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CARMONA , a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Seville; 27 M. N.E. of Seville by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 17,215. Carmona is built on a See also:ridge overlooking the central See also:plain of See also:Andalusia, from the Sierra Morena, on the See also:north, to the See also:peak of See also:San Cristobal, on the south. It has a thriving See also:trade in See also:wine, See also:olive oil, See also:grain and See also:cattle; and the See also:annual See also:fair, which is held in See also:April, affords See also:good opportunity of observing the costumes and customs of See also:southern Spain. The citadel of Carmona, now in ruins, was formerly the See also:principal fortress of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the Cruel (1350-1369), and contained a spacious See also:palace within its defences. The principal entrance to the town is an old Moorish gateway; and the See also:gate on the road to See also:Cordova is partly of See also:Roman construction. Portions of the See also:ancient See also:college of San Teodomir are of Moorish See also:architecture, and the See also:tower of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of San Pedro is an See also:imitation of the Giralda at Seville.
In 1881 a large Roman See also:necropolis was discovered See also:close to the town, beside the Seville road. It contains many See also:rock-hewn sepulchral See also:chambers, with niches for the cinerary urns, and occasionally with vestibules containing See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone seats (triclinia). In 1881 an See also:amphitheatre, and another See also:group of tombs, all belonging to the first four centuries A.D., were disinterred near the See also:original necropolis, and a small museum, maintained by the Carmona archaeological society, is filled with the mosaics, See also:inscriptions, portrait-heads and other antiquities found here.
Carmona, the Roman Carmo, was the strongest See also:city of Further Spain in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Julius See also:Caesar (100-44 B.C.), and its strength was greatly increased by the See also:Moors, who surrounded it with a See also:wall and ornamented it with fountains and palaces. In 1247 See also:Ferdinand III. of See also:Castile took the city, and bestowed on it the See also:motto Sicut See also:Lucifer lucet in See also:Aurora, sic in Wandalia Carmona (" As the See also:Morning-See also:star shines in the See also:Dawn, so shines Carmona in Andalusia ").
For an See also:account of the antiquities of Carmona, see Estudios arqueologicos e historicos, by M. Sales y Ferre (See also:Madrid, 1887).
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