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LORCA , a See also:town of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Murcia, on See also:World: the Grandeur and Failure of See also:Civilization (1867); See also:Ancient the right See also:bank of the See also:river Sangonera (here called the Guadalantin
or Guadalentin) and on the Murcia-See also:Baza railway. Pop. (1900) 69,836. It occupies a height crowned by a See also:medieval fortress, among the foothills of the Sierra del See also:Calico. Its older parts, Moorish in many features and with narrow irregular streets, contrast with the See also:modern parts, which have broad streets and squares, and many See also:fine public buildings—See also:theatre, 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, hospitals, courts of See also:justice and a See also:bridge over the Sangonera. There is an important See also:trade in agricultural products and live stock, as well as manufactures of woollen stuffs, See also:leather, See also:gun-See also:powder, chemicals and See also:porcelain. See also:Silver, See also:sulphur and See also:lead are found in the neighbourhood.
Lorca is the See also:Roman Eliocroca (perhaps also the Ilorci of See also:Pliny, N.H. iii. 3) and the Moorish Lurka. It was the See also:key of Murcia during the Moorish See also:wars, and was frequently taken and retaken. On the 3oth of See also:April 1802 it suffered severely by the bursting of the See also:reservoir known as the Pantano de Puentes, in which the See also:waters of the Sangonera were stored for purposes of See also:irrigation (1775–1785); the See also:district adjoining the river, known as the Barrio de See also:San Cristobal, was completely ruined, and more than six See also:hundred persons perished. In 1810 Lorca suffered greatly from the See also:French invasion. In 1886 the Pantano, which was one of the largest of See also:European reservoirs, being formed by a See also:dam Boo ft. See also:long and 16o ft. high, was successfully rebuilt.
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