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Vannes

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Vannes

Seaport and capital of the French département of Morbihan; population (1999) 51,800. The industries include shipbuilding and tourism, and the manufacture of woollen fabrics, rope, tyres, and agricultural machinery. Medieval ramparts enclose the inner city, and there is a cathedral with a 16th-century chapel.

Vannes is named after the Celtic Veneti tribe, whose capital was on the site.



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Doubtless the scrutiny the prisoner had just made of the cold, crafty, and imperious character stamped upon the features of the bishop of Vannes was little reassuring to one in his situation, for he added, "I am better.
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