LILLE
, a See also:city of See also:northern See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Nord, 154 M
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N. by E. of See also:Paris on the Northern railway
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Pop
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(1906) 196,624
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Lille is situated in a See also:low fertile See also:plain on the right See also:bank of the See also:Defile in a See also:rich agricultural and See also:industrial region of which it is the centre
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It is a first-class fortress and headquarters of the I. See also:army See also:corps, and has an See also:enceinte and a pentagonal citadel, one of See also:Vauban's finest See also:works, situated to the See also:west of the See also:town, from which it is divided by the Defile
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The See also:modern fortifications comprise over twenty detached forts and batteries, the perimeter of the defences being about 20 m
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Before 1858 the town, fortified by Vauban about 1668, occupied an elliptical See also:area of about 2500 yds. by 1300, with the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Notre-See also:Dame de la Treille in the centre, but the ramparts on the See also:south See also:side have been demolished and the ditches filled up, their See also:place being now occupied by the See also:great See also:Boulevard de la Liberte, which extends in a straight See also:line from the goods station of the railway to the citadel
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At the S.E. end of this boulevard are grouped the See also:majority of the numerous educational establishments of the city
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The new enceinte encloses the old communes of Esquermes, Wazemmes and See also:Moulins-Lille, the area of the town being thus more than doubled
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In the new quarters See also:fine boulevards and handsome squares, such as the Place de la Republique, have been laid out in pleasant contrast with the sombre aspect of the old town
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The See also:district of St See also:Andre to the See also:north, the only elegant See also:part of the old town, is the See also:residence of the See also:aristocracy
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Outside the enceinte populous suburbs surround the city on every side
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The demolition of the fortifications on the north and See also:east of the city, which is continued in those directions by the great suburbs of La Madeleine, St See also:Maurice and See also:Fives, must accelerate its expansion towards See also:Roubaix and See also:Tourcoing
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At the demolition of the See also:southern fortifications, the Paris See also:gate, a triumphal See also:arch erected in 1682 in See also:honour of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV., after the See also:conquest of See also:Flanders, was preserved
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On the east" the See also:Ghent and Roubaix See also:gates, built in the See also:Renaissance See also:style, with bricks of different See also:colours, date from 1617 and 1622, the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Spanish domination
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On the same side the See also:Noble-Tour is a relic of the See also:medieval ramparts
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The See also:present enceinte is pierced by numerous gates, including See also:water gates for the See also:canal of the Defile and for the Arbonnoise, which extends into a See also:marsh in the south-west corner of the town
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The citadel, which contains the See also:barracks and See also:arsenal, is surrounded by public gardens
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The more interesting buildings are in the old town, where, in the Grande Place and See also:Rue See also:Faidherbe, its animation is concentrated
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St Maurice, a church" in the See also:late See also:Gothic style, See also:dates in its See also:oldest portions from the 15th See also:century, and was restored in 1872; Ste See also:Catherine belongs to the 15th, 16th and 18th centuries, St Andre to the first years of the 18th century, and Ste Madeleine to the last See also:half of the 17th century; all possess valuable pictures, but St Maurice alone, with See also:nave and double685
aisles, and elegant modern See also:spire, is architecturally notable
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Notre-Dame de la Treille, begun in 1855, in the style of the 15th century, possesses an See also:ancient statue of the Virgin which is the See also:object of a well-known See also:pilgrimage
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Of the See also:civil buildings the See also:Bourse (17th century) built See also:round a courtyard in which stands a See also:bronze statue of See also:Napoleon I., the Hotel d'Aigremont, the Hotel Gentil and other houses are in the Flemish style; the See also:lintel de Ville, dating in the See also:main from the See also:middle of the 19th century, preserves a portion of a See also:palace built by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip the See also:Good, See also:duke of See also:Burgundy, in the 15th century
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The prefecture, the Palais See also:des See also:Beaux-Arts, the See also:law-courts, the school of arts and crafts, and the Lycee Faidherbe are imposing modern buildings
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In the middle of the Grande Place stands a See also:column, erected in 1848, commemorating the See also:defence of the town in 1792 (see below), and there are also statues to Generals L
.
L
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C
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Faidherbe and F
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O. de Negrier, and busts of Louis See also:Pasteur and the popular poet and See also:singer A
.
Desrousseaux
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The Palais des Beaux-Arts contains a museum and picture galleries, among the richest in France, as well as a unique collection of See also:original designs of the great masters bequeathed to Lille by J
.
B
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Wicar, and including a celebrated See also:wax See also:model of a girl's See also:head usually attributed to some See also:Italian artist of the 16th century
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The city also possesses a commercial and colonial museum, an industrial museum, a fine collection of departmental and municipal archives, the museum of the See also:Institute of Natural Sciences and a library containing many valuable See also:manuscripts, housed at the Hotel de Ville
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The large military See also:hospital, once a Jesuit See also:college, is one of several similar institutions
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Lille is the seat of a See also:prefect and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a See also:board of See also:trade arbitrators, a chamber of commerce and a See also:branch of the Bank of France
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It is the centre of an academie (educational See also:division) and has a university with faculties of See also:laws, letters, See also:science and See also:medicine and See also:pharmacy, together with a See also:Catholic institute comprising faculties of See also:theology, law, medicine and pharmacy, letters, science, a technical school, and a department of social and See also:political science
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Secondary See also:education is given at the Lycee Faidherbe, and the Lycee See also:Fenelon (for girls), a higher school of commerce, a See also:national technical school and other establishments; to these must be added See also:schools of See also:music and fine arts, and the Industrial and Pasteur Institutes
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The See also:industries, which are carried on in the new quarters of the town and in the suburbs, are of great variety and importance
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In the first See also:rank comes the See also:spinning of See also:flax and the See also:weaving of See also:cloth, table-See also:linen, See also:damask, See also:ticking and flax See also:velvet
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The spinning of flax See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread for sewing and See also:lace-making is specially connected with Lille
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The manufacture of woollen fabrics and See also:cotton-spinning and the making of cotton-twist of fine quality are also carried on
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There are important See also:printing establishments, See also:state factories for the manufacture of See also:tobacco and the refining of See also:saltpetre and very numerous breweries, while chemical, oil; See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:lead and See also:sugar-works, distilleries, See also:bleaching-grounds; dye-works, machinery and See also:boiler works and See also:cabinet-making occupy many thousands of workmen
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Plant for sugar-works and distilleries, military stores, See also:steam-engines, locomotives, and See also:bridges of all kinds are produced by the See also:company of Fives-Lille
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Lille is one of the most important junctions of the Northern railway, and the Defile canal affords communication with neighbouring ports and with See also:Belgium
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Trade is chiefly in the raw material and machinery for its industries, in the products thereof, and in the See also:wheat and other agricultural products of the surrounding district
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Lille (1'tle) is said to date its origin from, the time of See also:Count See also:Baldwin IV. of Flanders, who in 1030 surrounded with walls a little town which had arisen around the See also:castle of Buc
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In the first half of the 13th century, the town, which had See also:developed rapidly, obtained communal privileges
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Destroyed by Philip See also:Augustus in 1213, it was rebuilt by See also:Joanna of See also:Constantinople, countess of Flanders, but besieged and retaken by Philip the See also:Fair in 1297
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After having taken part with the Flemings against the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of France, it was ceded to the latter in 1312
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In 1369 See also:Charles V., king of France, gave it to Louis de Male, who
transmitted his rights to his daughter See also:Margaret, wife of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy
.
Under the Burgundian See also:rule Lille enjoyed great prosperity; its merchants were at the head of the See also:London Hansa
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Philip the Good made it his residence, and within its walls held the first chapters of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the See also:Golden Fleece
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With the See also:rest of Flanders it passed from the See also:dukes of Burgundy to See also:Austria and then to See also:Spain
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After the See also:death of Philip IV. of Spain, Louis XIV. reclaimed the territory and besieged Lille in 1667
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He forced it to capitulate, but preserved all its laws, customs, privileges and liberties
.
In 1708, after an heroic resistance, it surrendered to See also:Prince See also:Eugene and the duke of See also:Marlborough
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The treaty of See also:Utrecht restored it to France
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In 1792 the Austrians bombarded it for nine days and nights without intermission, but had ultimately to raise the See also:siege
.
See L
.
Vanhende, Lille et ses institutions communales de 62o a 1804 (Lille, 1888)
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