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LEON , an episcopal see and the See also:capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Leon, situated on 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 2631 ft. above See also:sea-level, in the See also:angle made by the Torio and Bernesga, streams which unite on the See also:south, and See also:form the See also:river Leon, a tributary of the Esla. Pop. (1900) 15,580. Leon is on the See also:main railway from See also:Madrid to See also:Oviedo, and is connected with See also:Astorga by a See also:branch See also:line. The older See also:quarter§ of the See also:city, which contain the See also:cathedral and other See also:medieval buildings, are surrounded by walls, and have lost little of their beauty and See also:interest from the restoration carried out in the second See also:half of the 19th See also:century. During the same See also:period new suburbs See also:grew up outside the walls to See also:house the See also:industrial See also:population which was attracted by the development of See also:iron-See also:founding and the manufacture of machinery, railway-plant, chemicals and See also:leather. Leon thus comprises two towns—the old, which is mainly ecclesiastical in its See also:character, and the new, which is industrial. The cathedral, founded in 1199 and only finished at the See also:close of the 14th century; is built of a warm cream-coloured See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, and is remarkable for simplicity, lightness and strength. It is one of the finest examples of Spanish See also:Gothic, smaller, indeed, than the cathedrals of See also:Burgos and See also:Toledo, but exquisite in See also:design and workmanship. The See also:chapter library contains some valuable See also:manuscripts. 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 Isidoro was founded by See also:Ferdinand I. of See also:Castile in 1063 and consecrated in 1149. Its See also:architecture is Romanesque. The church contains some See also:fine See also:plate, including the See also:silver reliquary in which the bones of St Isidore of See also:Seville are preserved, and a silver processional See also:cross dating from the 16th century, which is one of the most beautiful in the See also:country. The See also:convent and church of San Marcos, planned in 1514 by Ferdinand the See also:Catholic, founded by See also:Charles V. in 1537, and consecrated in 1541, are See also:Renaissance in See also:style. They are built on the site of a See also:hostel used by pilgrims on their way to See also:Santiago de Compostela. The provincial museum occupies the chapterhouse and contains some interesting See also:Roman monuments. The See also:lower See also:part of the city walls consists of Roman See also:masonry dating from the 3rd century. Other buildings are the high school, ecclesiastical seminaries, See also:hospital, episcopal See also:palace and municipal and provincial halls.
Leon (Arab. Liyun) owes its name to the Legio Septima Gemina of See also:Galba, which, under the later emperors, had its See also:head-quarters here. About 540 Leon See also:fell into the hands of the Gothic 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 See also:Leovigild, and in 717 it capitulated to the See also:Moors. Retaken about 742, it ultimately, in the beginning of the loth century, became the capital of the See also:kingdom of Leon (see See also:SPAIN: See also:History). About 996 it was taken by Almansur, but on his See also:death soonafterwards it reverted to the Spaniards. It was the seat of several ecclesiastical See also:councils, the first of which was held under See also:Alphonse V. in 1o12 and the last in 1288.
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