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ALBACETE , the See also:capital of the above See also:province, on the See also:Madrid See also:Alicante railway, and at the confluence of the See also:river Balazote with the See also:canal of Maria See also:Christina, which flows into the river See also:Jucar, r6 m. N. Pop. ('goo) 21,512. Albacete comprises the picturesque old upper See also:town and the new or See also:lower town, with See also:law-courts, See also:schools, See also:barracks, hospitals, a See also:council-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a See also:bull-See also:ring and other See also:modern buildings, mostly erected after the See also:city became a provincial capital in 1833. It is surrounded by a fertile See also:plain; and has considerable See also:trade in See also:saffron and agricultural produce. A See also:great See also:market, chiefly for the See also:sale of See also:cattle, is held annually in See also:September, and extends over several days. The manufacture of matches is aided by the existence of See also:sulphur workings in the vicinity; and Albacete formerly had an extensive trade in See also:cutlery, from which it was named the See also:Sheffield of See also:Spain. De-spite the importation of cutlery from See also:England and See also:Germany, Albacete is still famous for its daggers, which arc held in high repute by Spaniards. They are formidable weapons, of coarse manufacture, but with richly ornamented handles; and they frequently See also:bear proverbial See also:inscriptions suitable to their murderous See also:appearance.
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