bV ' * e ou863 are d d P*cius 



i best of the houses and a gothie church surmounted by square 

 towers were built by the Venetians, who held the place for nearly 

 three centuries before its conquest by the Turks in 1470. The on v 

 ancient remains in Chalcis are fragments of white marble in the w 



of ctl^ 1 8t 

 a 8 men ' i 



R<i.ii] in n P 1 Alrt I'l, * * "" "** "" "ij<-tcu f iu ^a 



ft took th* f KUSS" between ^e Thermaic and Singitic 



l?Slg|SpS3 



ta Co , ^^ " W0rked ^ 



wood for Lyon,al ch^rToalir D P roduots ' cattle, wood, fuel- 



manufactures both Vth'^th an'd^uT 'of F"' ^T" '"* ^ 

 commerce of the town. By meaus of Z s - , ? ? Uter Into the 

 is navigable for steamboats^ "the Slr^?tt5 ^ m Chalon 

 the town has a large tmusiitrade ?> d the CaUal du Centre ' 



ratLONt'pf fiT*""' Balbi > f*~ifa) 



^HALONNES. [MAINE-ET-LOIRE 1 



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. 



-" -- i^. IVJLFUBIJSHIRK. | 



was founded K p ^*.-lvaurentabove mentioned which 



in 101 ' ,,,,| J*r m 1529 > the hospice of St.- Louis, founded 



erected' in 1793 <r P ? r ! d men and orphans ; the obelik 



public library ^ <m<,niorate the opening of the canal; and the 

 iquare, ther7i Jtl ?re f the Plce-de-Bcaune, a handsome 



tune. Chalon has t "b 1 ""."""unted by a statue of Nep- 



exchangH and chamber ofTo 6rSt in "|' aDce anrl of commerce, an 

 nd a theatre A t0 """''^. c-IK-e, an ngrioult.iral society, 

 Tine R ar o ^ott nut *'**" " lk stocking,, hate 

 oil, pottery, an d imitative pearls. There we also 



E^SS^^gSSS 



CHALOS8E. [LANDES.I 



BdttTi ? ng u and 3 mile9 broftd - ft abound8 witl > 



the lower part is r,ch in pasture, but is subject to sudden 



s from the swelling of the mountain streams. The climate 



Id, being sheltered from the north wind., Chambery has a 



Allege, an academy of sciences, which publishes its memoirs- 



iety ot agnoulture and commerce; a public library of 16000 



rolumes; a museum; a theatre; and a school of drawing. There 



