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ZAMORA , an episcopal See also:city, and the See also:capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Zamora; on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Duero (See also:Douro), and at the junction of See also:railways from See also:Salamanca, See also:Medina del Campo and See also:Astorga. Pop. (1900) 16,28,3. Zamora occupies a rocky height overlooking the Duero, a little below its confluence with the Valderaduey. The river is crossed by a See also:fine 14th-See also:century See also:bridge of sixteen pointed See also:arches. The citadel of Zamora See also:dates from the 8th century. The small but beautiful See also:cathedral, one of four 12th-century churches in the city, is a Romanesque See also:building, with a square See also:tower, a See also:dome above the See also:crossing, and an elaborately-decorated interior. It was completed about 1175, and contains some interesting See also:medieval tombs, and paintings by Fernando Gallegos (1475-1550). The other See also:principal buildings are the 17th-century 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, the See also:palace of the provincial See also:assembly, a See also:hospital with curious See also:Gothic windows, an ecclesiastical See also:seminary, and a school of See also:engineering. The See also:trade is chiefly agricultural, but See also:linen and woollen goods, pottery, hats, See also:leather, and See also:spirits are manufactured in small quantities.
In the See also:early See also:period of the See also:Christian re-See also:conquest Zamora, from its position on the See also:north bank of the Duero, was a See also:place of considerable, strategic importance. It was taken from .the See also:Moors by See also:Alphonso I. of See also:Leon in 748, but was again held by them for See also:short periods in 813, 939, 963, 984 and 986. It was entirely repaired by See also:Ferdinand I. of See also:Castile and Leon, who in 1061 gave it to his daughter Dona Urraca. After his See also:death in 1065 his son Sancho II. disputed See also:possession with Urraca and laid See also:siege to the city, but without success, although the famous Ruy See also:Diaz de Bivar was among his warriors, and indeed at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time received his See also:title of " The See also:Cid." Zamora became subject to Alphonso VI. in 1073.
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