Besançon
Besançon , city (1990 pop. 119,134), capital of Doubs dept., E France, in Franche-Comté, on the Doubs. An industrial town with metallurgical, textile, and food-processing industries, it is especially famous for its clock and watch manufactures; its watch school is world renowned. Of Gallo-Roman origin, Besançon was an archiepiscopal see from the 5th cent. Although part of the kingdom of Burgundy, it was made (by Emperor Frederick I) a free city, with special privileges for its archbishops. It maintained its independence, with interruptions, until 1648, when it passed under Spanish rule through its incorporation with Franche-Comté. After Louis XIV's second conquest of Franche-Comté (1674), Besançon became (1676) the capital of his new province. Although bombed during World War II, many old monuments remain: Roman ruins, a cathedral (12th-16th cent.), and numerous buildings in Spanish Renaissance style, notably the Palais Granvelle (birthplace of Cardinal Granvelle, now housing a museum) and the imposing town hall. An intellectual center, Besançon is the seat of a university (founded 1422 in Dôle and moved to Besançon in 1691), a music academy (founded 1726), and an international music festival.
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Profile: Holland's biannual Haarlem Comics Festival features work by comic strip artists and graphic novelists from around the world [DP]
Transcript from: NPR Special; 6/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...CHADWICK NPR Special 06-18-2004 Profile: Holland's biannual Haarlem Comics Festival features work by comic strip...take you now to the Dutch seaside town of Haarlem for the biannual Haarlem Comics Festival. It started a few weeks ago...
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Time machine. (museum extension in the Haarlem, The Netherlands)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...nineteenth-century Teylers Museum in Haarlem - Holland's oldest museum - celebrate Modernism...largely hidden within a central Haarlem city block, make it a unique institution...has pursued a mission to educate Haarlem's less advantaged citizens in...
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Regio Haarlem Cup: Macmillan make French signing for new season.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 9/9/2003; 428 words
; MACMILLAN FC, winners of the recent Regio Haarlem Cup in Holland, have an international flavour to their side this season. Manager Bob Tudor has signed French youngster Alfred Warnburger, a...
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Travel: The Netherlands - Haarlem steps out of the shadows Adrian Mourby on the Dutch city with an undeserved history of coming second
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/16/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...gave its name to Nieuw Haarlem, the New York borough...Randstad, between Holland's relentless tulip...vibrant Amsterdam, Haarlem is rarely visited these...Little known outside Holland, Coster, a sacristan at Haarlem's Grote Kerk, is...
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GLOBETROTTERS RELAX IN HISTORIC HAARLEM
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 2/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...avoid big-city bustle? Visit Haarlem. Twelve miles west of Amsterdam...language to the New World. Haarlem offers a laid-back alternative...cleaner, slower and smaller than Holland’s capitol city...the busy Haarlemsche Heeren (Haarlem Gentleman) restaurant features...
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HAARLEM RENAISSANCE
Magazine article from: Artforum; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...purple, and blue. Ruisdael's Haarlem series is fascinating in another...figures in the fields outside of Haarlem are minuscule. Ruisdael...masters of anything but rather Holland's new, rural proletariat...and grain fields) outside of Haarlem in which, with infinitely...
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Globetrotters head for the real Haarlem
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 1/24/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...morning, and we're doing the Haarlem shuffle to keep the circulation...distant dream. But this is Holland, after all, and the blooms...World War. Tourist offices in Haarlem and other historic towns close...wishing to spend a night in Haarlem at other times will find a...
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United Pan-Europe Communications Agrees to Acquire Cable System From The Municipality of Haarlem.
PR Newswire; 10/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...Haarlem for NLG134 million. Haarlem's systems currently pass...has cable operations in North Holland, Fflevoland, Friesland...UPC, said: "The City of Haarlem is a significant addition to...The Netherlands, added: "Haarlem is a perfect geographical fit...
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a brush with family life Painting Family: The De Brays, Master Painters of 17th-century Holland
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 7/27/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...1664), a painter in the town of Haarlem, Holland, has decided to broaden his repertoire...planner, poet and a big wheel in Haarlem's painters' guild, the Guild...one of the busiest workshops in Haarlem. Dirck (1635-94) was a sensitive...
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IMPAC Europe to Purchase Sony Music Printing Operation in Holland; Westvaco expands global media packaging capabilities.
Business Wire; 9/20/2000; 700+ words
; ...to acquire Sony Music Printing (Holland) BV. The agreement is subject...CD/DVD distribution center in Haarlem, Holland, and produces printed booklets...throughout the continent. The Haarlem plant has highly flexible printing...
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Haarlem
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Haarlem City on the River Spaarne, w Netherlands; capital of North Holland province. By the 12th century, Haarlem was a fortified town. A centre of Dutch painting in the 16th and 17th centuries, it is famous for its tulip bulbs. Industries...
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Brouwer, Adriaen
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
...who spent a great part of his short working life at Haarlem in Holland. He moved there in about 1625 and according to Houbraken was a pupil of Frans Hals . In about 1631 he left Holland for Antwerp and evidently spent the rest of his career...
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North Holland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
North Holland Dutch Noordholland , province...the West Frisian islands. Haarlem is the capital; other cities...Helder , and Zaandam . North Holland largely comprises low-lying...history of the province, see Holland . x
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Holland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
HOLLAND For general early occultism...Spiritualism was introduced into Holland in about 1857. The first...finally returned to his native Holland, taking with him the American...lived societies were formed in Haarlem and other towns. In all of...
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Hals, Frans
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...Frans ( b Antwerp, 1582/3; d Haarlem, 29 Aug. 1666). Dutch painter...Spaniards in 1585 and moved to Holland. They had settled in Haarlem by 1591 and Hals spent the rest...the municipal authorities of Haarlem awarded him a small annual stipend...
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