Title

'Namur',1890

Caption

'Namur', 1890. The Citadel of Namur on the confluence of Sambre and Meuse rivers was a disputed territory between Spain, France, England. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the Congress of Vienna incorporated Belgium into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Belgium broke away from the Netherlands in 1830 following the Belgian Revolution. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F24_464

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,2Mb (1,9Mb) / 18,1in x 12,9in / 5432 x 3871 (300dpi)

Keywords

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