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See also:ARANJUEZ (perhaps the See also:ancient Ara Jovis) , a See also:town of central See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Madrid, 30 M. S. of Madrid, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Tagus, at the junction of the See also:main See also:southern See also:railways to Madrid, and at the western See also:terminus of the Aranjuez-See also:Cuenca railway. Pop. (1900) 12,670. Aranjuez occupies See also:part of a wide valley, about 1500 ft. above the See also:sea. Its formal, straight streets, See also:crossing one another regularly at right angles, and its See also:uniform, two-storeyed houses were built in See also:imitation of the Dutch See also:style, under the direction of Jeronimo, See also:marquis de See also:Grimaldi (1716-1788), See also:ambassador of See also:Charles III. at the See also:Hague. A rapid in the Tagus, artificially converted into a See also:weir, renders See also:irrigation easy, and has thus created an See also:oasis in the midst of the
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barren See also:plateau of New See also:Castile. On every See also:side the town is surrounded by royal parks and See also:woods of sycamores, See also:plane-trees and elms, often of extraordinary See also:size. The prevalence of the dark See also:English elms, first introduced into the See also:country and planted here by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II. (1527-1598), gives to the Aranjuez See also:district a See also:character wholly distinct from that of other See also:Spanish landscapes; and at an See also:early See also:period, despite the unhealthy See also:climate, and especially the oppressive summer See also:heat, which often approaches See also:roe F., Aranjuez became a favourite See also:residence of the Spanish See also:court. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the See also:master of the Order of See also:Santiago had a country seat here, which passed, along with the mastership, into the See also:possession of the See also:crown of Spain in 1.522. Its successive occupants, from the See also:emperor Charles V. (1500-1558) down to See also:Ferdinand VII. (1784-1833), modified it according to their respective tastes. The larger See also:palace was built by Pedro See also:Caro for Philip V. (1683-1746), in the See also:French style of the period. It overlooks the Jardin de la See also:Isla, a beautiful See also:garden laid out for Philip II. on an See also:island in the Tagus, which forms the See also:scene of See also:Schiller's famous See also:drama See also:Don See also:Carlos. The Casa del Labrador, or Labourer's Cottage, as it is called, is a smaller palace built by Charles IV. in 1803, and full of elaborate ornamentation. The See also:chief See also:local See also:industry is farming, and an See also:annual See also:fair is held in See also:September for the See also:sale of live stock. See also:Great See also:attention is given to the rearing of horses and mules, and the royal See also:stud used to be remarkable for the beauty of its cream-coloured breed. The treaty of 1772 between See also:France and Spain was concluded at Aranjuez, which afterwards suffered severely from the French during the See also:Peninsular See also:War. Here, also, in 1808, the insurrection See also:broke out which ended in the See also:abdication of Charles-IV.
For a See also:fuller description of Aranjuez see D.S. Vinas y Rey,Aranjuez (Madrid, 1890) ; F. Nard, Guia de Aranjuez, su historia y description (Madrid, 1851), (illustrated); See also:Alvarez de Quindos, Description historica del real bosque y casa de Aranjuez (Madrid, 1804).
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