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CHIETI , a See also:city of the Abruzzi, See also:Italy, the See also:capital of the See also:province of Chieti, and the seat of an See also:archbishop, 140 M. E.N.E. of See also:Rome by See also:rail, and 9 M. W. of Castellammare Adriatico. Pop. (1901) 26,368. It is situated at a height of 1083 ft. above See also:sea-level, 3 M. from the railway station, from which it is reached by an electric See also:tramway. It commands a splendid view of the See also:Apennines on every See also:side except the See also:east, where the Adriatic is seen. It is an active See also:modern See also:town, upon the site of the See also:ancient Teate Marrucinorum (q.v.), with woollen and See also:cotton manufactories and other smaller See also:industries. The origin of the see of Chieti See also:dates from the 4th See also:century, S. Justinus being the first See also:bishop. The See also:cathedral has been spoilt by restoration, and the decoration of the exterior is incomplete; the See also:Gothic campanile of 1335 is, •however, See also:fine. The cathedral possesses two illuminated missals. See also:Close by is the town 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, which contains a small picture See also:gallery, in which, in 1905, was held an important See also:exhibition of ancient Abruzzese See also:art. The de Laurentiis See also:family possesses a private collection of some importance. To the See also:north of Chieti is the octagonal 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 S. Maria del Tricaglio, erected in 1317, which is said (without See also:reason) to stand upon the site of a See also:temple of See also:Diana. The 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 the Theatines, founded in 1524, takes its name from the city. Under the See also:Lombards Chieti formed See also:part of the duchy of See also:Benevento; it was destroyed by See also:Pippin in 801, but was soon rebuilt and became the seat of a See also:count. The See also:Normans made it the capital of the Abruzzi.
CHI-FU, CHEFOO, Or YEN-T`AI (as it is called by the natives), a seaport of See also:northern See also:China, on the See also:southern See also:coast of the Gulf of Chih-li, in the province of Shan-tung, near the mouth of the Yi-ho, about 30 M. E. of the city of Teng-chow-fu. It was formerly quite a small See also:place, and had only the See also:rank of an unwalled See also:village; but it was chosen as the See also:port of Teng-chow, opened to See also:foreign See also:trade in 1858 by the treaty of See also:Tientsin, and it is now the See also:residence of a Tao-t'ai, or See also:intendant of See also:circuit, the centre of a gradually increasing See also:commerce, and the seat of a See also:British consulate, a See also:Chinese See also:custom-See also:house, and a considerable foreign See also:settlement. The native town is yearly extending, and though most of the inhabitants are small See also:shop-keepers and coolies of the lowest class, the houses are for the most part well and solidly built of 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. The foreign settlement occupies a position between the native town and the sea, which neither affords a convenient See also:access for See also:shipping nor allows space for any See also:great See also:extension of See also:area. Its growth, however, has hitherto been steady and rapid. Various streets have been laid out, a large
hotel erected for the reception of the visitors who resort to the place as a See also:sanatorium in summer, and the religious wants of the community are supplied by a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and a See also:Protestant church. Though the See also:harbour is deep and extensive, and possessed of excellent anchorage, large vessels have to be moored at a considerable distance from the See also:shore. Chi-fu has continued to show See also:fair progress as a place of trade, but the See also:total See also:volume is inconsiderable, having regard to the area it supplies. In 1880 the total exports and imports were valued at £2,724,000, in 1899 they amounted to £4,228,000, and in 1904 to £4,909,908. In 1895 there entered the port 905 vessels representing a See also:tonnage of 835,248 tons, while in 1905 the number of vessels had risen to 1842, representing a tonnage of 1,492,514 tons. The imports are mainly woollen and cotton goods, See also:iron and See also:opium, and the exports include See also:bean cake, bean oil, peas, raw See also:silk, See also:straw-See also:braid, walnuts, a coarse See also:kind of See also:vermicelli, vegetables and dried fruits. Communication with the interior is only by roads, which are extremely defective, and nearly all the See also:traffic is by See also:pack animals. From its healthy situation and the convenience of its anchorage, Chi-fu has become a favourite See also:rendezvous for the fleets of the See also:European See also:powers in Chinese See also:waters, and consequently it has at times been an important coaling station. It lies in close proximity to See also:Korea, Port See also:Arthur and Wei-See also:hai-Wei, and it shared to some extent in the excitement to which the military and See also:naval operations in these quarters gave rise. The Chi-fu See also:convention was signed here in 1876 by See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Wade and Li-Hung-Chang.
CHIGI-See also:ALBANI, the name of a Roman princely family of Sienese extraction descended from the See also:counts of Ardenghesca. The earliest See also:authentic mention of them is in the 13th century, and they first became famous in the See also:person of See also:Agostino Chigi (d. 1520), an immensely See also:rich banker who built the See also:palace and gardens afterwards known as the Farnesina, decorated by See also:Raphael, and was noted for the splendour of his entertainments; See also:Pope See also:Julius II. made him practically his See also:finance See also:minister and gave him the See also:privilege cf quartering his own (Della Rovere) arms with those of the Chigi. Fabio Chigi, on being made pope (See also:Alexander VII.) in 1655, conferred the Roman patriciate on his family, and created his See also:nephew Agostino See also:prince of See also:Farnese and See also:duke of Ariccia, and the See also:emperor See also:Leopold I. created the latter Reichsfurst (prince of the See also:Holy Roman See also:Empire) in 1659. In 1712 the family received the dignity of hereditary marshals of the Church and guardians of the conclaves, which gave them a very great importance on the See also:death of every pope. On the See also:marriage in 1735 of another Agostino Chigi (1710—1769) with Giulia Albani, heiress of the Albani, a Venetian patrician family, said to be of Albanian origin, her name was added to that of Chigi. The family owns large estates at See also:Siena.
See A. von See also:Reumont, Geschichte der Stadt Rom, vol. iii. (See also:Berlin, 1868) ; Almanach de See also:Gotha.
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