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CHARLEVILLE , a See also:town of See also:north-eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Ardennes, 151 m. N.E. of See also:Paris on the Eastern railway. Pop. (1go6) 19,693. Charleville is situated within a See also:bend of the See also:Meuse on its See also:left See also:bank, opposite See also:Mezieres, with which it is See also:united by a suspension See also:bridge. The town was founded in 16o6 by See also:Charles III. (See also:Gonzaga), See also:duke of See also:Nevers, afterwards duke of See also:Mantua, and is laid out on a See also:uniform See also:plan. ' Its central and most interesting portion is the See also:Place Ducale, a large square
surrounded by old houses with high-pitched See also:roofs, the porches being arranged so as to See also:form a continuous See also:arcade; in the centre there is a See also:fountain surmounted by a statue of the duke Charles. A handsome 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 in the Romanesque See also:style and the other public buildings date from the 19th See also:century. An old See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill, See also:standing on the bank of the See also:river, See also:dates from the See also:early years of the town's existence. On the right bank of the Meuse is Mont Olympe, with the ruins of a fortress dismantled under 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. Charleville, which shares with Mezieres the administrative institutions of the department of Ardennes, has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce, a See also:board of See also:trade-arbitrators and lycees and training colleges for both sexes. Its See also:chief See also:industries are See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal-See also:founding and the manufacture of nails, anvils, tools and other See also:iron goods, and See also:brush-making; See also:leather-working and See also:sugar-refining, and the making of bricks and See also:clay pipes are also carried on.
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