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See also:CIUDAD REAL , the See also:capital formerly of La See also:Mancha, and since 1833 of the See also:province described above; 107 M. S. of See also:Madrid, on the Madrid-See also:Badajoz-See also:Lisbon and Ciudad Real-See also:Manzanares See also:railways. Pop. (1900) 15,255. Ciudad Real lies in the midst of a wide See also:plain, watered on the See also:north by the See also:river See also:Guadiana, and on the See also:south by its tributary the Jabalon. Apart from the remnants of its 13th-See also:century fortifications, and one See also:Gothic 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 immense See also:size, built without aisles, the See also:town contains little of See also:interest; its public buildings—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, See also:barracks, churches, See also:hospital and schools—being in no way distinguished above those of other provincial capitals. There are no important See also:local manufactures, and the See also:trade of the town consists chiefly in the weekly sales of agricultrual produce and live-stock. Ciudad Real was founded by See also:Alphonso X. of See also:Castile (1252-1284), and fortified by him as a check upon the Moorish See also:power. Its See also:original name of See also:Villarreal was changed to Ciudad Real by See also:John VI. in 1420. During the See also:Peninsular See also:War a See also:Spanish force was defeated here by the See also:French, on the 27th of See also:March 1809.
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