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OSTEND (Flemish and French Ostende)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 356 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OSTEND (Flemish and French Ostende)

OSTEND (Flemish and See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French Ostende) , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Belgium in the See also:

province of See also:

West See also:

FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders. Pop. (1904) 41,181. It is the most fashionable seaside resort and the second See also:

PORT

port of the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom. Situated on the See also:

North See also:

Sea it forms almost the central point on the 42 M. of sea-See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast that belong to Belgium. In the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages it was strongly fortified and underwent several sieges; the most notable was that of 1601–1604, when it only surrendered by See also:

order of the states to See also:

Spinola. In 1865 the last vestiges of its ramparts were removed, and since that date, but more especially since 1898, a new town has been created. The digue or See also:

PARADE (Fr. parade, an adaptation from Ital. parada; cf. Span. parada, from Lat. parade, to prepare, equip, furnish)

parade, constructed of solid See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, extends for over 2 M. along the See also:

SHORE

shore in a southerly direction from the See also:

long See also:

JETTY

jetty which protects the entrance to the port. A See also:

FINE

fine See also:

CASINO (diminutive of casa, a house)

casino and the royal chalet are prominent See also:

OBJECTS

objects along the sea front, and the sea-bathing is unsurpassed. In the See also:

REAR

rear of the town is a fine See also:

park to which a See also:

RACE

race-course has been added. Extensive See also:

WORKS

works were begun in 1900 for the purpose of carrying the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour back 2 m., and a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of large docks were excavated and extensive quays constructed. The docks accommodate See also:

SHIPS

ships of large See also:

TONNAGE

tonnage.

Apart from these docks Ostend has a very considerable passenger and See also:

PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic with See also:

England, and is the See also:

head-quarters of the Belgian fishing See also:

FLEET

fleet, estimated to employ 400 boats and 1600 men and boys. Ostend is in See also:

DIRECT

direct railway communication with See also:

BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, See also:

COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne and See also:

Berlin. It is also the starting point of several See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

RAILWAYS

railways along the coast and to the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern towns of Flanders.

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