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Brignoles
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or a town in the department of Var in the S.E. of France, 36 m. by rail N. of Toulon. Pop. (1906) 3639. It is built at a height of 754 ft. above the sea-level, in a fertile valley, and on the right bank of the Carami river. It contains the old summer palace of the counts of Provence, and has an active trade, especially in prunes, known as prunes de Brignoles. Its old name was Villa Puerorum, as the children of the counts of Provence were often brought up here. It was sacked on several occasions during the religious wars in the 16th century. Twelve miles to the N.W. is St Maximin (with a fine medieval church), which is one of the best starting-points for the most famous pilgrimage resort in Provence, the SainteBaume, wherein St Mary Magdalene is said to have taken refuge. This is 20 m. distant by road. (W. A. B. C.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Brignoles'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/brignoles.html. 1910.
