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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 829 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAL  , a

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town of Brabant, Belgium, about 9 m . S.W. of Brussels, situated on the
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river Senne and the Charleroi canal . Pop . (1904) 13,541 . The place is interesting chiefly on account of its
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fine church of Notre Dame, formerly dedicated to St Martin . This church, a good example of pure
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Gothic, was begun in 1341 and finished in 1409 . Its
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principal ornament is the alabaster altar, by J . Mone, completed in 1533 . The
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bronze font
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dates from 1446 . Among the monuments is one in black marble to the dauphin Joachim, son of Louis XI., who died in 1460 . In the
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treasury of the church are many costly
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objects presented by illustrious personages, among others by the emperor Charles V., King Henry VIII. of England, Charles the Bold of
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Burgundy, and several popes . The church is chiefly celebrated, however, for its miraculous image of the Virgin .

Legend says that during a siege the bullets fired into the town were caught by her in the folds of her dress . Some of these are still shown in a chest that stands in a side
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chapel . In consequence of this belief a
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great pilgrimage, attended by many thousands from all parts of Belgium, is paid annually to this church . The hotel de ville dates from 1616 and has been restored with more than ordinary good taste .

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