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Castillo de la Mola, still crowns the heights of Urgull. There are also batteries and redoubts facing landward and seaward below this fort; but the other defences have been either razed or dismantled. The See also:

ALAMEDA

Alameda, one of many See also:

FINE

fine avenues, was laid out on the site of the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief landward See also:

wall, and separates the old town from the new—in which the houses are uniformly See also:

MODERN

modern, and built in straight streets or See also:

REGULAR

regular See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of squares. The bay of La Concha has a broad sandy See also:

SHORE

shore, the See also:

PLAYA (a Spanish word meaning " shore ")

Playa de Banos, admirable for bathing and sheltered from See also:

sea-winds by the rocky islet of See also:

SANTA

Santa See also:

CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

Clara. Its centre is faced by the See also:

CASINO (diminutive of casa, a house)

casino, a handsome See also:

BUILDING

building, and the summer See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace and See also:

park of Miramar occupy the rising ground towards its western extremity.

The other noteworthy buildings are the bull-See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring, capable of seating 10,000 spectators, the See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, fine provincial and municipal halls, See also:

barracks, a See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, a Jesuit See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, the See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

International School for girls, and many other See also:

SCHOOLS

schools. There are numerous breweries, saw and See also:

FLOUR

flour See also:

mills, and manufactures of preserves, See also:

SOAP

soap, candles, See also:

glass and See also:

paper, especially in the busy suburb that has sprung up on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the Urumea. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are important. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour consists of three artificial basins, opening into La Concha Bay, and situated in the midst of the old town; it is chiefly frequented by See also:

COASTING

coasting and fishing vessels, and cannot accommodate large See also:

SHIPS

ships. From its position near the frontier San Sebastian was See also:

long a first-class fortress, and has sustained many sieges. 'I he last and most memorable was in See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1813, when the allied See also:

BRITISH

British, Portuguese and Spanish armies under See also:

Lord See also:

Wellington captured the city from the See also:

French, and then sacked and burned it.

End of Article: SAN SEBASTIAN (Basque Iruchulo)

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