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VALLADOLID , the See also:capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Valladolid, situated 2228 ft. above See also:sea-level, at the confluence of the See also:river Pisuerga with the Esgueva. Pop. (1900) 68,789. Valladolid is an archbishopric, and the seat of an See also:army See also:corps,
a See also:court of See also:appeal and a university. It is connected by numerous See also:railways with every province of See also:Spain. Its site is a small valley, enclosed by steep and rugged but not very high hills, which See also:merge into the vast upland See also:plain of See also:Castile. The See also:city was formerly surrounded by walls and entered by four See also:principal See also:gates, but it has been to a See also:great extent modernized, and possesses many See also:fine streets and squares. There are broad avenues and public gardens beside the See also:rivers. Among the See also:chief open spaces are the arcaded Plaza See also:Mayor, the Campo Grande, a wooded See also:park and the Pasco de la Avenida, a wide See also:boulevard in which is the statue of the poet Jose Zorilla (1817–1893). The See also:granite See also:cathedral was begun in 1585 by Juan de See also:Herrera in the See also:Renaissance See also:style. Herrera's See also:original See also:model is preserved in the See also:muniment-See also:room, but only the See also:nave and one See also:tower (out of four) were completed after his See also:design, and the tower See also:fell in 1841. The See also:building was continued by Churriguera (d. 1725). The interior contains some pictures by Luca Giordana (1623–1705) and the celebrated See also:silver See also:monstrance wrought by Juan de Arphe (b. 1523), which is 61 ft. high; it is in the See also:form of a See also:temple, decorated with figures of See also:Adam and See also:Eve in the See also:garden of See also:Eden. The tower and nave of the 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 of See also:Santa Maria la See also:Antigua date from about 1200. The church of See also:San Pablo is later (1286); its chief feature of See also:interest is a beautiful Flamboyant portal, and formerly it had exquisite cloisters. Adjoining is San Gregorio (15th See also:century) with a fine Plateresque See also:facade. San Benito, dating from the end of the 14th century, is a See also:Gothic building with a lofty roof finely groined. The Plateresque See also:college of Santa Cruz, built by Enrique de Egas in 1479-92, contains an interesting collection of pictures and sculptures, including three pictures by See also:Rubens, which have been somewhat damaged, and some remarkable wooden statues by Alonso Berruguete (d. 1581) and others. The college of San Gregorio, dating from the same See also:period, was wrecked by the See also:French in r8o8, but has a magnificent See also:late Gothic facade. This building has been converted into municipal offices. The university is attended by about 1200 students, and has faculties of See also:law, See also:medicine, natural See also:science, See also:philosophy and literature. Originally founded at See also:Palencia See also:early in the 13th century, it was transferred to Valladolid before 1250 and attained its greatest prosperity from the 16th century to the 18th. The library contains many rare See also:MSS. The university buildings date from the 17th century and are extravagantly ornate. Among other public buildings of Valladolid may be mentioned the royal See also:palace, built in the beginning of the 17th century, the court-See also:house, the See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, several convents used as See also:barracks, the provincial See also:institute, training See also:schools for teachers and See also:primary schools, royal See also:academy for See also:cavalry cadets, provincial lunatic See also:asylum, hospitals, See also:seminary (raised in 1897 by See also:Pope See also:Leo XIII. to the See also:rank of a pontifical university), archaeological museum, picture See also:gallery and public library. The house in which Cervantes lived (1603–1606) is owned by the See also:state. The principal See also:industries are the manufacture of See also:linen, See also:silk and woollen fabrics, pottery, See also:gold and silver See also:work, See also:flour, See also:wine, See also:beer, See also:chocolate, See also:leather, See also:iron-See also:ware and See also:paper. There is also a large agricultural See also:trade.
Valladolid is sometimes identified with the See also:ancient Pintia of See also:Ptolemy, described as a town of the Vaccaei on the road from Asturica to Caesaraugusta. Its See also:Roman origin is uncertain. The See also:present name is undoubtedly Moorish, but its meaning is obscure. Valladolid was recovered from the See also:Moors in the loth century, but is first named in a public document by Sancho II. of See also:Leon in 1072. The See also:cortes of Castile frequently met here in the following centuries, and in the beginning of the 15th century See also:John II. made it his principal See also:residence. After the removal of the capital to See also:Madrid 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 156o it began rapidly to decay. In See also:December 18o8 it was taken and sacked by the French, who destroyed many fine buildings and See also:works of See also:art. See also:Columbus died (15o6) and Philip II. was See also:born (1527) at Valladolid.
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