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See also:MAASTRICHT, or MAESTRICI3T , a frontier See also:town and the See also:capital of the See also:province of See also:Limburg, See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Maas at the influx of the See also:river Geer, 19 M. by See also:rail N.N.E. of See also:Liege in See also:Belgium. Pop. (1904), 36,146. A small portion of the town, known as Wyk, lies on the right bank. A See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge connecting the two replaced a wooden structure as See also:early as 128o, and was rebuilt in 1683. Formerly a strong fortress, Maastricht is still a considerable See also:garrison town, but its ramparts were dismantled in 1871-1878. The town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, built by Pieter See also:Post and completed in 1683, contains some interesting picturesand See also:tapestry. The old town-hall (Oud Stadhuis), a See also:Gothic See also:building of the 15th See also:century, is now used as a museum of antiquities. 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 St Servatius is said to have been founded by See also:Bishop Monulphus in the 6th century, thus being the See also:oldest church in Holland; according to one See also:account it was rebuilt and enlarged as early as 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 See also:Charlemagne. The See also:crypt with the See also:tomb of the See also:patron See also:saint See also:dates from the See also:original building. The varied See also:character of its See also:late Romanesque and later Gothic See also:architecture bears See also:evidence of the frequency with which the church has been restored and altered. Over the See also:porch is the See also:fine See also:emperor's hall, and the church has a See also:marble statue of Charlemagne. The church of Our See also:Lady, a late Romanesque building, has two See also:ancient crypts and a 13th-century See also:choir of exceptional beauty, but the See also:nave suffered severely from a restoration in 1764. The See also:present Gothic building of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin (in Wyk) was erected in 1859; the original church is said by tradition to have occupied the site of an old See also:heathen See also:temple. The See also:Protestant St Janskerk, a Gothic building of the 13th and 15th centuries, with a fine See also:tower, was formerly the See also:baptistery of the See also:cathedral. The various hospitals, the poor-See also:house, the orphanage and most of the other charitable See also:foundations are See also:Roman See also:Catholic institutions. Maastricht contains the provincial archives, a library and See also:geological collections. Though mainly indebted for its commercial prosperity to its position on the river, the town did not begin to reap the full advantages of its situation till the opening of the See also:railways between 1853 and 1865. At first a See also:trade was carried on in See also:wine, colonial wares, alcoholic liquors and See also:salt; there are now manufactures of earthenware, See also:glass and crystal, arms, See also:paper, woollens, tools, See also:lead, See also:copper and See also:zinc See also:work, as well as breweries, and See also:tobacco and See also:cigar factories, and a trade in See also:corn and See also:butter.
A See also:short distance See also:south of Maastricht are the See also:great See also:sandstone quarries of Pietersberg, which were worked from the time of the See also:Romans to near the end of the 19th century; the result is one of the most extraordinary subterranean labyrinths in the See also:world, estimated to See also:cover an See also:area 15 m. by 9 m. In the time of the See also:Spanish See also:wars these underground passages served to hide the peasants and their See also:cattle.
Maastricht was originally the trajectus See also:superior (upper See also:ford) of the Romans, and was the seat of a bishop from 382 to 721. Having formed See also:part of the Frankish See also:realm, it was ruled after 1204 jointly by the See also:dukes of See also:Brabant and the See also:prince-bishops of Liege. In 1579 it was besieged by the Spaniards under the See also:duke of See also:Parma, being captured and plundered after a heroic resistance. It was taken by the See also:French in 1673, 1748 and 1794.
End of Article: MAASTRICHT, or MAESTRICI3T
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