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The Luxembourg Sandstone (French: Grès de Luxembourg) is a geologic formation in Luxembourg. It exists along the eastern margin of the Paris Basin. Sandstone units continuous with the Luxembourg Sandstone also occur in France. It is Early Jurassic in age. It predominantly outcrops in a belt extending through south-central Luxembourg.
Lower Jurassic sandstone of the Grès de Luxembourg Formation near Waldhof. The geology of Luxembourg is divided into two geologic regions: Rheinisches Schiefergeblige in the north, extending into the Ardennes region in Belgium, and the Oesling (also known as Islek) Zone to the north of Ettelbruck.
The culture of Luxembourg refers to the cultural life and traditions of Luxembourg. Most citizens are trilingual, speaking French and German in addition to the Germanic national language of Luxembourgish. Although its contributions to the arts are not largely known outside its borders, Luxembourg has a rich cultural history, especially in music ...
The Luxembourg plateau is a large Early Jurassic sandstone plateau in south-central Luxembourg. [1] Lying mostly between 300 metres (980 ft) and 400 metres (1,300 ft), [ 1 ] it is the dominant part of the Gutland region.
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City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications: Luxembourg City: 1994 699; iv (cultural) The city developed around a fortress built in the 10th century on an almost inaccessible rock. Due to its strategic location, it passed among great European powers several times, with the fortifications being constantly upgraded.
The history of Luxembourg properly began with the construction of Luxembourg Castle in the High Middle Ages. It was Siegfried I , count of Ardennes who traded some of his ancestral lands with the monks of the Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier in 963 for an ancient, supposedly Roman, fort named Lucilinburhuc , commonly translated as "little castle ...
[11] [12] Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are greatly influenced by its much larger neighbours France and Germany; for example, Luxembourgish, a Germanic language, is the only national language of the Luxembourgish people and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, [13] [14] French is the only language for legislation, and all three ...