Seringham

Seringham (Srirangam), a town in the Madras Presidency, on an island in the Kaveri, 11 miles W. of Trichinopoly, with a great temple of Vishnu, a vast complex of halls and colossal gateways.

Notable is one 'hall of a 1000 columns' (960 really), 450 feet long by 130 wide. Pop. 23,050.

Serpukoff

Serpukoff, a Russian town, 57 miles by rail S. of Moscow, with a cathedral (1380), manufacturing cottons, woollens, leather, etc. Pop. 24,000.

Sessa

Sessa, 32 miles NW. of Naples, has a fine cathedral and ruins. Pop. 8000.

Sestos

Sestos. See Abydos.

Sestri Ponente

Sestri Ponente, a suburb of Genoa.

Setif

Setif, capital of a department of Algeria, 70 miles west of Constantine. Pop. 16,000.

Settle

Settle, a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on the Ribble, and at the base of the Castlebergh cliff (300 feet), 43 miles NW. of Leeds. Dr Birk-beck was a native. Pop. of parish, 2300.

Setubal

Setu'bal (called by English sailors St Ubes), a seaport of Portugal, on the N. side of the Bay of Setubal, 17 miles by rail SE. of Lisbon. Setubal is the old Roman Cetobriga. Pop. 21,800.

Sevastopol

Sevastopol. See Sebastopol.

Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks (Sen'oaks), a pleasant town of Kent, on an eminence 22 miles SE. of London. It has a Perpendicular church with some interesting monuments, the Walthamstow Hall (1882) for 100 daughters of missionaries, and a grammar-school founded in 1432 by Lord Mayor Sir W. Sennocke, incorporated by Queen Elizabeth, and reconstituted as a first-grade modern school in 1877, at which Grote and Bishops Christopher and Charles Wordsworth were educated. Knole, the magnificent seat of Lord Sackville, is close by. It was mainly built between 1460 and 1608 by Archbishop Bourchier and Thomas Sackville, first Earl of Dorset, and has a park of 1000 acres. Pop. 8250.

Severo

Severo, Cape. See Chelyuskin.

Sevres

Sevres (Sehvr), a town of France, dep. Seine-et-Oise, 10 1/2 miles SW. of Paris, has since 1756 been celebrated for its state factory of artistic porcelain. The Sevres vases are of great value and are known the world over; painted glass and mosaic are also made. Pop. 7950.

Sevres

Sevres, Deux- (Duh-Sehvr), a dep. in the west of France, formed chiefly out of the ancient province of Poitou. Area, 2315 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 342,474. The arrondissements are Niort (the capital), Bressuire, Melle, and Parthenay.

Seymour

Seymour, a city of Indiana, 88 miles by rail W. of Cincinnati. Pop. 6450.

Seyne

Seyne, La (Sayn), a seaport of France (dep. Var), on the Mediterranean, 3 miles SW. of Toulon, with shipbuilding yards. Pop. 19,160.

Sezze

Sezze (Set'zeh; anc. Setia), a cathedral city of Italy, 40 miles SE. of Rome, has ruins of a temple to Saturn, amphitheatre, etc. Pop. 6114.

Sfax

Sfax, the second port of Tunis, on the Gulf of Cabes, 150 miles S. by E. of the town of Tunis. It trades in dates, olive-oil, esparto grass, wool, fruits, sponges, etc.; and manufactures cottons, woollens, and silks. Pop. 30,000.