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OSUNA , a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Seville; 57 M. by See also:rail E.S.E. of Seville. Pop. (1900) 18,072. Osuna is built on a 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, overlooking the fertile See also:plain watered by the Salado, a sub-tributary of the See also:Guadalquivir. On the See also:top of the hill stands 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, dating from 1534 and containing interesting See also:Spanish and See also:early See also:German paintings. These, however, as well as the sculptures over the portal, suffered considerably during the occupation of the See also:place by the See also:French under See also:Soult. The vaults, which are supported by Moorish See also:arches, contain the tombs of the Giron See also:family, by one of whom, See also:Don Juan Tellez, the church was founded in 1534. The university of Osuna, founded also by him in 1549, was suppressed in 182o; but its large See also:building is still used as a secondary school.
The See also:industries are See also:agriculture and the making of See also:esparto mats, pottery, bricks, oil, See also:soap, See also:cloth, See also:linen and hats.
Osuna, the Urso of See also:Hirtius, famous in the 1st See also:century B.c. for its See also:long resistance to the troops of See also:Caesar, and its fidelity to the Pompeians, was subsequently called by the See also:Romans Orsona and Gemina Urbanorum, the last name being due, it is said, to the presence of two See also:urban legions here. Gsuna was taken from the See also:Moors in 1239, and given by See also:Alphonso X. to the knights of Calatrava in 1264. Don Pedro Giron appropriated it to himself in 1445. One of his descendants, Don Pedro Tellez, was the first holder of the See also:title See also:duke of Osuna, conferred on him by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II. in 1562.
Estepa (pop. 8591), a town 6 m. E.N.E. is the Iberian and Carthaginian Astepa or Ostipo, famous for its See also:siege in 207 B.C. by the Romans under Publius See also:Cornelius Scipio. When further resistance became impossible, the See also:people of Astepa set See also:fire to their town, and all perished in the flames.
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