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GANDIA , a seaport of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Valencia; on the Gandfa-Alc6y and See also:Alcira-See also:Denia See also:railways. Pop. (1900) Io,o26. Gandfa is on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Alc6y or Serpis, which See also:waters one of the richest and most populous plains of Valencia and enters the Mediterranean See also:Sea at the small See also:harbour of Gandfa (El Grao), 3 M. N.E. The See also:chief See also:ancient buildings of Gandia are the 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, the See also:college, founded by See also:San Francisco de See also:Borgia, director-See also:general of 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 Jesus (1510-1J72), and the See also:palace of the See also:dukes of Gandfa—a See also:title held in the 15th and 16th centuries by members of the princely See also:house of Borgia or Borja. A Jesuit See also:convent, the See also:theatre, See also:schools and the palace of the dukes of See also:Osuna, are See also:modern. Besides its manufactures of See also:leather, See also:silk, See also:velvet and See also:ribbons, Gandfa has a thriving export See also:trade in See also:fruit, and imports See also:coal, See also:guano, See also:timber and See also:flour. In 1904, 400 vessels, of 200,000 tons, entered the harbour.
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