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GERONA , the See also:capital of the See also:province of Gerona, in See also:north-eastern See also:Spain, on the railway from See also:Barcelona to See also:Perpignan in See also:France, and on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Ter, at its confluence with the Ona, a small right-See also:hand tributary. Pop. (1900) 15,787. The older See also:part of the See also:town occupies the steep slope of the Montjuich, or 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 of the See also:Capuchins, and with its old-fashioned buildings presents a picturesque See also:appearance against a back-ground of loftier heights; the newer portion stretches down into the See also:plain and beyond the Ona, which is here crossed by a See also:bridge of three See also:arches. The old See also:city walls and their bastions still remain, though in a dilapidated See also:state; and the hill is crowned by what were at one 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 very strong fortifications, now used as a See also:prison. Gerona is the seat of a See also:bishop, has a See also:seminary, a public library and a See also:theatre, and carries on the manufacture of See also:paper and See also:cotton and woollen goods. Its churches are of exceptional See also:interest. The See also:cathedral is one of the grandest specimens of See also:Gothic See also:architecture in Spain, the See also:nave being the widest pointed vault in Christendom, as it See also:measures no less than 73 ft. from See also:side to side, while See also:Albi, the next in See also:size, is only 58 ft., and See also:Westminster See also:Abbey is only 38. The old cathedral on the same site was used as a See also:mosque by the See also:Moors, and on their See also:expulsion in 1015 it appears to have been very greatly modified, if not entirely rebuilt. During the 14th See also:century new See also:works were again carried out on an extensive See also:scale, but it was not till the beginning of the 15th that the proposal to erect the See also:present magnificent nave was originated by the See also:master of the works, Guillermo Boffly. The See also:general appearance of the exterior is rather ungainly, but there is a See also:fine approach by a See also:flight of 86 steps to the See also:facade, which rises in tiers and terminates in an See also:oval See also:rose-window. Among the tombs may be mentioned those of Bishop See also:Berenger or Berenguer (d. 1408), See also:Count Ramon Berenger II. (d. 1o8z) and the countess Ermesinda (d. 1057). The collegiate 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 See also:San Felfu (St See also:Felix) is mainly of the 14th century, but it was considerably modified in the 16th, and its facade See also:dates from the 18th. It is one of the few See also:Spanish churches that can boast of a genuine See also:spire, and it thus forms a striking feature in the general view of the town. The See also:Benedictine church of San Pedro de Galligans (or de los Gallos) is an interesting Romanesque See also:building of See also:early date. It is named from the small river Galligans, an affluent of the Ona, which flows through the city. In the same neighbourhood is a small church worthy of See also:notice as a rare Spanish example of a transverse triapsal See also:plan.
Gerona is the See also:ancient Gerunda, a city of the Auscetani. It claims to be the See also:place in which St See also:Paul and St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James first rested when they came to Spain; and it became the see of a bishop about 247. For a considerable See also:period it was in the hands of the Moors, and their emir, See also:Suleiman, was in See also:alliance with See also:Pippin the See also:Short, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Franks, about 759. It was taken by See also:Charlemagne in 785; but the Moors regained and sacked it in 795, and it was not till 1o15 that they were finally expelled. At a later date it gave the See also:title of count to the king of See also:Aragon's eldest son. It has been besieged no fewer than twenty-five times in all, and only four
of the sieges have resulted in its See also:capture. The investment by the See also:French under See also:Marshal Hocquincourt in 1653, that of 1684 by the French under Marshal Bellefonds, and the successful enterprise of Marshal See also:Noailles in 1694 are the three See also:great events of its See also:history in the 17th century. Surrendered by the French at the See also:peace of See also:Ryswick, it was again captured by the younger Marshal Noailles in 1706, after a brilliant See also:defence; and in 1717 it held out against the Austrians. But its noblest resistance was yet to be made. In May 1809 it was besieged by the French, with 35,000 troops, under J. A. Verdier, P. F. See also:Augereau and See also:Gouvion St Cyr; See also:forty batteries were erected against it and a heavy See also:bombardment maintained; but under the leadership of Mariano See also:Alvarez de See also:Castro it held out till See also:famine and See also:fever compelled a See also:capitulation on the 12th of See also:December. The French, it is said, had spent 20,000 bombs and 6o,000 See also:cannon balls, and their loss was estimated at 15,000 men.
See Juan Gaspar Roig y Jalpi, Resumen de See also:las Grandezas, &c. (Barcelona, 1678); J. A. Nieto y See also:Samaniego, Memorias (See also:Tarragona, 181o) ; G. E. See also:Street, Gothic Architecture in Spain (See also:London, 1869).
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