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9 unusual facts about Gilly


Charleroi Metro line 4

Line 4 is a line of the Charleroi Metro in Belgium operated by TEC Charleroi, running from Soleimont in Gilly (northeast of Charleroi) to the loop around downtown Charleroi, before heading back to Soleilmont.

Charleroi Metro line 54

Trams drive on the right between Sud and Waterloo, then on the left between Samaritaine and Gilly.

Line 54 was a line on the Charleroi Metro in Belgium operated by TEC Charleroi, running from Charleroi-South railway station in downtown Charleroi to Gilly (part of the municipality of Charleroi), via the western part of the downtown loop.

Line 54 was inaugurated on 28 August 1992 and was the first to use the Gilly branch of the Charleroi premetro network when it opened in 1992.

Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea

"Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning and published in 1954.

Giuseppe Miggiano

Some of these achievements can also be contemplated in the Charleroi region, we note particularly his "Perseus" at the cultural center of Couillet and its "Gate of Eternity" present at the Gilly crematorium.

Kiddies Corner

A huge favourite with Ceylonese and indeed children in South Asia was the song Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea, sung by Max Bygraves - the song entered the British charts on September 10, 1954 and reached No 7.

Rolle Castle

The barony included the town of Rolle (except the fief of Les Uttins which belonged until the 18th century to the La Harpe family), Tartegnin, Vinzel, Luins, half of Essertines-sur-Rolle, some homes in Begnins, the region of Vincy and Saint-Vincent (now in Gilly), Bursinel and in 1615 they acquired Le Rosey Castle, Dully and Le Vaud.

Vincy Castle

Vincy Castle is a castle in the municipality of Gilly of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland.


Hermann Gilly

Gilly flew his first combat sortie on 17 November 1917 over Spresiano; his rear seat aerial observer somehow went overboard at 2,500 meters altitude.

Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery

He was the only surviving son of John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery and his first wife Margaret Meyrick, daughter of Sir Gilly Meyrick.

The Great Gilly Hopkins

A movie based on the novel starring Sophie Nélisse as Gilly Hopkins and Kathy Bates as Trotter is currently in production and due for release in 2014.

William Gilly

Gilly's current research program on squid concentrates on the behavior and physiology of Dosidicus gigas, the jumbo or Humboldt squid.


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