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ASTORGA , a See also:

city of N.W. See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Leon; situated near the right See also:bank of the See also:river Tuerto, and at the junction of the See also:Salamanca-See also:Corunna and Leon-Astorga See also:railways. Pop. (1900) 5573. Astorga was the See also:Roman Asturica See also:Augusta, a provincial See also:capital, and the See also:meeting-See also:place of four military roads. Though sacked by the Goths in the 5th See also:century, and later by the See also:Moors, it is still surrounded by massive walls of Roman origin. A ruined See also:castle, near the city, recalls its strategic importance in the 8th century, when See also:Asturias, See also:Galicia and Leon were the headquarters of resistance to the Moors. Astorga has been the see of a See also:bishop since the 3rd century, and was formerly known as the City of Priests, from the number of ecclesiastics See also:resident within its walls. Its See also:Gothic See also:cathedral See also:dates from the 15th century. The city confers the See also:title of See also:marquis on the See also:Osorio See also:family, the ruins of whose See also:palace, sacked in 1810 by the See also:French, are still an See also:object of See also:interest. For the See also:history, especially the ecclesiastical history, of Astorga, see the See also:anonymous Historia de la See also:ciudad de Astorga (See also:Valladolid, 184o) ; with Fundacion de la iglesia . . . de Astorga, by P.

A. Ezpeleta (See also:

Madrid, 1634) ; and Fundacion, hombre y armas de . . . Astorga, by P. Junco (See also:Pamplona, 1635).

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