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See also:GUIMARAES (sometimes written Guimaraens) , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:Portugal, in the See also:district of See also:Braga, formerly included in the See also:province of Entre-Minho-e-See also:Douro; 36 m. N.E. of See also:Oporto by the Trofa-Guimaraes See also:branch of the Oporto-See also:Corunna railway. Pop. (1900) 9104. Guimaraes is a very See also:ancient town with Moorish fortifications; and even the quarters which are locally described as " new " date partly from the 15th See also:century. It occupies a See also:low 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, skirted on the See also:north-See also:west by a small tributary of the See also:river See also:Ave. The citadel, founded in the 1th century by See also:Count See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry of See also:Burgundy, was in 1094 the birthplace of his son See also:Alphonso, the first 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 Portugal. The See also:font in which Alphonso was baptized is preserved, among other interesting See also:relics, in 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:Santa Maria da Oliveira, " St See also:Mary of the See also:Olive," a Romanesque See also:building of the 14th century, which occupies the site of an older See also:foundation. This church owes its name to the See also:legend that the Visigothic king Wamba (672-68o) here declined the See also:crown of See also:Spain, until his olive See also:wood See also:spear-See also:shaft blossomed as a sign that he should consent. The See also:convent of Sao Domingos, now a museum of antiquities, has a See also:fine 12th-13th century See also:cloister; the 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 is built in the blend of Moorish and See also:Gothic See also:architecture known as Manoelline. Guimaraes has a flourishing See also:trade in See also:wine and See also:farm produce; it also manufactures See also:cutlery, See also:linen, See also:leather and preserved fruits. Near the town are Citania, the ruins of a prehistoric Iberian See also:city, and the hot sulphurous springs of Taipas, frequented since the 4th century, when Guimaraes itself was founded.
End of Article: GUIMARAES (sometimes written Guimaraens)
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