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LOGRORO , the See also:capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Logrono, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Ebro and on the See also:Saragossa-See also:Miranda de Ebro railway. Pop. (1900) 19,237• Logrono is an See also:ancient walled See also:town, finely 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 1204 ft. high. Its See also:bridge of twelve See also:arches across the Ebro was built in 1138, but has frequently been restored after partial destruction by floods. The See also:main See also:street, arcaded on both sides, and the crooked but highly picturesque alleys of the older quarters are in striking contrast with the broad, See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree-shaded avenues and squares laid out in See also:modern times. The See also:chief buildings are a See also:bull-See also:ring which
accommodates rr,000 spectators, and a 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, See also:Santa Maria de Palacio, called " the imperial," from the tradition that its founder was See also:Constantine the See also:Great (274-337). As the commercial centre of the fertile and well-cultivated See also:plain of the See also:Rioja, Logrono has an important See also:trade in: See also:wine.
The See also:district of Logrofo was in ancient times inhabited by the Berones or Verones of See also:Strabo and See also:Pliny, and their See also:Varia is to be identified with the modern suburb of the See also:city of Logrono now known as Varea of Barea. Logrono was named by the See also:Romans Juliobriga and afterwards Lucronius. It See also:fell into the hands of the See also:Moors in the 8th See also:century, but was speedily retaken by the Christians, and under the name of Lucronius appears with frequency in See also:medieval See also:history. It was unsuccessfully besieged by the See also:French in 1521, and occupied by them from 18o8 to 1813. It was the birthplace of the dumb painter Juan See also:Fernandez See also:Navarrete (1526–1579).
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