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See also:SAN See also:SALVADOR , the See also:capital of the See also:republic of Salvador; situated in the valley of See also:Las Hamacas, on the See also:river Asalguate, at an See also:altitude of 2115 ft., and 30 M. inland from the Pacific. Pop. (1905) about 6o,000. San Salvador is connected by See also:rail with See also:Santa See also:Ana on the See also:north-See also:west and with the Pacific ports of La See also:Libertad and Acajutla. In addition to the See also:government offices, its buildings include a handsome university, a wooden See also:cathedral, a See also:national See also:theatre, an See also:academy of See also:science and literature, a chamber of See also:commerce, and astronomical See also:observatory and a number of hospitals and charitable institutions. There are two large parks and an excellent botanical See also:garden. In the Plaza Morazan, the largest of many shady squares, is a handsome See also:bronze and See also:marble See also:monument to the last See also:president of See also:united Central See also:America, from whom the plaza takes its name. San Salvador is the only See also:city in the republic which has important manufactures; these include the See also:production of See also:soap, candles, See also:ice, shawls and scarves of See also:silk, See also:cotton See also:cloth, cigars, See also:flour and See also:spirits. The city is admirably policed, has an abundant See also:water See also:supply, and can in many respects compare favourably with the smaller provincial capitals of See also:Europe and America. It was founded by See also:Don Jorge de See also:Alvarado in 1528, at a spot near the See also:present site, to which it was transferred in 1539. Except for the See also:year 1839-1840 it has been the capital of the republic since 1834. It was temporarily ruined by earthquakes in 1854 and 1873. SANS-CULOTTES (See also:French for " without See also:knee-breeches "), the See also:term originally given during the See also:early years of the French Revolution to the See also:ill-clad and ill-equipped See also:volunteers of the Revolutionary See also:army, and later applied generally to the ultra-democrats of the Revolution. They were for the most See also:part men of the poorer classes, or leaders of the populace, but during the Terror public functionaries and persons of See also:good See also:education styled themselves citoyens sans-culottes. The distinctive See also:costume of the typical sans-culotte was the pantalon (See also:long See also:trousers)—in See also:place of the culottes worn by the upper classes—the See also:carmagnole (See also:short-skirted coat), the red cap of See also:liberty and sabots (wooden shoes). The See also:influence of the Sans-culottes ceased with the reaction that followed the fall of See also:Robespierre (See also:July 1994), and the name itself was proscribed. In the Republican See also:Calendar the complementary days at the end of the year were at first called Sans-culottides; this name was, however, suppressedby the See also:Convention when the constitution of the year III. (1795) was adopted, that of jours complementaires being substituted. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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