Utrecht

Utrecht is an old town, the capital of a province of the name, in Holland (the Netherlands), on the Old Rhine, 23 miles South-East of Amsterdam. It is fortified by strong forts, and the old walls have been levelled into beautiful promenades. It has a number of fine buildings, a Gothic cathedral, St. Martin's, a famous university, and a big library, besides a town-hall and the "Pope's house" (Pope Adrian VI., who was born here), &c. It manufactures iron goods, textiles, machinery, &c., and trades in butter and cheese. Here in 1713, the treaty was signed which closed the Spanish Succession War.

Utrecht is also the name of a town in South Africa. It was formerly the name of a South province of the Transvaal in Africa.

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