a town of France, department of Seine, pleasantly situated on the right bank of the Marne, near its confluence with the Seine, 5 miles E.S.E. of Paris. Pop. 3000. The Marne is here crossed by a bridge of 10 arches, which has frequently been the scene of sanguinary conflicts, and has always been regarded as of great importance in the defence of the capital. This bridge unites the town with the village of Charenton St Maurice, where there is a large national lunatic asylum.

CHARLES, of Lindus in Rhodes, a celebrated statuary, the sculptor of the famous statue of the Sun generally known as the "Colossus of Rhodes," which was regarded as one of the seven wonders of the world. See Colossus. He was the favourite pupil of Lysippus, and flourished about B.C. 290.