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See also:NAMUR (Flemish, Namen) , a See also:town of See also:Belgium, See also:capital of the See also:province of Namur. Pop. (1904) 31,940. It is most picturesquely situated at the junction of the See also:rivers Sambre and See also:Meuse, the town lying on the See also:left See also:banks of the two rivers, while the rocky promontory forming the See also:fork between them is crowned with the old citadel. This citadel is no longer used for military purposes, and the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill on which it stands has been converted into a public See also:park, while the See also:crest is occupied by an enormous hotel to which See also:access is gained by a cogwheel railway. Namur is connected with the citadel by two See also:bridges across the Sambre, and from the See also:east See also:side of the promontory there is a See also:fine 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 to the suburb of Jambes. This bridge was constructed in the 11th See also:century and rebuilt in the reign of See also:Charles V. It is the only old bridge in existence over the Meuse in the Belgian portion of its course. The See also:cathedral of St Aubain or Albin was built in the See also:middle of the 18th century. 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 Loup is a century older, and is noticeable for its columns of red See also:marble from the See also:quarry at St Remy near See also:Rochefort. There is a considerable See also:local See also:industry in See also:cutlery, and there are numerous tanneries along the See also:river-side.
The hill of the citadel is perhaps identical with Aduaticum, the fortified See also:camp of the Aduatici captured and destroyed by See also:Julius See also:Caesar after the defeat of the Nervii, although many authorities incline to the See also:plateau of Hastedon, See also:north of the Sambre and of Namur itself, as the more probable site of the Belgic position. Many antiquities of the See also:Roman-Gallic See also:period have been discovered in the neighbourhood and are preserved in the local archaeological museum. Here also are deposited the human fossils of the Stone See also:Age discovered at See also:Furfooz on the See also:Lesse. In the feudal period Namur was always a See also:place of some importance, and See also:long formed a marquisate in the See also:Courtenay See also:family. One institution of the See also:medieval period came down to See also:modern times, and was only discontinued in consequence of the fatalities with which it was generally accompanied. This was the See also:annual encounter on the Place d'Armes of See also:rival parties mounted on See also:stilts. Galliot, the historian of Namur, says the origin of these jousts is lost in antiquity, but considers the use of stilts was due
to the frequency with which the town was flooded before the rivers were embanked. See also:Don See also:John of See also:Austria made Namur his headquarters during the greater See also:part of his stay in the Nether-lands, and died here in 1578. As a fortress Namur did not attain the first See also:rank until after its See also:capture by 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. in 1692, when See also:Vauban endeavoured to make it impregnable; but it was retaken by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. in 1695. The See also:French recaptured it in 1702 and retained See also:possession for ten years. In 1815 See also:Marshal See also:Grouchy on his See also:retreat into See also:France fought an See also:action here with the Prussians under See also:General Pirch. In 1888, under the new See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme of Belgian See also:defence, the citadel and its detached See also:works were abandoned, and in their place nine outlying forts were constructed at a distance of from 3 to 5 M. See also:round the town. All these forts are placed on elevated points. They are in their 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, beginning on the left See also:bank of the Meuse and ending on the right bank of the same river: (1) St Heribert, (2) Malonne, (3) Suariee, (4) Emines, (5) Cognelee, (6) Gelbressee, (7) Maizeret, (8) Andoy and (9) Dave. The whole position is correctly de-scribed as the " tete de See also:pont " of Namur, and in addition to its strong See also:bomb-See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof forts it possesses See also:great natural advantages for the defence of the intervals.
End of Article: NAMUR (Flemish, Namen)
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