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Péronne (pārôn`), town (1993 est. pop. 9,200), Somme dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Somme River. It is a farm trade center, and its manufactures include wool, bricks, furniture, and plastics. It was a residence (10th cent.) of the Frankish kings and was united to the French crown in 1477. It was there that Charles the Bold of Burgundy forced on Louis XI of France a humiliating treaty in 1468. In World War I the town was almost entirely destroyed during the five months of bloody fighting (1916) along the Somme. St. Jean Church (16th cent.) has been restored. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In that sense, it is quite unlike recent war museums in those two countries, Henri Ciriani's L'Historial in Peronne (AR January 1993), and Daniel Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North in Salford (AR January 2003), though it shares certain characteristics with both: the use of concrete on the one hand, and angled walls and floors on the other. Rousset F, Garcia E, Defrance T, Peronne C, Vezzio N, Hsu DH, et al. 55) The concentration areas for the divisions of the Cavalry Corps were east, south, and west of Peronne with the nearest, that of 5th Cavalry Division, in and around Tincourt about ten miles from the front line at Villers Plouich. |
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