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VICH , a See also:city of See also:north-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Barcelona, on the See also:river Gurri, a small right-See also:hand tributary of the Ter, and on the Granollers-Ripoll railway. Pop. (1900) 11,628. Vich is an See also:ancient episcopal city, with narrow, See also:ill-paved streets and many curious old houses irregularly built on the slope of 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, which rises above one of the See also:side valleys of the Ter See also:basin. The See also:cathedral, founded about 1040 and built chiefly in the r4th See also:century, was to some extent modernized in 1803. Its See also:Gothic cloisters (1340) are remarkable for the beautiful See also:tracery in their windows, and there is a See also:fine See also:altar of sculptured See also:marble. Some valuable See also:manuscripts are preserved in the library of the See also:chapter-See also:house, and the museum contains an interesting archaeological collection, besides statuary, pictures, &c. The city is locally celebrated for the manufacture of sausages; other See also:industries include tanning and the See also:weaving of See also:linen and woollen fabrics.
Vich, the Ausa of the ancient geographers, was the See also:chief See also:town of the Ausetani; in the See also:middle ages it was called Ausona and Vicus Ausonensis, hence Vic de Osona, and simply Vich.
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