A CORUÑA

ä kōrooˈnyä, formerly La Coruñalä kōrooˈnyä, city (1990 pop. 256,579), capital of A Coruña prov., NW Spain, in Galicia. It is a busy Atlantic port, a distribution center for the surrounding farm area, and a summer resort spot. It has shipyards, metalworks, an oil refinery, glass and ceramic plants, and an important fishing industry.

A Coruña reached its height as a port and a textile center in the late Middle Ages. The Armada sailed from its harbor in 1588. The city was sacked by Sir Francis Drake in 1598. In the Peninsular War it was the scene of the battle (1809) in which Sir John Moore was killed. The city was a focus of antimonarchist sentiment during the 19th cent.

Chief landmarks are a 13th-century church and the Roman Torre de Hércules, now a lighthouse. Glazed window balconies, or miradores, are characteristic of A Coruña. It is the site of an arsenal and army garrison. The city is also spelled Corunna.

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Women and Authority in Early Modern Spain: The Peasants of Galicia
Book by Allyson M. Poska; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Galicia (Spain : Region)--Rural Conditions, Peasantry--Spain--Galicia (Region)--Economic Conditions, Peasantry--Spain--Galicia (Region)--Social Conditions, Women Peasants--Spain--Galicia (Region)--History
...Galician perspective their defence of A Coruna became a moment of intense regional...representation of the valiant women of A Coruna. Maria Pita was born Mayor Fernandez de Camara Pita, in or around A Coruna between 1562 and 1568. According to...
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The Bible in Spain, Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman: In an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula
Book by George Borrow; Ward, Lock, and Co., 1891
Subjects: Spain--Description And Travel
...which he spoke very imperfectly. We found Coruna full of bustle and life, owing to the...a depot of five hundred Testaments at Coruna, from which it was my intention to supply...distance of nearly four hundred miles. Coruna stands on a peninsula, having on one...
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Life and Letters of R.A.F. Penrose, Jr
Book by Helen R. Fairbanks, Charles P. Berkey, R. A. F. Penrose; Geological Society of America, 1952
Subjects: Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton--1863-
...board, mostly Spanish. We sailed from Coruna at 4 p.m. Letter from Dick, dated...we came across the Bay of Biscay to Coruna in Spain. This took about 24 hours...people were seasick, but when we got to Coruna, which has a beautiful land-locked...
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Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power - Vol. 2
Book by Julian S. Corbett; Longmans, Green, 1898
Subjects: Drake, Francis--Sir--1540?-1596, Great Britain--History, Naval--Tudors, 1485-1603
Coruna is situated on the west side of a deep bay that opens to...and landing poor Don Antonio . . . they bore down on Coruna. And, again, Drakes sole reason for going to Coruna all against his mistresss orders was to satisfy with loot...
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Old Spain and New Spain: The Travel Narratives of Camilo Josbe Cela
Book by David Henn; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004
Subjects: Cela, Camilo Josae--1916---Knowledge--Spain, Spain--Description And Travel
...the authors car reaches and bypasses La Coruna, but not without some comments on the...fact, this car journey from Orense to La Coruna could have served as the framework for...with the vagabond taking his leave of La Coruna) and throughout the rest of the work...
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The Spanish Tramway as a Vehicle of Urban Shaping: la Coruña, 1903-1962
Journal article by Jesús Mirás-Araujo; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 26, 2005
...Tramway as a Vehicle of Urban Shaping: la Coruna, 1903-1962 by Jesus Miras-Araujo...the twentieth century. The town is La Coruna, in the northwest of the country, and...first half of the twentieth century La Coruna is a coastal town in the north-western...
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Quen Manda? (Who's in Charge?): Household Authority Politics in Rural Galicia
Journal article by Sharon R. Roseman; Anthropologica, Vol. 41, 1999
Subjects: Galicia Spain, Gender, Marriage, Power
...in the Spanish Galician province of A Coruna. My main argument is that individuals...commune rurale situee dans la province de A Coruna de la region de la Galice (en Espagne...in the Spanish Galician province of A Coruna. According to a structural model of the...
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Relations among Map Objects in Cartographic Generalization
Journal article by Stefan Steiniger, Robert Weibel; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 34, 2007
Subjects: Automation--Influence, Cartography--Terminology, Digital mapping--Evaluation, Map printing--Evaluation, Maps--Evaluation, Maps--Reproduction, Mechanization--Influence, Topographic maps--Evaluation
...XXII Int. Cartographic Conference, La Coruna, Spain. CD-ROM. Buttenfield, B...XXII Int. Cartographic Conference, La Coruna, Spain. CD-ROM. Christophe, S...Generalisation and Multiple Representation, A Coruna, Spain. http://ica.ign.fr...
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Multi-Representation Databases with Explicitly Modeled Horizontal, Vertical, and Update Relations
Journal article by Matthias Bobzien, Dirk Burghardt, Ingo Petzold, Moritz Neun, Robert Weibel; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 35, 2008
Subjects: Cartography--Research, Databases--Research, Geographic information systems--Research
...International Cartographic Conference, La Coruna, Spain. Burghardt, D., and S. Steiniger...International Cartographic Conference, La Coruna, Spain. Christophe, S., and A. Ruas...International Cartographic Conference, La Coruna, Spain. Haunert, J.-H., K...
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Quantitative Assessment of Football Web Sites: An Empirical Study of the Best European Football Club
Journal article by Francisco Javier Miranda, Antonio Chamorro, Victor Valero, Jesus Maestre; Journal of Service Science and Management (JSSM), Vol. 3, 2010
Subjects: Soccer teams--Public relations, Soccer teams--Technology application, Sports marketing--Technology application, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Usage, Web sites--Usage
...Atlethic de Bilbao, Deportivo de la Coruna, Real Madrid, Atletico de Madrid, with...D. Osasuna Genoa <br/ Depor. de la Coruna Inter de Milan Espanyol Juventus Getafe...50,19 28,000 <br/ Deportivo de la Coruna 40,90 27,14 53,846 <br/ NewCastle...
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The Missing Link: In the Galician City of A Coruna, Grimshaw's First Gallery Demonstrates the Practice's Trademark Ingenuity with a Unique Glass and Marble Skin
Magazine article by Rob Gregory; The Architectural Review, Vol. 220, November 2006
Subjects: Architectural design--Evaluation, Architectural design--Materials, Art industries and trade--Buildings and facilities, Art industry--Buildings and facilities, Glass--Usage, Marble--Usage
The Missing Link: In the Galician City of A Coruna, Grimshaws First Gallery Demonstrates the Practices Trademark Ingenuity with a Unique Glass and Marble Skin. by Rob Gregory The...
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Pablo Picasso: The Early Years
Magazine article by Marilyn Mccully; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 125, July 1997
Subjects: Art, Modern--Criticism and interpretation, Modern art--Criticism and interpretation, Painters (Artists)--Criticism and interpretation, Painters--Criticism and interpretation, Picasso, Pablo--Criticism and interpretation
...professor at the Instituto da Guarda in La Coruna. Picasso enrolled in the Instituto in...did under his fathers supervision in La Coruna to the work he would do at art school...Barcelona. The artist kept several of the La Coruna canvases -- including "Portrait of Ramon...
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Anarchy at Sea: The Sea Is a Domain Increasingly beyond Government Control, Vast and Wild, Where Laws of Nations Mean Little and Secretive Shipowners Do as They Please-And Where the Resilient Pathogens of Piracy and Terrorism Flourish
Magazine article by William Langewiesche; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, September 2003
Subjects: Al-Qaeda--Investigations, Antiterrorism measures--Evaluation, Freight transportation industry, International Maritime Organization--Laws, regulations and rules, Maritime law--Analysis, Maritime law--Interpretation and construction, Piracy (Transportation crime)--Cases, Piracy (Transportation crime)--International aspects, Piracy (Transportation crime)--Prevention, Security systems industry, Shipment of goods--Accidents, Shipment of goods--International aspects, Shipping industry, Shipping--Accidents, Shipping--International aspects, Terrorism--International aspects, Water transportation--Accidents, Water transportation--International aspects, Water transportation--Safety and security measures
...diver and a winch. It had come from La Coruna, an old port city on the Galician coast...hypothermic survivors to the hospital in La Coruna. By the time he got there, one of them...within hours. As the crew recovered in La Coruna, at the hospital and at a hotel the Kristals...
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The Unsinkable CSS Stonewall
Magazine article by Mike Coppock; Sea Classics, Vol. 43, June 2010
...Running low on coal, Page put in at the Spanish port of La Coruna on 2 February, filing a report from his junior officers on...located a Confederate ram named Stonewall undergoing repairs at La Coruna. Bigalow was convinced he had her. Immediately the USS Niagara...
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Books: El Órgano del Real Monasterio de Santa Clara de Santiago: Historia Y Restauración
Magazine article by James L. Wallmann; The American Organist, Vol. 42, April 2008
...in the convent of Santa Clara in Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Spain, was built by Manuel de la Vina Elizondo in 1709...the region in northwestern Spain in which the province of La Coruna and the town of Santiago de Compostela are found. The school...
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Pat Orders a Coruna as He Celebrates a Split Decision over Croatians; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING SHELBOURNE V DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA FENLON'S READY FOR DEPORTIVO
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 6, 2004
Subjects: Champions League
Pat Orders a Coruna as He Celebrates a Split Decision over...LEAGUE QUALIFYING SHELBOURNE V DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA FENLONS READY FOR DEPORTIVO. Byline...meet the Spanish giants, Deportivo La Coruna, with a place in the Group Stages up...
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WENGER WORRIED BY GUNNERS' AWAY FORM; Deportivo la Coruna 2 Arsenal 1 (Arsenal Win 6-3 on Agg)
Newspaper article by Bill Pierce; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), March 10, 2000
...WORRIED BY GUNNERS AWAY FORM; Deportivo la Coruna 2 Arsenal 1 (Arsenal Win 6-3 on Agg...Spanish League leaders Deportivo in La Coruna last night - a 2-1 away defeat barely...the absence of injured Tony Adams in La Coruna,said: I guess people will be talking...
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RAVA'S DOING A CORUNA!; Spaniards Ready to Splash Pounds 7.5million
Newspaper article by Paul Hetherington; Sunday Mirror (London, England), August 31, 1997
RAVAS DOING A CORUNA!; Spaniards Ready to Splash Pounds 7.5million. by Paul...interest in the "White Feather" from Spanish clubs Deportivo La Coruna and Zaragoza. La Coruna would have no problem funding the pounds 7.5m Boro are demanding...
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Football: OUTGUNNED!; Arsenal 5 Dep la Coruna 1: Spaniards No Match for Razor-Sharp Arsenal
Newspaper article by Bill Pierce; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), March 3, 2000
...Football: OUTGUNNED!; Arsenal 5 Dep la Coruna 1: Spaniards No Match for Razor-Sharp...riot against high-flying Deportivo La Coruna and made entry into the quarter finals...Winterburn, Adams, Manninger, Malz. D CORUNA: Songoo, Pablo, Naybet, Mauro Silva...
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Football: Natural Bourne Thrillers; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Shelbourne V Deportivo la Coruna, 7.45 FENLON: WE WON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.. WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP OUR HEADS
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 11, 2004
...CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Shelbourne V Deportivo la Coruna, 7.45 FENLON: WE WONT BELIEVE THE...clash between Shelbourne and Deportivo La Coruna - a form of realisation dawned on Pat...Cahill; Fitzpatrick, J Byrne DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA (PROBABLE): Molina; Manuel Pablo...
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A CoruÑa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
A CORUNA a koroo nya, formerly La Coruna la koroo nya, city (1990 pop. 256,579), capital of A Coruna prov., NW Spain, in Galicia. It is a busy Atlantic port, a distribution center for the surrounding farm area, and a summer resort...
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CoruÑa, A
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORUNA, A or La Coruna, Spain: see A Coruna . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Galicia , Autonomous Region, Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Biscay and N of Portugal. Comprised of the provinces of A Coruna, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra, the region gained autonomy...important naval base is at Ferrol and a petroleum refinery is at A Coruna . The regions mineral resources, chiefly iron and tin, were...
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Ferrol
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FERROL farol , city (1990 pop. 86,272), A Coruna prov., NW Spain, in Galicia. The naval base on the Atlantic was built in the 18th cent. and is one of the most important in...
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Santiago De Compostela
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA santya go tha komposta la or Santiago, city (1990 pop. 91,419), A Coruna prov., NW Spain, in Galicia, on the Sar River. The city is one of the chief shrines of Christendom. There in the early 9th...
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