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Gravelines (/ ɡ r æ v ˈ l iː n / grav-LEEN, French:; Dutch: Grevelingen [ˈɣreːvəlɪŋə(n)]) is a commune in the Nord department in Northern France. [3] It lies at the mouth of the river Aa 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dunkirk .
The Gravelines Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in the commune of Gravelines in Nord, France, approximately 20 km (12 mi) from Dunkerque and Calais. Its cooling water comes from the North Sea. The plant consists of 6 nuclear reactors of 900 MW each.
The siege of Gravelines, May to July 1644, took place during the 1635–1659 Franco-Spanish War. A French army captured the port of Gravelines, then in the Spanish Netherlands, now the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. Siege operations began on 28 May 1644 and the town surrendered on 28 July.
The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe is a pointillist painting by French artist Georges Seurat, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. Painted in 1890, the year before his death, it depicts a harbor in the small French port of Gravelines. [1] Described as "wistful and poetic," it is one of the treasures of ...
The Battle of Gravelines was fought on 13 July 1558 at Gravelines, near Calais, France.It occurred during the twelve-year war between France and Spain (1547–1559).. The battle resulted in a victory by the Spanish forces, led by Lamoral, Count of Egmont, over the French, led by Marshal Paul de Thermes.
The Battle of Gravelines is the name given to two battles: The Battle of Gravelines (1558) , in which Spain defeated France in 1558. The Battle of Gravelines (1588) , which saw an indecisive engagement between Spanish and English fleets during the attempted Spanish invasion of England in 1588.
HMS Gravelines was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Battle of Gravelines, which took place in 1588, resulting in the English Navy defeating the Spanish Armada. Gravelines was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was laid down on 10 August 1943, launched on 30 November 1944 and completed on 14 June 1946. [1]
The Convent of Poor Clares at Gravelines in the Spanish Netherlands, now northern France, was a community of English nuns of the Order of St. Clare, commonly called "Poor Clares", which was founded in 1607 by Mary Ward. [1] The order of Poor Clares was founded in 1212 by Saint Clare of Assisi as the Second Order of the Franciscan movement.