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Draguignan
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the chief town of the department of the Var in S.E. France; 51 m. N.E. of Toulon, and 282 m. N.W. of Frejus by rail; situated at a height of 679 ft. above the level of the sea, at the southern foot of the wooded heights of Malmont, and on the left bank of the Nartuby river; pop. (1906) 7766. It possesses no notable buildings, save a modern parish church, a prefecture, also modern, and a building wherein are housed the town library and a picture gallery, with some fair works of art. In modern times the ramparts have been demolished, and new wide streets pierced through the town.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Draguignan'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/draguignan.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Draguignan'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/draguignan.html. 1910.
