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Encyclopedia Britannica



ARLON

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 559 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: APO-ARN
ARLON , the
chief
  town of the Belgian province of Luxemburg, situated on a hill about 1240 ft. above the sea. Pop. (1904) 10,894. It is a very ancient town, and in the time of the Romans was called Orolaunum, being a station on the Antoninian way connecting Reims and Treves. Authorities dispute as to the origin of the name, some tracing it to Ara Lunae, a temple of
Diana
  having been erected here, while others more plausibly derive it from the Celtic words ar (
mount
 ) and lun (wooded). Nowadays the woods have disappeared, and Arlon is chiefly notable for the extensive views obtainable from the
church
  of St Donat which crowns the
peak
 . Arlon is no longer fortified. When Vauban by order of Louis XIV. turned it into a fortress in 1671
great
  damage was done to the old Roman
wall
 , the
foundations
  of which were practically intact. In the local museum are many Roman antiquities collected on the spot, including several large sculptural stones similar to the celebrated
monument
  at Igel near Treves. In the middle ages Arlon was the seat of a powerful countship (later marquisate), held after 1235 by the dukes of Luxemburg. As an important strategic position it was several times seized by the French, e.g. in 1647 and 1651.


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