LILLEBONNE  , a

town of France in the department of Seine-Inferieure, 32 M . N. of the Seine and 24 M . E. of Havre by the Western railway . Pop . (1906) 5370 . It lies in the valley of the Bolbec at the foot of wooded hills . The church of Notre-Dame, partly modern, preserves a Gothic portal of the 16th century and a graceful tower of the same period . The- park contains a fine cylindrical donjon and other remains of a castle founded by William the Conqueror and rebuilt in the 13th century . The principal industries are cotton-spinning and the manufacture of calico and candles . Lillebonne under the Romans, Juliobona, was the capital of the Caletes, or inhabitants of the Pays de Caux, in the time of Caesar, by whom it was destroyed . It was afterwards rebuilt by Augustus, and before it was again ruined by the barbarian invasions it had become an important centre whence Roman roads branched out in all directions . The remains of ancient baths and of a theatre capable of holding 3000 persons have been brought to light .

Many Roman and Gallic

relics, notably a bronze statue of a woman and two fine mosaics, have been found and transported to the museum at Rouen . In the middle ages the fortifications of the town were constructed out of materials supplied by the theatre . The town recovered some of its old importance under William the Conqueror .