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ORIHUELA , a See also:town and episcopal see of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Alicante; 13 M. N.E. of See also:Murcia and about 15 M. from the Mediterranean See also:Sea, on the Murcia-See also:Elche railway. Pop. (1900) 28,530. Orihuela is situated in a beautiful and exceedingly fertile huerta, or See also:tract of highly cultivated See also:land, at the See also:foot of a See also:limestone See also:bridge, and on both sides of the See also:river See also:Segura, which divides the See also:city into two parts, Roig and See also:San Augusto, and is spanned by two See also:bridges. There are remains of a Moorish fort on the 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 commanding the town; and the See also:north gateway—the Puerta del Colegio—is a See also:fine lofty See also:arch, surmounted by an emblematic statue and the city arms. The most prominent buildings are the episcopal See also:palace (1733), with a frontage of 600 ft.; the town See also:house (1843), containing important archives; and the See also:cathedral, a small See also:Gothic structure built on the site of a former See also:mosque in the 14th See also:century, and enlarged and tastelessly restored in 1829. The university of Orihuela, founded in 1568 by the See also:archbishop of See also:Valencia, was closed in 1835, See also:part of the See also:revenue being applied to the support of a See also:college affiliated to the university of Valencia. Besides numerous See also:primary See also:schools there are a theological See also:seminary and a normal school. The See also:trade in See also:fruit, cereals, oil and See also:wine is considerable. There are also tanneries, dye-See also:works and manufactures of See also:silk, See also:linen and woollen fabrics, See also:leather and See also:starch.
Orihuela was captured by the See also:Moors in 713, and retaken by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. of See also:Aragon, for his See also:father-in-See also:law See also:Alphonso of See also:Castile, in 1265. It was sacked during the disturbances at the beginning of the reign of See also:Charles V. (1520), and again in the See also:War of See also:Succession (1706). See also:Local See also:annals specially mention the See also:plague of 1648, the See also:flood of 1651 and the See also:earthquake of 1829.
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