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222 Route 18. NAMOUR. Cathedral.
Cabs. Per drive within the inner town (i.e. practically the town on
the left banks of the Meuse and Sambre; comp. the Plan), one-horse carr.
4 fr., two-horse 41/2 fr.; in the suburbs 11/2 or 2 fr.; per hour, 2 fr. and
3 fr., every 1/4 hr. more 60 c.; at night 10-12 p.m. 50 c. more, 12-5 a.m.
double fares. Trunk 10 c. — The ‘Caracole’, a pretty circular drive over the
hill behind the citadel and up or down the valleys of the Sambre and
Meuse, takes 1!/2 hr. (fare 5-7 fr.). — Open carriage to Marche-les-Dames
(p. 274) and back, 21/23 hrs., with one horse 6- -8, with two horses {0-
12 fr.; to Dinant (p. 226), with one horse 15, with two horses 25 fr.
Electric Tramways. 1. From the Railway Station (P]. C, D, 1) via the
Rue de Fer, Quatre Coins (Pl. D, 2), Place d’Armes, Boul. Ad Aquam,
and La Plante to Pairelle (bey. Pl. CG, 4); 23 min., 20 c. — 2. As above to
the Boul. Ad Aquam, then over the’ bridge to Jambes (P). D, 4); 413 min.
15ce. — 3. Oi the Station vid the Boul. Léopold and the suburb of
Salzinnes, to the Ciladel (Pl. B, 4); 20 min., 20c. — 4. From the suburb
of St. Nicolas (Pl. F, 1, 2) via the Rue St. Nicolas (Pl. E, 2), Quatre Coins,
and Rue de Bruxelles to St. Servais (bey. Pl. B,4); 20 min., 20c. — 5. From
the Station vid the Boul. Léopold to Belgrade. (bey. Pl. B, 4)s 15 c.
Post & Telegraph Office, Place de la Station (Pl. 10; C; 1), and Place
d’Armes (Pl. 10; D, 2).
River-Baths (el. D, 4) in the Meuse, above the bridge. — Swimming
Bath, below the pridge.
Band in the evenings in the Place d’Armes; Tues. and Thurs. in the
Pare Louise-Marie (see below), 25. with chair.
Steamboat to Dinant, see p. 224; in summer thrice weekly to Marche-
les-Dames (p. 274), starting from the Port du Grognon (Pl. E, 3).
Syndicat @ Initiative Namur -Villégialure, Boul. Cauchy 1, for informa-
tion as to travels in the Ardennes.
Namur (270 ft.), Flem. Naemen, since the 10th cent. the capital
of a countship that fell to Burgundy in 1420, an episcopal see since
1559 (comp. p. xxiii), and now the capital of the province of Namur,
with 34,900 inhab., is picturesquely situated at the confluence of
the Sambre and the Meuse. The former river, which is here canalized,
is crossed by several stone bridges, while the Meuse is spanned by
a bridge of nine arches leading to the suburb of Jambes. From the
natural advantages of its position Namur has always been a point of
strategic importance, and it was fortified at an early period. It has
again become an important link in the chain of fortifications along
the Meuse (comp. 248), and is surrounded by a circle of nine
detached forts, 21/,-41!/5 M. distant, constructed by Gen. Brialmont
(p. 174). The numerous sieges it has undergone (Louis XIV. in
1692, William III. in 1695, and again in 1746, 1792 and 1794)
have left few of the older buildings. Namur was formerly famous
for the manufacture of knives.
In front of the Railway Station (Pl. 0, D,1) is the Square Léopold,
to the E. of which, in the Place Léopold, rises a Statwe of Leopold I.
(Pl. 13; D, 1) by Geefs (4869). — To the W. of the station extends
the Boulevard Léopold, which is embellished with a bronze Statue of
D’ Omalius d’Halloy (P1.12; ©, 1), the geologist (d. 1875), and leads
along the Sambre to the attractive Pare Louise-Marie (Pl. B, 0, 1,2),
whence views of the citadel and the suburb of Salzinnes are enjoyed.
The CarnEpRat (St. Aubain or St. Alban; Pl. 0, 2), a handsome
Renaissance edifice, with a dome and a fine interior, was built in
(51-67 from the designs of Pisoni, the Italian architect, on the |
