Difference between revisions of "The Hague"
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74333" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74333" /> == | ||
<p> The capital of the Netherlands, seat of the | <p> The capital of the Netherlands, seat of the Court and of the Government, 15 m. NW. of [[Rotterdam]] and 2 m. from the North Sea; is handsomely laid out, in spacious squares and broad streets, with stately buildings, statues, and winding canals, beautifully fringed with lindens and spanned by many bridges; has a fine picture-gallery, a royal library (200,000 vols.), archives rich in historical documents of rare value, an ancient castle, palace, and a Gothic church of the 14th century; industries embrace cannon-foundries, copper and lead smelting, printing, &c.; it is connected by tramway with Scheveningen, a fashionable watering-place on the coast. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 15 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
The capital of the Netherlands, seat of the Court and of the Government, 15 m. NW. of Rotterdam and 2 m. from the North Sea; is handsomely laid out, in spacious squares and broad streets, with stately buildings, statues, and winding canals, beautifully fringed with lindens and spanned by many bridges; has a fine picture-gallery, a royal library (200,000 vols.), archives rich in historical documents of rare value, an ancient castle, palace, and a Gothic church of the 14th century; industries embrace cannon-foundries, copper and lead smelting, printing, &c.; it is connected by tramway with Scheveningen, a fashionable watering-place on the coast.
