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MANRESA , a See also:town of See also:north-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Barcelona, on the See also:river Cardoner and the Barcelona-See also:Lerida railway. Pop. (1900), 23,252. Manresa is the See also:chief town of the See also:highlands watered by the Cardoner and upper Llobregat, which meet below the town, and are also connected by, a See also:canal 18 m. See also:long. Two See also:bridges, one built of 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 dating from the See also:Roman See also:period, the other constructed of See also:iron in 1804, unite the older and' larger See also:part of Manresa with the See also:modern suburbs on the right See also:bank of the river. The See also:principal buildings are 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:Santa Maria de la Seo, the Dominican monastery, and the church of See also:San Ignazio, built over the cavern (cueva santa) where See also:Ignatius de See also:Loyola spent most of the See also:year 1522 in See also:penitentiary exercises and the" See also:composition of his Exercftia spiritualia. Santa Maria is a See also:fine example of See also:Spanish See also:Gothic, and consists, like many Catalan churches, of See also:nave and- See also:chancel, aisles and See also:ambulatory, without transepts. One of its chief treasures is an exquisite 15th-See also:century Florentine See also:altar frontal, preserved in the See also:sacristy. The Dominican monastery, adjoining the cueva santa, commands a magnificent view of the See also:Montserrat (q.v.), and is used for the See also:accommodation of the pilgrims whoyearly visit the cavern in thousands. Manresa has important iron-foundries !and, manufactures of woollen, See also:cotton and See also:linen goods, See also:ribbons, hats, See also:paper, See also:soap, chemicals, See also:spirits and See also:flour. See also:Building-stone is quarried near the town.
Manresa is probably the Munorisa of the See also:Romans, which was the See also:capital of the Jacetani or Jaccetani, an important tribe of the See also:south-eastern See also:Pyrenees. A large portion of the town was burned by the See also:French in 1811.
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