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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 253 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORENSE , an episcopal see and the See also:

capital, of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Orense; on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Milo, and on the See also:Tuy-See also:Monforte railway. Pop. (1900) 15,194. The river is here crossed by a See also:bridge—one of the most remarkable in See also:Spain—of seven See also:arches, 1319 ft. in length, and at its highest point 135 ft. above the See also:bed of the river. This bridge was built by See also:Bishop Lorenzo in 1230, but has frequently been repaired. The See also:Gothic See also:cathedral, also dating from Bishop Lorenzo's See also:time, is a comparatively small See also:building, but has an See also:image, El Santo Cristo, which was brought from Cape Finisterre in 1330 and is celebrated throughout See also:Galicia for its miraculous See also:powers. The See also:city contains many See also:schools, a public library and a See also:theatre. In the older streets there are some interesting See also:medieval houses. See also:Chocolate and See also:leather are manufactured, and there are saw-See also:mills, See also:flour-mills and See also:iron foundries. The three warm springs to the See also:west, known as See also:Las See also:Burgas, attract many summer visitors; the See also:waters were well known to the See also:Romans, as their See also:ancient name, See also:Aquae Originis, Aquae Urentes, or perhaps Aquae Salientis, clearly indicates. The Romans named Orense Aurium, probably from the alluvial See also:gold found in the Mino valley. The bishopric, founded in the 5th See also:century by the Visigoths, was named the Sedes Auriensis (see of Aurium), and from this the See also:modern Orense is derived.

The city became the capital of the Suevi in the 6th century; it was sacked by the See also:

Moors in 716, and rebuilt only in 884.

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