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monastery near the present village of La Sauve in the department of the Gironde, in a region once heavily forested. Although now in ruins, the remains of the abbey are still of great interest in terms of Romanesque architecture, especially because of the many sculpted capitals still surviving (...)

:''For the slang term, see chav.'' Capian is a commune of the Gironde ''département'' in southwestern France. It is located to the south-west of Bordeaux, Gironde, on the Garonne river. The commune is in the middle of the Bordeaux wine appellation Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux. Many of the villagers own or work in wineries (...)

Cardan may refer to: * Gerolamo Cardano or Jerome Cardan (1501-1576), a Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer, and gambler * A universal joint, U joint or Cardan joint, a joint in a rigid rod that allows the rod to 'bend' in any direction * Cardan, a commune of the Gironde ''département'', in (...)