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MALAGA , the See also: capital of the See also:province of Malaga, an episcopal see, and, next to See also:Barcelona, the most important seaport of See also:Spain, finely situated on the Mediterranean See also:coast, at the See also:southern See also:base of the Axarquia hills and at the eastern extremity of the fertile See also:vega (See also:plain) of Malaga in 36° 43' N. and 4° 25' W. Pop. (1900), 130,109. From the clearness of its See also:sky, and the beautiful sweep of its See also:bay, Malaga has sometimes been compared with See also:Naples. The See also:climate is one of the mildest and most equable in See also:Europe, the mean See also:annual temperature being 66.7° Fahr. The See also:principal railway inland gives See also:access through Bobadilla to all parts of Spain, and a-See also:branch See also:line along the coast to Velez-Malaga was opened in 1908. Malaga lies principally on the See also:left See also:bank of a See also:mountain torrent, the Guadalmedina (" See also:river of the See also:city "); the streets near the See also:sea are spacious and comparatively See also:modern, but those in the older See also:part of the See also:town, where the buildings are huddled around the See also:ancient citadel, are narrow, winding and often dilapidated. Well-built suburbs have also spread on all sides into the See also:rich and pleasant See also:country which surrounds Malaga, and several acres of See also:land reclaimed from the sea have been converted into a public See also:park. There are various squares or plazas and public promenades; of the former the most important are the Plaza de See also:Riego (containing the See also:monument to See also:General Jose Maria Torrijos, who, with See also:forty-eight others, was executed in Malaga on the rtth of See also:December 1831, for promoting an insurrection in favour of the constitution) and the Plaza de la Constitucion;adjoining the quays is the See also:fine Paseo de la See also:Alameda. The city has no public buildings of commanding architectural or See also:historical importance. The See also:cathedral, on the site of an ancient See also:mosque, was begun about 1528; after its construction had been twice interrupted, it was completed to its See also:present See also:state in the 18th See also:century, and is in consequence an obtrusive See also:record of the degeneration of See also:Spanish See also:architecture. The woodwork of the See also:choir, however, is worthy of See also:attention. 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 El Cristo de la See also:Victoria contains some See also:relics of the See also:siege. of 1487. There are an See also:English church and an English See also:cemetery, which See also:dates from 1830; up to that See also:year all Protestants who died in Malaga were buried on the See also:foreshore, where their bodies were frequently exposed by the See also:action of See also:wind and sea. Of the old Moorish See also:arsenal only a single See also:horse-See also:shoe gateway remains, the See also:rest of the site being chiefly occupied by an See also:iron structure used as a See also:market; the Alcazaba, or citadel, has almost disappeared. The See also:castle of Gibralfaro, on a bold See also:eminence to the See also:north-See also:east dates from the 13th century, and is still in fairly See also:good preservation.
During the 19th century so much silt accumulated in the See also:harbour that vessels were obliged to See also:lie in the roads outside, and receive and See also:discharge See also:cargo by means of lighters; but new harbour See also:works were undertaken in 1880, and large See also:ships can now again load or discharge at the quays, which are connected with the See also:main railway See also:system by a branch line. About 2150 ships of 1,750,000 tons enter at Malaga every year. Iron, See also:lead, See also:wine, See also:olive oil, almonds, fresh and dried See also:fruit, See also:palmetto hats and See also:canary See also:seed are exported in large quantities, while the imports include See also:grain, codfish, See also:fuel, chemicals, iron and See also:steel, machinery, See also:manures and staves for casks. Although See also:trade was impeded during the See also:early years of the loth century by a See also:succession of See also:bad harvests and by the disastrous floods of See also:September 1907, the number of See also:industries carried on in and near Malaga tends steadily to increase. There are large See also:cotton See also:mills, iron foundries, smelting works and See also:engineering works. Pottery, See also:mosaic, artificial 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 tiles are produced chiefly for the See also:home market, though smaller quantities are sent abroad. There is a chromo-lithographic See also:establishment, and the other industries include tanning, distilling and the manufacture of See also:sugar, See also:chocolate, See also:soap, candles, artificial . See also:ice, chemical products, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white lead and pianos. See also:Foreign capital has played a prominent part in the development of Malaga; a See also:French See also:syndicate owns the See also:gas-works, and the electric See also:lighting of the streets is controlled by See also:British and See also:German companies.
Malaga is the MaAaKa of See also: Strabo (iii. 156) and See also:Ptolemy (ii. 4, 7) and the Malaca foederatorum of See also:Pliny (iii. 3). The See also:place seems to have been of some importance even during the Carthaginian See also:period; under the See also:Romans it became a See also:municipium, and under the Visigoths an episcopal see. In 711 it passed into the See also:possession of the See also:Moors, and soon came to be regarded as one of the most important cities of See also:Andalusia. It was attached to the See also:caliphate of See also:Cordova, but on the fall of the Omayyad See also:dynasty it became for a See also:short 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 the capital of an See also:independent See also:kingdom; afterwards it was dependent on See also:Granada. In 1487 it was taken and treated with See also:great harshness by See also:Ferdinand and See also:Isabella after a protracted siege. In 1810 it was sacked by the French under General See also:Sebastiani. The citizens of Malaga are noted for their opposition to the See also:Madrid See also:government; they took a prominent part in the movements against See also:Espartero (1843), against See also:Queen Isabella (1868) and in favour of a See also:republic (1873).
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