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The 18th century expansion of Edinburgh was one of the first examples in Europe of town quot planning in the modern manner and many of the streets and squares in the "new town quot" remain unaltered. Small portions of the town quot Wall can still be seen, especially of the parts built after the Battle of Flodden (1513).

Hanau was originally a small medieval town quot beside a moated castle. In the 17th century a "new town quot" was added for the Dutch and Walloon religious refugees. All the old parts of Hanau have beeu greatly altered following severe bomb damage in World War II. The 18th-century Philippsruhe and Wilhelmsruhe palaces are set in fine parks. The town quot was the birthplace of the brothers Grimm.

The town quot was settled in 1690 as a deep-water fishing port. During the 19th century it developed its Granite quarries, and this became a major industry. Special boats were built in which to ship the granite, which was of very fine grade. After the World War of 1914-1918, with changes in building and highway construction, this industry declined and the town quot turned again to its fisheries. On a desolate, boulder-strewn moor back of the town quot are the remains of an earlier settlement known as "Dogtown quot," because of the great number of dogs kept by families who once lived there. On Thatcher's Island, off Land's End are twin lighthouses erected in 1771, one of which is stiU in use. The town quot was incorporated in 1840. Pop. 4,616.