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GUADALAJARA , the See also:capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Guadalajara, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Henares, and on the See also:Madrid-See also:Saragossa railway, 35 M. E.N.E. of Madrid. Pop. (1900) 11,144. Guadalajara is a picturesque See also:town, occupying a somewhat sterile See also:plain, 2100 ft. above the See also:sea. A See also:Roman See also:aqueduct and the Roman See also:foundations of the See also:bridge built in 1758 across the Henares See also:bear See also:witness to its antiquity. Under Roman and Visigothic See also:rule it was known as Arriaca or Caraca; its See also:present name, which sometimes appears in See also:medieval See also:chronicles as Godelfare, represents the See also:Wad-al-hajarah, or " Valley of Stones," of the See also:Moors, who occupied the town from 714 until Io8r, when it was captured by Alvar Yanez de Minaya, a comrade of the more famous See also:Cid. The 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:Santa Maria contains the See also:image of the " Virgin of Battles," which accompanied See also:Alphonso VI. of See also:Castile (1072-1109) on his See also:campaigns against the Moors; and there are several other See also:ancient and interesting churches in Guadalajara, besides two palaces, dating from the 15th See also:century, and built with that blend of See also:Christian and Moorish See also:architecture which Spaniards See also:call the Mudejar See also:style. The more important of these is the See also:palace of the ducal See also:house del Infantado, formerly owned by the See also:Mendoza See also:family, whose panteon, or See also:mausoleum, added between 1696 and 1720 to the 13th-century church of See also:San Francisco, is remarkable for the See also:rich See also:sculpture of its tombs. The town and provincial halls date from 1585, and the See also:college of See also:engineers was originally built by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip V., See also:early in the 18th century, as a See also:cloth factory. Manufactures of See also:soap, See also:leather, woollen fabrics and bricks have superseded the See also:original cloth-See also:weaving See also:industry for which Guadalajara was See also:long celebrated; there is also a considerable See also:trade in agricultural produce.
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