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Full text | oy to Mons. NIVELLES. Route 34. 357 dich other at this spot; it was here that the memorable engage- ent of June 16, 1818, took place, when the Duke of Brunswick as killed fighting at the head of his devoted black band. The sisuke of Wellington, who considered this position highly im- tortant, commanded in person and repulsed the French under ‘arshal Ney, thus securing the retreat of the British upon sFaterloo which had been rendered necessary by the defeat of the iprussians at Ligny. {09 kil. Nivertes. Inn: H. de la Couronne. This town owes “10 's origin to an Abbey founded c. 643 by S. Itta, wife of Pepin of iavanden, and her daughter, S. Gertrude. The Chapter consisted of 5 3 canons and 42 canonesses, all of whom were under the rule of gue Abbess, who received her investiture from the Empr. of Ger- many direct; the Abbess, which office could only be held by a =tarson whose arms hore 16 quarterings, had the title of lady prin- 46s of Nivelles, and possessed considerable authority, which was mowever much encroached on by the Dukes of Brabant. The debbey was suppressed by the French republicans. The town was svprmerly celebrated for its manufacture of lawn and cambric; Hot in 1647,-a sedition having broken out among the weavers, yaley emigrated to Cambray, Valenciennes and Douay. (T The Cuurca or §. GERTRUDE, rebuilt in the commencement of je XI cent. and consecrated in 1047by Pope LeoIX in the presence f the Empr. Henry III, is a noble edifice 320 ft. long. with 2 eransepts and a square W. Tower flanked on each side hy a circu- fo fir one. The exterior, with the exception of the central square \V. tower erected in the XV cent., has remained intact since the [lcent. The E. end of the choir, which is square, and the gables | f the trans. are ornamented with several rows of Romanesque Jrcading supported by cylindrical and twisted columns. The 2 (orches of W. front, now blocked up, are finely sculptured with ggures repr.Samson slaying the lion, Delilah cutting his hair, and sie Philistines putting out his eyes, 1047 : there is another porch jf) fa the S. of the church. The interior was entirely modernized in 1754 when the crypt neath the choir and trans. was filled up; the modern interior rangements are however remarkably good of their kind. Be- jseeath the W. tower is a fine crypt much resorted to by pilgrims. yO. Over the high altar is placed the shrine of S. Gertrude, made ©} 11272 of copper gilt by Nicolon de Douat and Jaquemon de Ni- Melles after a design made hy Jaquemon, a monk of the Abbey “f Anchin; it is decorated with medallions in relief, repr. the prini- isq@ypal events in the life of S. Gertrude, and with numerous pre- Hious stones. Inthe Nave are 2 Pulpits carved by L. Delvaus: ; ) sgme entirely of wood repr. Elias in the Desert, and the other, of |
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