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Limestone from the Loire Valley, France
Tuffeau stone — in French, simply tuffeau or tufeau — is a local limestone of the Loire Valley of France. It is characterized as a chalky or sandy, fine-grained
Tuffeau_stone
Subprefecture and commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Houses in Saumur are constructed almost exclusively of Tuffeau stone. The caves dug to excavate the stone are now often used as commercial wine cellars. The
Saumur
French term for a manor house or palace
medieval Château du Rivau close to Chinon, which were built of the local tuffeau stone. The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the river Cher
Château
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List_of_decorative_stones
Château in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
to the commencement of the French Revolution. The château is made of tuffeau stone and covered with ochre plaster, flanked by two large outbuildings, all
Château_de_Purnon
Prefecture and commune in Pays de la Loire, France
the 19th-ranked French city. Most of the old buildings were made of tuffeau stone (a light, easily sculpted sandstone typical of the Loire Valley) and
Nantes
Château in Amboise, France
years. The oratory was a chapel of the Gothic movement made with chalk stones (tuffeau) and decorated with murals painted by Leonardo's disciples: there is
Clos_Lucé
Limestone deposits listed by location
Saint-Maximin, or Oise, limestone (variety of Lutetian) Pierre de Jaumont Tuffeau stone – Limestone from the Loire Valley, France, in the Loire Valley Solnhofen
List_of_types_of_limestone
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
south. After the French Revolution, the exploitation of a building stone, the tuffeau stone, abruptly increased its population of 600 inhabitants to more than
Montsoreau
Château located in Loches, near Tours in France's Loire Valley
of Tuffeau and red brick. Like numerous buildings in the Loire Valley, the walls, stables, and most of the main building use blocks of tuffeau stone interlaced
Château_d'Armaillé
Church in Loire-Atlantique, France
also characteristic of the style, with their alternating pattern of tuffeau stone and brick. Reinforced between the 9th and 11th centuries (the dating
Church of Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Church_of_Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Château in Nantes, France
substantial alterations. The red brick façade contrasts with the white tuffeau stone typically used in Nantes' follies and grand bourgeois residences along
Château_de_la_Gaudinière
Wall surrounding the Civitas Turonorum
courses of large recycled limestone blocks, including hard chalk or tuffeau stone, raw or sculpted blocks, capitals, column drums cut in half, and other
Gallo-Roman enclosure of Tours
Gallo-Roman_enclosure_of_Tours
Square at Nantes, France
historic monument since 1862. The cathedral's Gothic architectural style, tuffeau stone construction, and height of 63 meters contribute to its prominence.
Place_Saint-Pierre,_Nantes
French rampart
with two faces of medium-sized yellow tuffeau stone blocks from Saint-Avertin, has a rubble masonry core of tuffeau blocks, with a total thickness of 2
Bastioned_wall_of_Tours
Archaeological site in Jublains, France
from grès quarried a dozen kilometers away, while the capitals were tuffeau stone. Decorative elements from the sanctuary are now exhibited in the museum
Jublains_archeological_site
Former leper hospital, priory, villa and hospice complex in Blois, France
the older structure was built of Beauce limestone and tuffeau stone, the newer one employed stone from Chauvigny. Set back from both the Saint-Lazare and
Priory of Saint Lazarus and Lunier hospice
Priory_of_Saint_Lazarus_and_Lunier_hospice
Castle in La Celle-Guenand, France
Medieval castle Built: c1422 Ownership: Antoine de GUENAND Materials: Tuffeau stone Founded in the 10th century as a Monastery Reconstructed in the 15th
Château_de_La_Celle-Guenand
Castle in Maine-et-Loire, France
truss peaks reaching a height of 45 meters. Constructed primarily from tuffeau stone sourced from the Saumur region, the foundations are made of granite
Château de Challain-la-Potherie
Château_de_Challain-la-Potherie
Material which is used for construction purposes
techniques d'isolation : application à la réhabilitation du bâti ancien en tuffeau". 32èmes Rencontres Universitaires de Génie Civil. Bourbia, S.; Kazeoui
Building_material
Renaissance château in the Loire Valley, France
Charles de Brie's original plans and the same russet schist and white tuffeau stone, Bautru ensured that there was a continuity of design. The central halls
Château_de_Serrant
French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée of wine
The soils of this wine-growing terroir can be carbonate, overlying tuffeau stone on the higher slopes, or, more frequently, silicate and fairly heavy
Touraine-Amboise
Church in Maine-et-Loire, France
wide, vaulted with a very thick broken vault with masonry in local tuffeau stone. The ten protruding pillars of the nave each have a radius of 0.9m.
Notre-Dame_de_Nantilly_Church
History of Le Lude, France
November 2008. These collapses are attributed to the numerous underground tuffeau stone extraction galleries, which have been utilized since the 16th century
History_of_Le_Lude
Former Romanesque church
from tuffeau stone, have an average thickness of one meter. The building is equipped with buttresses, though the church is not vaulted in stone. The chapel
Chapel_of_Saint-Libert,_Tours
Porous variety of limestone rock
Valley, France. This results from a mis-translation of the terms "tuffeau jaune" and "tuffeau blanc", which are porous varieties of the Late Cretaceous marine
Tufa
Catholic chapel in Sarthe, France
In the choir, the retable, set against the flat chevet, is made of tuffeau stone. It features four pilasters in black Solesmes marble [fr], with capitals
Notre-Dame-des-Vertus_Chapel
remaining. The grottoes were mostly formed during the Middle Ages, the stone (tuffeau) being used to build châteaux. Centuries later, the caves were flooded
Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
Grottes_Pétrifiantes_de_Savonnières
Biocomposite material used for construction and insulation
techniques d'isolation: application à la réhabilitation du bâti ancien en tuffeau. 32èmes Rencontres Universitaires de Génie Civil, Jun 2014, Orléans, France
Hempcrete
Chapel in Centre-Val de Loire, France
respectively. The various cavities are dug into the Upper Turonian yellow tuffeau, a sedimentary rock that has been widely exploited in the middle Loire
Chapelle_Sainte-Radegonde
Catholic basilica in Nantes
Favre. The church was built with regional granite, as well as hard stones and tuffeau from Touraine. The project was entrusted to Jean-Baptiste-Antoine
Basilica of St. Nicolas, Nantes
Basilica_of_St._Nicolas,_Nantes
Church in Liège, Belgium
the height of the water is 0.84 cm from the current level of the paving stone. aLto Mosa LoCo CresCens hVC appVLIt VsqVe On 15 January 1643, the flood
Liège_Cathedral
Fortified structure in France
unidentified edifice. Yellow tuffeau, which is coarser but exhibits a slightly reduced friability compared to white tuffeau, is extracted from numerous
Castle_Site_of_Montbazon
Castle in the Loire Valley in France
ground floor was mostly likely used for storage. List of castles in France Tuffeau Notes Lepage (2002), p. 252 Perry Gethner (15 September 2011). A Trip to
Château_de_Loches
Former collegiate church
in the lower sections with lighter, more visually refined but fragile tuffeau—white or yellow—in the upper parts. The roof is covered with slate. The
Collegiate Church of Saint-Martin of Candes
Collegiate_Church_of_Saint-Martin_of_Candes
Longest river in France
namely tuffeau (a porous type of chalk, not to be confused with tufa) and Falun (formed 12 million years ago). The coastal zone shows hard dark stones, granite
Loire
French archaeological site
rivers, reveal the Turonian limestone substrate, particularly the yellow tuffeau of Touraine, which forms the sedimentary base of much of the Touraine region
Châteliers_oppidum
French military factory
of gunpowder was conducive to its formation on the walls and within the tuffeau quarries of these provinces, due to the temperate and humid climate of
National Powder Factory of Ripault
National_Powder_Factory_of_Ripault
Catholic church in Brittany, France
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, necessitating the oratory's expansion. The tuffeau retable, by Olivier Martinet (1670), supports the Black Virgin statue,
Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Guingamp
Basilica_of_Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours,_Guingamp
Ancient tower in the commune of Cinq-Mars-la-Pile
Chédeville, Amélie (2009). "Étude de restauration de la sculpture en tuffeau de Cinq-Mars-la-Pile. iie – iiie siècle, Tours, musée de l'Hôtel Goüin
Cinq-Mars_pile
Psychiatric institution in France
the older villa was built with Beauce limestone and tuffeau, the new building employed Chauvigny stone and featured a different decorative style. Set slightly
Loir-et-Cher Departmental Asylum
Loir-et-Cher_Departmental_Asylum
Archaeological site in France
renovations or expansions in the 2nd century. Sandstone was preferred over the tuffeau that forms the Loir hillside on its left bank. A quarry near the Laval
Cherré_(archaeological_site)
departmental road and the establishment of mushroom farms excavated into the tuffeau. These were intended for the storage of ammunition. The advance of the
History_of_La_Flèche
Military fortification in France
of Cretaceous limestone, including Villedieu chalk and Touraine yellow tuffeau, covered by clayey colluvium and plateau loam. In the modern landscape
Castellum_of_Larçay
Castle in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Templar design. The main rampart walls are built of squared blocks of "tuffeau", the local soft limestone, excavated from the dry moat. The walls are
Château_de_Ranton
French architect
wine pipes. His style is very close to that of the great altarpieces. de tuffeau blanc pareil en couleur et de mesme nature à celluy du grand autel de ladite
Pierre_Corbineau
Catholic church
the 15th century. The building incorporates various materials, including tuffeau, ironstone, and marble, which assist in dating its different sections.
Saint-Laon_Church,_Thouars
Romaniceras (Romaniceras) marigniacum sp. nov. (Turonien moyen) à la base du Tuffeau Jaune de Touraine (France)". Carnets de Géologie. 20 (4): 37–89. doi:10
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TUFFEAU STONE
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English
English : occupational name for a stonemason, Anglo-Norman French machun, a Norman dialect variant of Old French masson (see Mason).
Boy/Male
English
Stone.
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English
English : occupational name for a worker in a quarry, from Middle English stone ‘stone’ + an agent derivative of breken ‘to break’.Translation of German Steinbrecher or the Dutch equivalent, Steenbreker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name (from Middle English stone ‘stone’ + hous ‘house’) for someone who lived in a house built of stone, something of a rarity in the Middle Ages, or a habitational name from a place so named, for example in Devon and Gloucestershire.Americanized form of Ashkenazic Jewish Steinhaus ‘stone house’, a topographic name for someone who lived in or by such a house.
Surname or Lastname
English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation;
English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation; : of uncertain derivation; perhaps from a reduced form of the personal name Dominicus (see Dominick).English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation; : alternatively, as Reaney proposes, it may be from the Breton personal name Menguy, a compound of men ‘stone’ + ki ‘dog’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant of Stone, with the addition of man ‘man’.Translation of German Steinmann.
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English (Devon; of Cornish origin)
English (Devon; of Cornish origin) : topographic name for someone who lived by a menhir, i.e. a tall standing stone erected in prehistoric times (Cornish men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’).
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English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : habitational name from Mankea in Cornwall, named with Corinsh men ‘stone’ + kee ‘bank’, ‘hedge’.Americanized form of German Manke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stone.
Boy/Male
English American
Nickname based on the word 'stone.' Stone.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an unattested Old English female personal name, StÄnhild, composed of the elements stÄn ‘stone’ + hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’.English : possibly a habitational name from Stone Hill in Kent, named in Old English with stÄnig ‘stony’ + helde ‘slope’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : possibly a topographical name from Middle English tufte, tuffe ‘clump of trees or bushes’. This is an element of minor place names and field names in various counties.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from Old Norse tupt ‘site’, ‘lot’.Possibly an altered spelling of South German Duft, from a topographic name meaning ‘swamp’, ‘moor’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Sussex)
English (Sussex) : topographic name for someone who lived in a stone-built house (see Stone), with the habitational or agent suffix -er.Translation of German Steiner.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of a pair of villages in Hampshire, so called from Old English stÄn ‘stone’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a paved road, in most cases a Roman road, from Middle English stane, stone ‘stone’ + strete ‘paved highway’, ‘Roman road’, or a habitational name from either of two places called Stone Street in Kent and Suffolk, which have this origin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. Reaney gives it as a variant of Mangnall, which he derives from Old French mangonelle, a war engine for throwing stones. It may alternatively be identical in origin with the German name in 2 below, but there is no evidence of its introduction to Britain as a personal name by the Normans, which is normally the case for English surnames derived from Continental Germanic personal names.German and French : from a Germanic personal name Managwald, composed of the elements manag ‘much’ + wald ‘rule’.
Boy/Male
English
Stone
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Stanney in Cheshire, named with Old English stÄn ‘stone’, ‘rock’ + Ä“g ‘island’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English stÄn ‘stone’, in any of several uses. It is most commonly a topographic name, for someone who lived either on stony ground or by a notable outcrop of rock or a stone boundary-marker or monument, but it is also found as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in stone, a mason or stonecutter. There are various places in southern and western England named with this word, for example in Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, and the surname may also be a habitational name from any of these.Translation of various surnames in other languages, including Jewish Stein, Norwegian Steine, and compound names formed with this word.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Thomas Scott was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
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n.
Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.
a.
As blind as a stone; completely blind.
n.
A machine for crushing or hammering stone.
n.
One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone.
n.
A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.
a.
As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
a.
As dead as a stone.
n.
A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force.
n.
A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.
n.
The yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2.
n.
Hewing or dressing stone.
n.
A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith.
n.
An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.
a.
As still as a stone.
n.
One who stones; one who makes an assault with stones.
n.
One who walls with stones.
n.
To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
a.
Cold as a stone.
n.
The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch.
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