Tours

Tours is a city in France, the pr?fecture (capital city) of the Indre-et-Loire d?partement, on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orl?ans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines and for the perfection of its local spoken French.

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The name of the city comes from the ancient Gallic tribe called the Turones. In Roman times it was known as Turonensis. The modern name, Tours, coincidentally corresponds to the French word tours, "towers". In the mid-3rd century Gatianus (Saint Gatien) was sent from Rome to reorganize a small Christian community. Saint Martin of Tours was bishop of Tours at the end of the 4th century, and his tomb became a major pilgrimage site; the church of Saint-Martin was one of the great Romanesque pilgrimage churches, like Saint-Sernin in Toulouse and Santiago de Compostela, and the powerful bishops of Tours, such as Gregory of Tours, were personages to be reckoned with for the Merovingian kings.

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....

Atlantic: redirect Atlantic Ocean...

Touraine: :Touraine may also refer to Alain Touraine, French sociologist....

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Gregoire De Tours French Bishop Historian and Saint	Henri Guisol: Meurtre En 45 Tours 1959	Jacques-Joseph Moreau de Tours	Danielle Darrieux: Meurtre En 45 Tours 1959
Mettray (Near Tours) Open Agricultural and Industrial Colony for Juvenile Offenders 1839-1939	Bodensee Aerolloyd Flying Boat Tours	St. Thomas a Becket and St. Martin of Tours with Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Arrivabene	A Gathering of the Garibaldini and French Troops at Tours