. The earth and its inhabitants .. . have acquired celebrity, and the courses of the Academy of Art are well attended. Monuments have been raised in honour of Dumont, the geologist; Grétry, the composer ; and Charlemagne, whom the Liégeois claim as one of their townsmen. Amongst the numerous churches that of St. Martin is historically the most interesting. During the popular revolt of 1312 the " grandees " sought a refuge in its tower, but were burnt alive in it by the populace. If local traditions can be credited, coal was first discovered near Liege, in the twelfth century, by a sm
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . have acquired celebrity, and the courses of the Academy of Art are well attended. Monuments have been raised in honour of Dumont, the geologist; Grétry, the composer ; and Charlemagne, whom the Liégeois claim as one of their townsmen. Amongst the numerous churches that of St. Martin is historically the most interesting. During the popular revolt of 1312 the " grandees " sought a refuge in its tower, but were burnt alive in it by the populace. If local traditions can be credited, coal was first discovered near Liege, in the twelfth century, by a smith, and named houille, after Houllos, its discoverer. What- ever this etymology may be worth,* it proves, at all events, that coal, which is so * According to A. Scheler ("Dictionnaire d'étj-mologie française") the French word houille is derived from the German word Scholle.
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