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LERIDA , the See also:capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Lerida, on the See also:river Segre and the See also:Barcelona-See also:Saragossa and Lerida-See also:Tarragona See also:railways. Pop. (1goo) 21,432. The older parts of the See also:city, on the right See also:bank of the river, are a See also:maze of narrow and crooked streets, surrounded by ruined walls and a See also:moat, and commanded by the See also:ancient citadel, which stands on a height overlooking the plains of Noguera on the See also:north and of Urgel on the See also:south. On the See also:left bank, connected with the older quarters by a See also:fine
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 See also:bridge and an See also:iron railway bridge, are the suburbs, laid out after 188o in broad and See also:regular avenues of See also:modern houses. The old See also:cathedral, last used for public See also:worship in 1707, is a very interesting See also:late Romanesque See also:building, with See also:Gothic and Mauresque additions; but the interior was much defaced by its See also:conversion into See also:barracks after 1717. It was founded in 1203 by Pedro II. of See also:Aragon, and consecrated in 1278. The fine octagonal See also:belfry was built See also:early in the 15th See also:century. A second cathedral, with a Corinthian See also:facade, was completed in 1781. 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:San Lorenzo (127o–1300) is noteworthy for the beautiful See also:tracery of its Gothic windows; its See also:nave is said to have been a See also:Roman See also:temple, converted by the See also:Moors into a See also:mosque and by Ramon Berenguer IV., last See also:count of Barcelona, into a church. Other interesting buildings are the Romanesque See also: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, founded in the 13th century but several times restored, the See also:bishop's See also:palace and the military See also:hospital, formerly a See also:convent. The museum contains a See also:good collection of Roman and Romanesque antiquities; and there are a school for teachers, a theological See also:seminary and See also:academies of literature and See also:science. See also:Leather, See also:paper, See also:glass, See also:silk, See also:linen and See also:cloth are manufactured in the city, which has also some See also:trade in agricultural produce.
Lerida is the Ilerda of the See also:Romans, and was the capital of the See also:people whom they called Ilerdenses (See also:Pliny) or Ilergetes (See also:Ptolemy). By situation the See also:key of See also:Catalonia and Aragon, it was from a very early See also:period an important military station. In the Punic See also:Wars it sided with the Carthaginians and suffered much from the Roman arms. In its immediate neighbourhood See also:Hanno was defeated by Scipio in 216 B.C., and it afterwards became famous as the See also:scene of See also:Caesar's arduous struggle with See also:Pompey's generals See also:Afranius and Petreius in the first See also:year of the See also:civil See also:war (49 B.C.). It was already a See also:municipium in the 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 of See also:Augustus, and enjoyed See also:great prosperity under later emperors. Under the Visigoths it became an episcopal see, and at least one ecclesiastical See also:council is recorded to have met here (in 546). Under the Moors Lareda became one of the See also:principal cities of the province of Saragossa; it became tributary to the See also:Franks in 793, but was reconquered in 797. In 1149 it See also:fell into the hands of Ramon Berenguer IV. In modern times it has come through numerous sieges, having been taken by the See also:French in See also:November 1707 during the War of See also:Succession, and again in 181o. In 1300 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 II. of Aragon founded a university at Lerida, which achieved some repute in its See also:day, but was suppressed in 1717, when the university of See also:Cervera was founded.
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