1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TOURNON, a town of south-western France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Ardeche, on the right bank of the Rhone, 58 m. S. of Lyons by rail. Pop. (1906), town, 3642; commune, 5003. Tournon preserves a gateway of the 15th century and other remains of fortifications and an old castle used as town hall, court-house and prison and containing a Gothic chapel. The church of St Julian dates chiefly from the I4th century. The lycee occupies an old college founded in the i6th century by Cardinal Francois d…
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