MEZILRES

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MEZILRES , a town *of northern France,

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of the department of Ardennes, 55 M. N.E. of Reims by the Eastern railway. Pop. (1906), town, 7007; commune, 9393 The town itself, the streets of which are narrow and irregular, is situated on the neck of a peninsula formed by a loop of the Meuse. The river separates it from its suburb of Arches and the town of Charleville on the north and from the suburb of Pierre on the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

. Adjoining Pierre is Mohon (pop. 5874), with metallurgical works. The fortifications of Mezieres, as well as the citadel still dominating the town on the

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, were built under Vauban's direction, but were dismantled in 1885 and 1886. Immediately to the

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

of the citadel runs a canal, which provides river-

traffic

TRAFFIC

with a short cut across the isthmus. The parish church (16th cent.) contains

inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

commemorating the raising of the siege of Mezieres in 1521 and the

marriage

MARRIAGE

of Charles IX. with thedaughter of the emperor

Maximilian

MAXIMILIAN
MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

II. (1570). The north and

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

portals, the Renaissance tower at the west end, and the lofty vaultings, are worthy of remark. The church, which suffered severely in 1870-71, has since been restored. The prefecture and the hotel de ville, which contains several interesting pictures relating to the history of the town, belong to the 18th century. Mezieres is the seat of a prefect and of a court of assizes, and there are manufactures of bicycles, and iron and steel castings for motors, railway-carriages, &c.
Founded in the 9th century, Mezieres was at first only a strong-hold belonging to the bishops of Reims, which afterwards became the property of the

counts

COUNTS

of Rethel. The town was increased by successive immigrations of the people of Liege, flying first from the emperor Otto, and afterwards from Charles the Bold; and also by concessions from the

counts

COUNTS

of Rethel. Walls were built in the 13th century, and in 1521 it was defended against the Imperialists by the Chevalier

Bayard

, to whom a statue was erected in 1893. The anniversary of the deliverance is still observed yearly on the 27th of September. In 1815 the Germans were kept at bay for six weeks, and in 1871 the town only capitulated after a bombardment during which the greater part of it was destroyed.

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