Moulins in Auvergne
Saturday, 18 August 2012 - 01:24 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Moulins is a commune in central France, capital of the
Allier department . Among its many tourist attractions are the
Maison Mantin the
Anne de Beaujeu Museum . Moulins is located on the banks of the
Allier River .
Moulins-Montbeugny Airport is a small airport located near Moulins.
Before the French Revolution , Moulins was the capital of the province of Bourbonnais and the seat of the Dukes of Bourbon . Its documented existence may be traced back at least as far as the year 990. In 1232, Archambaud VIII, Sire de Bourbon , granted a franchise to the village’s inhabitants. The town achieved greater prominence in 1327, when Charles IV elevated Louis I de Clermont to Duke of Bourbon. Either Louis or the later Peter II, Duke of Bourbon and of Auvergne moved the capital of the province from Bourbon-l’Archambault to Moulins.
Moulins and Cathedral © Alphanumeric
In February 1566 it became eponymous to the
Edict of Moulins , an important royal ordinance dealing with many aspects of the administration of justice and feudal and ecclesiastical privilege, including limitations on the
appanages held by French princes, abrogation of the levy of rights of
tallage claimed by seigneurs over their dependants and provisions for a system of concessions on rivers.
Moulins was where the famous dress designer and fashion leader
Coco Chanel went to school as an orphan. It was also the birthplace of the great 19th-century operatic baritone and art collector
Jean-Baptiste Faure .
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