| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| |
| Plombières |
| |
| |
(plôNby r´) (KEY) or Plombières-les-Bains (–l -b N) (KEY) , village, Vosges dept., NE France, in the Vosges Mts. It is a fashionable spa, with radioactive springs used since Roman times for medicinal purposes. Housewares and embroidered goods are also made there. Plombières was the scene of a meeting (1858) between Napoleon III and Cavour, which resulted in the cession of Savoy and Nice to France. |
| |
| | | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press. |
|
|
