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See also:SERENA, or LA SERENA , a See also:city of See also:Chile, See also:capital of the See also:province of See also:Coquimbo, on the S. See also:bank of the Coquimbo See also:river about 5 M. from the See also:sea. Pop. (1895) 15,712; (1902, estimate) 19,536. As the see of a See also:bishop and the most important See also:town politically of the semi-arid region, it contains a number of important public edifices, including a See also:cathedral (1844-i86o; 216 ft. See also:long, 66 ft. wide) built of a See also:light porous See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, an episcopal See also:residence, several convents, a large See also:hospital, an orphans' See also:asylum, a beggars' asylum and a See also:lazaretto. It is the seat of a See also:court of See also:appeal for See also:Atacama and Coquimbo, and has an excellent See also:lyceum and other See also:schools, including a school of mines. It has a See also:good See also:water See also:supply, well-paved streets, See also:gas See also:illumination, See also:tramway service and several small See also:industries, including See also:brewing and the making of See also:fruit conserves. The See also:annual rainfall is only 1.6 in. and its mean annual temperature is 59.2°. Its railway connexions include a See also:line to Coquimbo (9 m.), its See also:port, one to the Tamaya See also:copper mines, and a narrow-See also:gauge line up the valley of the Elqui to See also:Guanta, through a region celebrated for its fruit. It is also in See also:direct railway communication with the See also:national capital.
Serena was founded by Juan Bohon in 1544, on the opposite See also:side of the river, and was named after Pedro See also:Valdivia's See also:birth-See also:place in See also:Estremadura, See also:Spain. It was destroyed by the See also:Indians soon after, and was rebuilt on its See also:present site in 1549 by Francisco de Aguirre.
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