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DENIA , a seaport of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Alicante; on the Mediterranean See also:Sea, at the See also:head of a railway from See also:Carcagente. Pop. (1900) 12,431. Denia occupies the seaward slopes of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill surmounted by a ruined See also:castle, and divided by a narrow valley on the See also:south from the See also:limestone See also:ridge of Mongb (2500 ft.), which commands a magnificent view of the Balearic Islands and the Valencian See also:coast. The older houses of Denia are characterized by their See also:flat Moorish See also:roofs (azoteas) and view-turrets (miradores), while fragments of the Moorish ramparts are also visible near the See also:harbour; owing, however, to the rapid See also:extension of See also:local See also:commerce, many of the older quarters were modernized at the beginning of the loth See also:century. Nails, and woollen, See also:linen and See also:esparto grass fabrics are manufactured here; and there is a brisk export See also:trade in grapes, raisins and onions, mostly consigned to See also:Great See also:Britain or the See also:United States. Baltic See also:timber and See also:British See also:coal are largely imported. The harbour See also:bay, which is well lighted and sheltered by a See also:breakwater, contains only a small space of deep See also:water, shut in by deposits of See also:sand on three sides. In 1904 it accommodated 402 vessels of 175,000 tons; about See also:half of which were small fishing See also:craft, and coasters carrying agricultural produce to See also:Spanish and See also:African ports.
Denia was colonized by See also:Greek merchants from Emporiae (Ampurias in See also:Catalonia), or Massilia (See also:Marseilles), at a very See also:early date; but its Greek name of Hemeroskopeion was soon superseded by the See also:Roman Dianium. In the 1st century B.C., See also:Sertorius made it the See also:naval headquarters of his resistance to See also:Rome; and, as its name implies, it was already famous for its See also:temple of See also:Diana, built in See also:imitation of that at See also:Ephesus. The site of this temple can be traced at the See also:foot of the castle hill. Denia was captured by the See also:Moors in 713, and from 1031 to 1253 belonged successively to the Moorish kingdoms of See also:Murcia and See also:Valencia. According to an See also:ancient but questionable tradition, its See also:population See also:rose at this See also:period to 50,000, and its commerce proportionately increased. After the See also:city was retaken by the Christians in 1253, its prosperity dwindled away, and only began to revive in the 19th century. During the See also:War of the Spanish See also:Succession (1701–14), Denia was thrice besieged; and in 1813 the citadel was held for five months by the See also:French against the allied British and Spanish forces, until the See also:garrison was reduced to See also:loo men, and compelled to surrender, on See also:honourable terms.
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