuries ago, the settlement evolved. Alcalá la Real is connected to the Guadalquivir valley via the Guadajoz tributary.
Habib TawaHabib Tawa (born 31 October 1945) in Tripoli, Lebanon is a French historian, journalist and mathematician. His doctoral thesis in history, under the joint supervision of the EHESS and the Paris-Sorbonne University, focused on contemporary Egypt, while his thesis in mathematics, argued at the University of Paris-Sud, was devoted to linear algebra. Thereafter, he turned his research and publications on the history of religion (Samaritans, fr etc.), on contemporary Middle East and Central and East Asia.
La Borde clinicLa Borde is a psychiatric clinic that opened in 1953, near the town of Cour-Cheverny in the Loire Valley of France. Still in operation today, La Borde has been a model in the field of institutional psychotherapy where citizens actively participate in running the facility. The clinic was founded by Jean Oury, a psychiatrist who previously worked in experimental therapy at Saint-Alban Psychiatric Hospital.
Laurent TailhadeLaurent Tailhade (tajad; 1854–1919) was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist, and translator, active in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s. Au pays du mufle 1891. Poèmes élégiaques Vitraux. Vanier, 1891. A travers les Grouins. Stock, 1899. Imbéciles et gredins 1900. L'ennemi du peuple par Henrik Ibsen Societe libre d'edition des gens de lettres, 1900. La touffe de sauge Editions de la plume. 1901 La Gynécocratie, Ou La Domination De La Femme. Carrington, Charles. 1902.
Károly Újfalvy von MezőkövesdKároly Jenő Ujfalvy de Mezőkövesd (16 May 1842 – 31 January 1904) was a noted Austro-Hungarian ethnographic researcher and linguist. of Central Asia and the Himalayas. Also known as Charles de Ujfalvy in his adopted France, Ujfalvy traveled to Samarkand and Bokhara and led an expedition to the Kashmir in 1880. He was born at Székelykövesd/Cuieşd, in Transylvania, and died at Florence. Ujfalvy also published under the following names: Mezőkövesdi Ujfalvy Károly Jenő, or Karl Eugen Ujfalvy von Mezőkövesd, Charles-Eugène Ujfalvy de Mezökövesd, or Mező-Kövesd.
La JollaLa Jolla (lə_ˈhɔɪə , la ˈxoʝa) is a hilly, seaside special community within San Diego, occupying of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. La Jolla is surrounded on three sides by ocean bluffs and beaches and is located north of downtown San Diego and south of the Orange County line. There are some 16 communities in La Jolla. The climate is mild, with an average daily temperature of .
Real presence of Christ in the EucharistThe real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist, not merely symbolically or metaphorically, but in a true, real and substantial way. There are a number of Christian denominations that teach that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, including Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Church of the East, the Moravian Church, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Methodism, Irvingism and Reformed Christianity.
La VieilleLa Vieille ("The Old Lady" or "The Wrass") is a lighthouse in the département of Finistère at the commune of Plogoff, on the northwest coast of France. It lies on the rock known as Gorlebella (Breton for "farthest rock"), guiding mariners in the strait Raz de Sein, across from the companion lighthouse Tourelle de la Plate—also known as Petite Vieille ("Little Old Woman"). It is among the small class of lighthouses around the coasts of France carrying the moniker "hell", due to a remote position in rough seas.
