Encyclopedia > Langres

  Article Content

Langres

Langres is a city of eastern France, in the département of Haute-Marne.

It was the birthplace of Denis Diderot, the editor-in-chief of the famous Encyclopédie.

Highlights: Saint-Mammès cathedral[?], ancient walls surrounding the old city (3km), including 7 towers and 6 gates.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Ocean Beach, New York

... is land and none of the area is covered with water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 138 people, 61 households, and 35 families residing in the village. ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 36.1 ms