Osuna
... southern Spain. Osuna lies at the foot of a hill at the edge of an extensive plain, east-southeast of Sevilla city. Of Iberian ... Osuna, town, Sevilla provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southern Spain. Osuna ...
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He fled Spain...... Etherege, Sir George. Sir George Etherege, English diplomat and creator of the Restoration-era comedy of ...
Peace of the Pyrenees
During the years from the end of the Thirty Years War until 1659 Spain and ... 7, 1659), peace treaty between Louis XIV of France and Philip IV of Spain that ended the Franco-Spanish War of 1648-59. It is ... 7, 1659), peace treaty between Louis XIV of France and Philip IV of Spain that ended the Franco-Spanish War of 1648-59. It is ... During the years from the end of the Thirty Years War until 1659 Spain and France engaged in almost continuous warfare. During ...
Extremadura
... and historical region of Spain encompassing the southwestern provincias (provinces) of Cáceres and Badajoz. Extremadura is ... Research Scientist, Instituto de Economía y Geografía, Madrid, Spain. Co-author of Northern Europeans and the Mediterranean: A ... Spains Meseta Central extends south from the province of Salamanca into the province of Cáceres and declines gradually into ... Extremadura, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historical region of Spain encompassing the southwestern provincias ...
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Antequera (Spain). Antequera, city, Málaga provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia ... southern Spain, northwest of Málaga, at the foot of the Sierra del Torcal. Neolithic dolmens (Menga, Viera, and El Romeral) ...
Interior Ridges
Other articles where Interior Ridges is discussed: Pyrenees: Physiography: Thus the Interior Ridges-e.g., Mount Perdido and the massif of Collarada-are sometimes higher than the neighbouring primary axial peaks. They are followed, to the south, by a broad, pre-Pyrenean, middle depression, with a succession of marine and continental deposits of varying hardness that constitute the valleys of…
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Fray Hortensio Paravicino, the head of the Trinitarian order in Spain and a favourite preacher of Philip II of Spain, dedicated ... Meanwhile, the League had accepted the daughter of Philip II of Spain and Elizabeth of Valois as the next ruler of France. ... Covadonga (Spain). Covadonga, village, Asturias provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), ... Covadonga Mountains National Park (national park, Covadonga, Spain). Covadonga: …the Europa Peaks, is the Covadonga Mountains ...
Joseph Gikatilla
1248 Spain ...(Show more) Died:. c.1305 Spain ...(Show more) Subjects Of Study:. Kabbala. ...(Show more) ... Joseph Gikatilla, (born 1248, Medinaceli, Castile, Spain-died c. 1305, Peñafiel), major Spanish Kabbalist whose writings ...
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Orsona (Spain). Osuna, town, Sevilla provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, ... As a youth in A Coruña, in northwestern Spain, Ortega gained an entry into the garment business by working as a ... As a youth in A Coruña, in northwestern Spain, Ortega gained an entry into the garment business by working as a ... Orreaga (Spain). Roncesvalles, village, Navarra provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northern ...
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Madrid (national capital, Spain). Madrid, city, capital of Spain and of Madrid provincia (province). Spains arts and financial ... Madrid, Parque de (park, Madrid, Spain). Retiro Park, the main park of Madrid, Spain. Originally called the Parque del Buen ... Madrid, Comunidad de (autonomous area and province, Spain). Madrid, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of central Spain ... Madrid (autonomous area and province, Spain). Madrid, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of central Spain, coextensive ...
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Two months later, in July, Aerospatiale Matra, Dasa, and Spains Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A. (CASA) merged to create the ... Spain) with 4.2 percent. In 2000 all the partners except BAE Systems merged into the European Aeronautic Defence and Space ...
Zarzuela race track
race track, Madrid, Spain. Learn about this topic in these articles:. design by Torroja y Miret. * In Eduardo Torroja. …Madrid ...
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Ara Jovis (Spain). Aranjuez, town, Madrid provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), central Spain, on ... Known as Aquilia by the Romans, the town was called Reale by Philip IV of Spain in 1642. The first part of its name is derived ...
Mudejar
... , (from Arabic mudajjan, "permitted to remain"), any of the Muslims who remained in Spain after the Reconquista, or ... When Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain, fell in 1492, the situation of the Mudejars deteriorated even more rapidly. ... the Mudejars-most of whom converted to Islam after the Arab invasion of Spain in the 8th century-were a protected minority, ... the Mudejars faced increasing difficulties as Christian princes strengthened their grip on Spain, imposing an intolerable tax ...
Bartolomé Ordóñez
... , (born c. 1490, Burgos, Castile [Spain]-died 1520, Carrara, Papal States [Italy]), sculptor who was one of ...
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It often occurs with niccolite (to which it alters), as at Mansfeld, Ger.; Los Jarales, Málaga, Spain; and Ontario, Can. Its ...
Iberian
The waves of migrating Celtic peoples from the 8th to 6th century bc onward settled heavily in northern and central Spain, ... one of a prehistoric people of southern and eastern Spain who later gave their name to the whole peninsula. ... Iberian, Spanish Ibero, one of a prehistoric people of southern and eastern Spain who later gave their name to the whole ... The waves of migrating Celtic peoples from the 8th to 6th century bc onward settled heavily in northern and central Spain, ...
Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea marquis de la Ensenada
June 2, 1702 Spain ...(Show more) Died:. December 2, 1781 (aged 79) Spain ...(Show more) Title / Office:. prime minister (1743- ... Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea marquis de la Ensenada, (born June 2, 1702, Alesanco, near Logroño, Spain-died December 2, ...
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The guild was set up by royal decree in 1777 in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico) to reorganize and to provide capital for ... Real Academia de la Lengua Española (academy, Spain). academy: The Royal Spanish Academy was founded in 1713 to preserve the ... Real Fábrica de Tapices y Alfombras de Santa Barbara (factory, Pastrana, Spain). tapestry: 17th and 18th centuries: …Alfombras ... Real Academia Española (academy, Spain). academy: The Royal Spanish Academy was founded in 1713 to preserve the Spanish ...
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United Left (political party, Spain). Communist Party of Spain: Subsequently, the PCE joined the United Left (Izquierda Unida ... Although failing to attract wide support, the United Left did succeed in becoming Spains third largest national party. ... in 1602 to protect that states trade in the Indian Ocean and to assist in the Dutch war of independence from Spain. The ...
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Palacio Real de Madrid (palace, Madrid, Spain). Royal Palace of Madrid, large 18th-century palace in downtown Madrid that is ... theatre: Developments in France and Spain: …background for tragedies was the palais à volonté (literally "palace to order"), a ...
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Saʿadia thus became the pioneer of a Judeo-Arabic culture that would blossom fully in Andalusian Spain a century later. His ... Gaonic difficulties were compounded by the rise in North Africa and Spain of populous and wealthy Jewish communities that, ... and Muslim Spain. To be sure, able geonim such as Sherira and his son Hai (939-1038) exercised enormous influence over the ... from which it spread as far as northwestern Africa and Christian Spain. A barrage of Karaite treatises presenting new views of ...
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Juan Carlos, king of Spain from 1975 to 2014. He acceded to the Spanish throne two days after the death of Francisco Franco. ...
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Fuero de los Españoles (Spain [1945]). Spain: Francos Spain, 1939-75: The Fuero de los Españoles (1945), guaranteeing personal ... Spain: Prehistory: At Fuente-Álamo (Almería) the elite lived apart from the village, in square stone houses with round ... Spain: Aragonese institutions and society: …code was reorganized as the Fueros de Aragón, which included the Code of Huesca and ... This experiment in mass psychology, the best known outside Spain of all his plays, evoked a particular response from audiences ...
Juan de Villanueva
... who studied in Rome and returned to Spain in 1705 with a style similar to that evolved by the leading contemporary French and ... Spain and Portugal: …the leading Neoclassical architect was Juan de Villanueva, ... the leading Neoclassical architect was Juan de Villanueva, who studied in Rome and returned to Spain in 1705 with a style ...
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Sharply critical of the Roman Catholic Church, it was banned in Spain and condemned by the Vatican. The story follows the ... Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, the final of the four viceroyalties that Spain created during its colonization of Central ... Viceroyalty of Peru, the second of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its domains in the Americas. Established ...
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La ciudad y los perros (1963; The Time of the Hero), by Vargas Llosa, won the prestigious Seix Barral Prize in Spain and ... In fact, at the turn of the 21st century, Cuban women writers in exile were highly popular in Latin America, Spain, and other ... Chaviano won an important award in Spain. Montero, Valdés, and Chaviano shared a common preference for sexual themes as such ( ...
Battle of Cadiz
Intense rivalry between England and Spain during the reign of Elizabeth I led Philip II of Spain to prepare an armada to invade ... Tension between Protestant England and Catholic Spain grew during the reign of Elizabeth I. English privateers attacked Spanish ... "singeing of the king of Spains beard." ... Also known as: Singeing of the King of Spains Beard. Written ...
cross-country
In 1907 France first competed in this championship, followed by Belgium in 1924; Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, and Switzerland ...
Rosa Chacel
After returning to Spain in 1927, she wrote a volume of sonnets, A la orilla de un pozo (1936; "At the Wells Edge"), published ... She settled permanently in Spain after her husbands death in 1977. A trilogy including Barrio de Maravillas (1976; The ... Rosa Chacel, (born June 3, 1898, Valladolid, Spain-died July 27, 1994, Madrid), leading mid-20th-century Spanish woman novelist ...