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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 788 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KIELCE  , a

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town of
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Russian
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Poland,
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capital of the above
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government, 152 M. by
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rail S. of
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Warsaw, situated in a picturesque hilly
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country . Pop . (1890),12,775; (1897), 23,189 . It has a
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castle, built in 1638 and for some
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time inhabited by
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Charles XII.; it was renowned for its portrait
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gallery and the library of Zaluski, which was taken to St
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Petersburg . The squares and boulevards are lined with handsome
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modern buildings . The
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principal factories are
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hemp-
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spinning,
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cotton-
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printing and
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cement
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works . The town was founded in 1173 by a
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bishop of
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Cracow . In the 16th
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century it was famous for its
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copper mines, but they are no longer worked .

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