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Orleans cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Cross, built from 1278 to 1329; the Protestants pillaged it in the 1560s; the Bourbon kings restored it in the 17th century. Orléans is a city in north-central France, about 200 km (130 miles) south-west of Paris. It is the préfecture (capital) of the Loiret département and of the Centre région.

1 History

Orléans is about as far as the English went when they tried to invade France in the early 15th century.

Orléans was the birthplace of:

• Étienne Dolet (1509-1546)
• Robert-Joseph Pothier (1699-1772), jurist
• Stanislas Julien (1797?-1873), orientalist
• Gustave Lanson (1857-1934), historian
• Charles Péguy (1873-1914), poet and essayistAn essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. The essay is (usually) shorter and (mostly) more tentative than a formal finished monograph or treatise. The essay was a favourite form of the man of letters, allo
• Raoul Blanchard (1877-1965), geographer

2 See also

• Duke of Orléans
• River Loire

3 External link

• Orleans city official web site : http://www.orleans.fr/

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