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RUEIL , a See also:town of N. See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise, at the W. See also:foot of Mt Valerien, 6 m. W. of See also:Paris by See also:tramway. Pop. (1906) 10,439. Rueil has a 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 rebuilt under See also:Napoleon III. in exact See also:imitation of a previous church in the See also:Renaissance See also:style, and containing the tombs of the Empress See also:Josephine and her daughter Hortense de See also:Beauharnais. In the 17th See also:century See also:Richelieu built a See also:chateau which no longer exists. Rueil has important photographic See also:works and manufactures of See also:lime and See also:cement, &c. See also:Close to the town is the chateau of Malmaison, a See also:building of the 18th century famous as the See also:residence of the empress Josephine. It was afterwards occupied by Maria See also:Christina, See also:queen of See also:Spain, and by the empress See also:Eugenie. In 1900 the owner, See also:Daniel See also:Osiris, presented it and the See also:park to the nation; the apartments have been as far as possible restored to the See also:condition in which they were when inhabited by Josephine and Napoleon.
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