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	Luxembourg (city) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The city of Luxembourg (French: Luxembourg, Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg, German: Luxemburg), population 82,268 (2002), is the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
		By the 16th century, Luxembourg was one of the strongest fortifications in Europe.
		The city is the seat of a university, Radio Luxembourg, and several institutions of the European Union, including the European Court of Justice, the secretary general of the European Parliament, the European Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank, the preponderance of which are located in the area of the city known as Kirchberg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luxembourg_(city) (539 words)

	Luxembourg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe.
		Luxembourg has especially close trade and financial ties to Belgium and the Netherlands, and as a member of the EU, enjoys the advantages of the open European market.
		The linguistic situation in Luxembourg is characterized by the practice and the recognition of three official languages: French, German and Luxemburgish, a Franconian language of the Moselle region similar to German.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luxembourg (814 words)

	MSN Encarta - Luxembourg (country)
		Luxembourg was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and of the European Economic Community (EEC), a forerunner of the European Union (EU).
		Luxembourg is part of the geological region in which the Lorraine plateau of northern France meets the hills of southwest Belgium and the Mosel (Moselle) Valley and Rhineland of western Germany.
		Northern Luxembourg is crossed by the foothills of the Ardennes to the west.
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	Facts about topic: (Luxembourg (city)) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Luxembourg City, population 82,268 (2002), is the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (A grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center).
		The city developed around a 10th century (additional info and facts about 10th century) castle (A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack) on the Bock.
		The city was further fortified in the 14th century (additional info and facts about 14th century).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lu/luxembourg_(city).htm (180 words)

	AllRefer.com - Luxembourg, city, Luxembourg (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Luxembourg developed around a 10th-century castle that was one of Europe's strongest fortresses until the garrison was dismantled according to the terms of the Treaty of London (1867).
		The original nucleus of the city, in the upper town, consists of numerous medieval houses and churches, the most notable of which are the Grand Ducal Palace and the Cathedral of Notre Dame (both 16th cent.).
		The city is the seat of a university (founded 1958).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LuxemboCit.html (374 words)

	Travel to Europe - the best way to prepare yourself for your trip to Europe
		Luxembourg City is the heart of the country in cultural, political and social respect.
		Luxembourg was founded in 963 AD on a rocky outcrop known as "the Bock", by Sigefroid, Count of Ardennes who laid the cornerstone of a fortress later becoming Luxembourg City.
		Vianden is 40 km northeast of Luxembourg City.
	www.travel-to-europe.org /guides.php?country=LU (622 words)

	Luxembourg (city) - Wikitravel
		The city of Luxembourg is the capital of the country of Luxembourg.
		It's spectacular valleys and plateaus led it to be nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the North"
		Luxembourg has a very large population of Italians that came to Luxembourg in the late 19th century so Pizzerias in Luxembourg are always very reliable and common.
	wikitravel.org /en/Luxembourg_(city) (509 words)

	Luxembourg - VisitEurope.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Over the centuries, Luxembourg City became one of the strongest fortresses ever built.
		Much of the city's older architecture â” such as the "Spanish Turrets" â” can be attributed to specific periods of occupation.
		Luxembourg also offers fine museums, art galleries, theater, concert halls, chic boutiques, and of course, great restaurants.
	www.visiteurope.com /luxembourg.html (187 words)

	LUXEMBOURG,The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,Luxembourg City and famous landmarks in Luxembourg
		Luxembourg is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east and France to the south.
		Luxembourg City, the Capital of Luxembourg, is the largest city in Luxembourg.
		Today it is a popular, cosmopolitan city that boasts a vast cultural history with an assortment of activities, monuments of the past, sporting events and all of the other attractions of a major European city.
	www.french-at-a-touch.com /Countries/Luxembourg/luxembourg.htm (1093 words)

	Sightseeing in Luxembourg - Luxembourg Today - travel and tourist information, flight reservations, travel bargains, ...
		Luxembourgers are proud to call their country the green heart of Europe.
		The oldest part of the City centre was built in the renaissance style and nearby is the Palace, the official residence of the Grand Duke, one wing of which also contains The House of Commons.
		City promenade: In the company of an experienced guide, you will enjoy walking around the city for two hours and discover a host of specific attractions.
	www.europe-today.com /lux/sightseeing.html (852 words)

	Eurostar short breaks, weekend breaks, city breaks and UK breaks by train
		Luxembourg, known as the Gibraltar of the North, is one of Europe's smallest sovereign states, only 85 km from top to bottom.
		Luxembourg City was originally a Habsburg fortress and parts of the original walls and fortifications remain.
		The tomb of John the Blind (one of Luxembourg's medieval rulers) is in the crypt.
	www.railbookers.com /guides/luxembourg.php (831 words)

	All Travel Luxembourg-Top Attractions
		It is these impressive defence works that caused Luxembourg to get the name "Gibraltar of the North." After the dismantling of the fortress in 1867, 17 kilometres of the casemates were spared and left in good condition.
		The Moselle Valley is Luxembourg’s vineyard and winery region.
		Luxembourg’s only casino and a well-known health spa are located in Mondarf-les-Bains in the south of this region.
	www.alltravelluxembourg.com /Luxembourg/Destination_Guides/Top_Attractions.htm (804 words)

	Luxembourg Central
		Luxembourg, located in western Europe, southeast of Belgium and between France and Germany, is a worthwhile country to visit on a vacation.
		The climate of Luxembourg is best described as moderate -- the average July temperature is 17.5 Celsius (63.5 Fahrenheit) and the average for January is 0.8 Celsius (33.4 Fahrenheit).
		Luxembourg has the lowest gasoline prices in Europe (EUR 0.789 per liter in mid 2002), significantly less than in neighboring Belgium, Germany, and France, so be sure to fill up on the right side of the border.
	www.luxcentral.com (911 words)

	City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		On the one hand, Luxembourg is a European capital with lots of banks and office buildings in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment, on the other hand its old town is very well preserved and interesting, especially the cathedral and all the fortifications.
		Upon arrival we founf=d that it was a truley fantastic city and possibly the most picturesque setting (up there with Prague for photogenic appearnce) The old town is the cleanest place i have ever seen, even if the area down by the station is a little grubbier but still repectable.
		Luxembourg also is close to Trier which is also UNESCO listed and the train ride is very pleasant along the Mosell River.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/luxembourg.html (1614 words)

	Luxembourg City
		What made the city so picturesque for me were the Casemates, the massive and tall stone walls that surround the city center to the south.
		Luxembourg City was a place that requires some extra time to explore -- far away from the city center.
		Like many capital cities, it was a treasure trove where some of the finest gems are found off the beaten path.
	www.tompgalvin.com /places/lu/luxembourg_city.htm (1069 words)

	Encyclopedia: Luxembourg (city)
		Administratively Luxembourg is divided into three districts, which are subdivided into cantons: Diekirch (district) Diekirch Clervaux Redange Vianden Wiltz Grevenmacher (district) Grevenmacher Echternach Remich Luxembourg (district) Luxembourg Capellen Esch-sur-Alzette Mersch The cantons were created in the early 1840s.
		Alzette (-French, in Luxembourgish: Uelzecht) is a river with a length of 73 kilometers in France and Luxembourg.
		Luxembourg is definatly well worth a visit to see one of the most picturesque settings for a city in Europe.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Luxembourg-(city) (432 words)

	Travel Luxembourg and Backpack Europe Travel Tips
		Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe, and while it has many small quaint villages, Luxembourg City is the heart of this tiny country.
		Luxembourg City has one of the best preserved old town's in Europe, with city walls and a castle overlooking old Luxembourg nestled in a valley.
		Luxembourg City is very well connected, and you shouldn't have trouble getting their from France, Germany, or any of the other Low Countries (Belgium and the Netherlands).
	www.canuckabroad.com /backpack/luxembourg.shtml (539 words)

	Luxembourg - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		, city, capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers.
		Also called Luxembourg-Ville (Luxembourg City) and Lëtzebuerg, the country's chief administrative and economic center, the city is of growing international importance as the seat of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and the European Investment Bank and as a joint seat (with Strasbourg, France) of the European Parliament.
		The old medieval city, located on rocky Bock Peninsula between the two rivers, is surrounded by fast-growing residential and industrial suburbs.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /luxembourg.htm (233 words)

	FILIPs-Luxembourg
		Luxembourg City is one of the most spectacularly sited capitals in Europe.
		To the north lie the city's principal shops, mainly along Grande Rue, while on the southern side a small alley cuts through to the larger place Guillaume, the venue of Luxembourg's main general market (Wed and Fri am).
		The city occupies an ideal defensive position and its defences were reinforced on many occasions – hence the massive bastions and subterranean artillery galleries of today.
	home.scarlet.be /~fmatthee/Cities/luxembourg.htm (356 words)

	Loving Luxembourg - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - BootsnAll.com
		Luxembourg City is surrounded on two sides by the incredibly steep Pétrusse and Alzette Valleys, which have enormous fortifications carved into them that protected the Old Town portion of the city from foreign invaders for centuries.
		Luxembourg City has installed a free elevator to take people from the cobblestone, scenic, nightlife festooned Grund area at the bottom of the Valley up to the Old Town, probably in an effort to keep less stout tourists from having heart attacks while climbing that hideous hill.
		Two easy days in Luxembourg City is pretty much all the time you need to traverse every street in the Old Town and the surrounding, leafy valleys twice at the most leisurely pace you can achieve while still managing forward motion.
	www.bootsnall.com /travelstories/europe/jun04lux.shtml (1693 words)

	Luxembourg City Tourist Office
		Luxembourg, the capital of the Grand Duchy, is delighted to greet you.
		Luxembourg boasts a large array of historical and cultural sights that are worth seeing, lots of interesting and picturesque spots you can discover, countless legends and anecdotes worth relating.
		“Luxembourg, Conveniently” presents the manifold services of the Luxembourg City Tourist Office and may be used to provide information on cultural events, sports or leisure time activities.
	www.lcto.lu /html_en (165 words)

	Luxembourg
		Luxembourg is a member of the Schengen group within the European Union.
		Luxembourg has many public parks that are safe during the daylight hours, though the volume of low-level drug vending has increased in some of the city parks.
		In Luxembourg City, three major hospitals offer comprehensive general medical and surgical treatment, as well as specialized care in orthopedics, cardiology and psychiatry.
	travel.state.gov /travel/luxembourg.html (1792 words)

	Luxembourg City Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yet it is actually the nerve center of a thousand-year-old seat of government, a bustling and important element of the European Union (EU), a spot where the past still speaks, the present interprets, and the future listens.
		Starting in AD 963, when Charlemagne's descendant Sigefroid began to build his castle atop the promontory of the Bock, the duchy encased itself in layer upon layer of fortifications until by the mid-19th century its very impregnability was considered a threat.
		The Castle of Luxembourg was ultimately dismantled in the name of peace, its neutrality "guaranteed" by the 1867 Treaty of London.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=luxembourg_city@93 (300 words)

	Hotel guide in Luxembourg Luxembourg
		The Minotel Nobilis is situated a few steps from the main railway station in the heart of the city of Luxembourg.
		It is situated in the city centre, overlooking the Valley of Pétrusse with the famous casemates executed in five storeys, and...
		Located right in the city centre, 5 minutes from the business centre and old town at 200m from the railway station and 10km from the airport.
	www.cybevasion.com /hotels/monde/ville_hotels_luxembourg_luxembourg_2577.html (452 words)

	Luxembourg
		Luxembourg joined NATO in 1949, the Benelux Economic Union (with Belgium and the Netherlands) in 1948, and the European Economic Community (later the EU) in 1957.
		Luxembourg's Parliament approved the Maastricht Accord, paving the way for the economic unity of the EU in July 1992.
		Luxembourg, François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de - Luxembourg, François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de, 1628–95, marshal of...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107734.html (554 words)

	Luxembourg City 'Gibraltar of the North'
		It was raining the day we arrived in Luxembourg City, and as any semi-professional world traveler would do (tongue-in-cheek, of course), we had our rain gear and made ready use of it.
		Luxembourg is the World's Only Grand Duchy, formed in 1815 by agreement of the European powers at the Congress of Vienna.
		In its function as the city residence of the Grand-Ducal family, it is situated right in the core of the old town.
	www.travelblog.org /Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-10034.html (796 words)

	Europe Guide - Luxembourg Travel - Map of Luxembourg, hotels and city guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Luxembourg is a constitutional monarchy and is located in the heart of Europe.
		Much of the city's older architecture—such as the "Spanish Turrets"—can be attributed to specific periods of occupation.
		Luxembourg is famous for banks (some 230 have major offices here), whose modern glass buildings are often integrated into ancient constructions.
	www.europeetravel.com /luxembourg (577 words)

	City Hotel in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Casemates (city fortifications) are 500 metres away and the National Museum is one kilometre from the hotel.
		Luxembourg Airport is six kilometres away with an approximate driving time of 10 minutes.
		Luxembourg has an efficient bus network and the centre is very compact and best explored on foot.
	www.hotel-rates.com /luxembourg/luxembourg/city-hotel.html (481 words)

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