In shape, the Savoy knot is comparable to a figure eight.

The Savoy knot can also be seen on the Alfa Romeo automobile badge ( which is basically the emblem of the city of Milan, Italy.

In heraldry, this knot is known as Savoy knot.

These include window styles, the type of crenellation used on the towers and positioning of putlog holes, and are usually ascribed to the influence of the Savoy architect Master James.

* Savoy, a type of cabbage which has curly leaves

Once the scene is set, Trevelyan skilfully builds up the tense story until it reaches its climax in the dramatic victory of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy at Blenheim.

In spite of the armistice negotiated by Amadee two years earlier, the war between Bishop Guillaume of Lausanne and Louis of Savoy was still going on, and although little is known about it, that little proves that it was yet another phase of the struggle against French expansion and was closely interwoven with the larger conflict.

The first option ( although it is debatable to what extent the Duke was committed to such an enterprise ) was a plan to transfer his forces from the Spanish Netherlands to northern Italy ; once there, he intended linking up with Prince Eugene in order to defeat the French and safeguard Savoy from being overrun.

* 1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.

Of Louise little is known after her early salacious life in Paris, but in due course she lived for a time in a convent in Savoy before her death in 1726.

They sent the boy to Turin, the capital of Savoy ( which included Piedmont, in what is now Italy ), to complete his conversion.

* October 9 – The Treaty of Pavia is signed between Spain and Savoy, under which Savoy returns Monferrato to Mantua.

* December 11 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva ( This actually took place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations / celebrations on Fête de l ' Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend ).

* The First Savoine War is fought between the Republic of Genoa and the Duchy of Savoy.

The war is fought between the Duke of Savoy, who is supported by Spain, and the Duke of Nevers, who is supported by France.

* 1263 – The Savoy Palace is constructed in London by Count Peter II of Savoy.

The first recorded use of the term " luge " is 1905, from the Savoy / Swiss dialect of French " luge " meaning " small coasting sled ", and is possibly from a Gaulish word with the same root as English sled.

It is most notable for its appearance on the heraldic badge of the House of Savoy, where it is accompanied by the motto Stringe ma non costringe, " It tightens, but does not constrain ".

* March 13 – Charles II becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1 ; his mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent.

Mondeuse Blanche is a white grape variety cultivated in the Savoy region, and is still found in very small amounts in that region's vineyards today.

The interior of the Savoy was decked in hundreds of yards of dove-grey material and heraldic banners in scarlet and blue and yellow.

Savoy dancer " Shorty " George Snowden stated that " We used to call the basic step the Hop long before Lindbergh did his hop across the Atlantic.

The metal was later marketed under the ' Staybrite ' brand by Firth Vickers in England and was used for the new entrance canopy for the Savoy Hotel in London in 1929.

Carte used his profits from the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership to build the Savoy Theatre in 1881, and their joint works then became known as the Savoy operas.

Currently the leadership of the House of Savoy is contested by two cousins: Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, who used to claim the title of King of Italy, and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, who still claims the title of the Duke of Savoy.

If the nexus of Carte and the Savoy Theatre is used to define " Savoy Opera ," then the last new Savoy Opera was The Rose of Persia ( music by Sullivan, libretto by Basil Hood ), which ran from 28 November 1899 – 28 June 1900.

The names of the historical French provinces — such as Brittany ( Bretagne ), Berry, Orléanais, Normandy ( Normandie ), Languedoc, Lyonnais, Dauphiné, Champagne, Poitou, Guyenne and Gascony ( Gascogne ), Burgundy ( Bourgogne ), Picardy ( Picardie ), Provence, Touraine, Limousin, Auvergne, Béarn, Alsace, Flanders, Lorraine, Corsica ( Corse ), Savoy ( Savoie )... ( please see individual articles for specifics about each regional culture ) — are still used to designate natural, historical and cultural regions, and many of them appear in modern région or département names.

This usage seems to be diminishing in usage and the term is often used today to describe faster lindy hop based on moves from Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and other dancers from the Savoy ballroom.

The first published recipe — gin-based — seems to have appeared in The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930, but 20 years later David Embury wrote, in The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, “ Gin is sometimes used in place of cognac in this drink, but then, of course, it no longer should be called French .” Embury ignores Champagne ’ s French origins, not to mention the 75-millimeter cannon for which the drink was named.

Filming locations for the film include Blenheim Palace, Savoy Hotel London, Lloyd's of London, Borough Market, London, Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur ( with other filming completed at Pinewood Studios ), and the Bukit Jalil LRT station However, the signage at this station that was used for the movie was Pudu LRT station instead of Bukit Jalil.

Beyond the Houses of Parliament, it is named Victoria Embankment as it stretches to Blackfriars Bridge ; this stretch also incorporates a section of the London Underground network used by the District and Circle Lines, and also passes Shell Mex House and the Savoy Hotel.

This was later marketed under the " Staybrite " brand by Firth Vickers in England and was used for the new entrance canopy for the Savoy Hotel in 1929 in London.

This was housed in the old Savoy cinema, a 1930s building used as a cinema until its closure in 1985.

On 18 May they signed a peace treaty at Paris, ceding Savoy and Nice and allowing the French bases to be used against Austria.

Building in the same direction that Minton had started, Hill used his connections from the Savoy Ballroom ( where his band used to play ), and the Apollo Theatre to increase the interest in the club.

Yverdon's castle used to be the residence of the castellans of the Savoy dynasty, until 1536, followed by the bailiffs of Bern state.

The title of Duchy of Spoleto was later used by members of the House of Savoy.

Plymouth used the name Savoy on several automobiles.

From 1951-1953, the Savoy name was used on a station wagon, upgrading the base model Suburban.

Don Carlos assembled an army composed primarily of Spaniards, but also including some troops from France and Savoy.

The war was fought primarily by forces supporting the unification – the Spanish loyal to Philip V, France, and the Electorate of Bavaria, together known as the Two Crowns – against those opposing unification – the so-called Grand Alliance among the Spanish loyal to Archduke Charles, the Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, Portugal and the Duchy of Savoy.

( An unrelated, now-defunct label also known as Savoy Records was based in Manchester, United Kingdom, and specialized primarily in rock music releases.

As of 2012, the Savoy library is primarily controlled by Nippon Columbia, a Tokyo, Japan-based public company which purchased Savoy in 1991.

* Mondeuse Noire, a red wine grape grown primarily in the Savoy region of France

The negotiations began in July 1529 in the border city of Cambrai ; they were conducted primarily between Francis's mother Louise of Savoy for the French and her sister-in-law, Margaret of Austria for her nephew the Emperor ( leading to its being known as the Paix des Dames ), Charles himself having sailed from Barcelona to Italy shortly before.