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VENLO

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1007 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VENLO , a frontier See also:

town in the See also:province of See also:Limburg, See also:Holland, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Maas, and a junction station 43 M. by See also:rail N.N.E. of See also:Maastricht. Pop. 15,000. It is joined by a See also:bridge over the Maas,., with the opposite See also:village of Blerik: Venlo, with narrow streets- irregularly built,is not of the See also:ordinary Dutch type in architectural See also:style. The. picturesque town See also:hall (1595), the only See also:building of See also:special See also:interest, contains some interesting paintings by See also:Hubert See also:Goltzius (1526-1583).. The See also:church See also:dates from 1304. There is a See also:college for the higher See also:education of See also:Roman See also:Catholic priests. The leading See also:industries are distilling, , See also:brewing, tanning, See also:spinning,: needlemaking and See also:tobacco ' manufacture. There is also a considerable : See also:trade by See also:river :with See also:Rotterdam.

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