GIJÓN

hēhōnˈ, city (1990 pop. 264,948), Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. This major seaport, the largest city in Asturias, is an industrial and commercial center exporting large quantities of coal and iron. It has steel, iron, chemical, petroleum, glass, and food and tobacco industries. Of pre-Roman origin, Gijón was one of the first places recaptured from the Moors early in the 8th cent. The city flourished under the first Asturian kings. In 1588 the defeated Spanish Armada took refuge there. Of interest are Roman baths; 14th-, 15th-, and 16th-century palaces; a 15th-century church; and several 17th-century mansions.

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books on: GijOn  - 175 results

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Comic Art of Europe through 2000: An International Bibliography - Vol. 2
Book by John A. Lent; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Caricatures And Cartoons--Europe--Bibliography, Wit And Humor, Pictorial--Bibliography
...Juan A. Asistentes al III Certamen de Gijon. El Wendigo. No. 1, 1975. 13088...Principado de Asturias y X Premios Haxtur. Gijon: 1994. 40+ pp. 13089. XI Certamen Internacional de Cine para Ninos, Gijon 1973. Bang! No. 11, 1974, pp...
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One Million Dead
Book by José María Gironella, Joan MacLean; Doubleday, 1963
Subjects: Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Fiction
Meanwhile, in Gijon, the Fifth Column was ostentatiously preparing...troops was struck twice in the harbor of Gijon. No escape except by suicide or the sea...General Staff and all its documentation. Gijon was occupied. A huge Nationalist flag...
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The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Civil War
Book by Gerald Brenan; University Press of Cambridge, 1943
Subjects: Spain--Politics And Government--1886-1931, Spain--Politics And Government--1931-1939, Spain--Social Conditions
...great majority belonged to the U.G.T. Gijon, however, the port, and La Felguera...N.T. and rivalry between Oviedo and Gijon, Sama and La Felguera was the normal situation...All the towns and villages around except Gijon had already been occupied. Meanwhile three...
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Revolution and War in Spain, 1931-1939
Book by Paul Preston; Routledge, 1993
Subjects: Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Causes, Spain--Politics And Government--1931-1939
...1934. 41 Historia General de Asturias (Gijon, 1979), VII, 33 41; AV , 19, 23 May...Archivo de la Guerra Civil, Salamanca, Gijon, serie J, carpeta 12. The programme...Grossi, La insurreccion de Asturias (Gijon, 1977), N. Molins i Fabrega, UHP...
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Towns and Their Territories between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Book by G. P. Brogiolo, N. Gauthier, N. Christie; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Cities And Towns, Medieval, City Planning--Europe--History, Civilization, Medieval
...Excavaciones arqueologicas en la ciudad de Gijon , Astures. Pueblos y culturas en la Frontera...Imperio Romano (Catalogo de la Exposicion, Gijon, 1995), pp. 212 225; Id., La muralla romana de Gijon (Asturias) (Gijon, 1997), esp. pp...
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Elite Women Workers and Collective Action: The Cigarette Makers of Gijon, 1890-1930
Journal article by Pamela Radcliff; Journal of Social History, Vol. 27, 1993
Subjects: Collective behavior--Social aspects, Gijon, Spain--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Social action--Analysis, Working class women--Demonstrations, protests, etc.
...collective action: the cigarette makers of Gijon, 1890-1930. by Pamela Radcliff On May 2, 1898, the Spanish industrial city of Gijon witnessed perhaps the most dramatic riot...with a violence never before seen in Gijon, according to the newspapers. First the...
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A Combined Analysis of the Short-Term Effects of Photochemical Air Pollutants on Mortality within the EMECAM Project
Journal article by Marc Saez, Ferran Ballester, Maria Antonia Barcelo, Santiago Perez-Hoyos, Juan Bellido, Jose Maria Tenias, Ricardo Ocana, Adolfo Figueiras, Federico Arribas, Nuria Aragones, Aurelio Tobias, Lluis Cirera, Alvaro Canada; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 110, 2002
...provided by seven EMECAM cities (Barcelona, Gijon, Huelva, Madrid, Oviedo, Seville...Area of Bilbao, Cartagena, Castellon, Gijon, Huelva, Madrid, Oviedo, Pamplona...7 of the 14 EMECAM cities (Barcelona, Gijon, Huelva, Madrid, Oviedo, Seville...
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In Servitio Dei: Fray Diego de Landa, the Franciscan Order, and the Return of the Extirpattion of Idolatry in the Colonial Diocese of Yucatán, 1573-1579*
Journal article by John F. Chuchiak IV; The Americas, Vol. 61, 2005
Subjects: Blasphemy, Clergy, Excommunication, Franciscan Order, Religious history, Religious orders, Scandals, de Landa, Diego
...provincial governor, Francisco Velazquez de Gijon. On that afternoon, the dean of the cathedral...idolatry. Governor Francisco Velazquez de Gijon received direct orders that he should not...against Governor Francisco Velazquez de Gijon finally succeeded. An official rebuke...
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The Development of Maritime Law in Medieval Spain: The Case of Castile and the Siete Partidas
Journal article by Jennifer L. Green; The Historian, Vol. 58, 1996
Subjects: Castile--Laws, regulations, etc., Maritime law--History, Spain--History
...to be appointed by the king. Martinez Gijon writes that in practice, the king must...1978), 14-27. (8) Jose Martinez Gijon, "La jurisdiccion maritime en Castilla...8 (1969): 315-16. (9) Martinez Gijon, "La jurisdiccion maritime" 309; Thomas...
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The Concentration-Response Relation between Air Pollution and Daily Deaths
Journal article by Joel Schwartz, Ferran Ballester, Marc Saez, Santiago Perez-Hoyos, Juan Bellido, Koldo Cambra, Federico Arribas, Alvaro Canada, Maria Jose Perez-Boillos, Jordi Sunyer; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109, 2001
...cities (Barcelona, Bilbao, Castellon, Gijon, Oviedo, Valencia, Vitoria, and Zaragoza...cities were Barcelona, Bilbao, Castellon, Gijon, Oviedo, Valencia, Vitoria, and Zaragoza...15 Castellon 1991-1995 134,213 71 17 Gijon 1993-1996 261,724 79 14 Oviedo 1993...
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On the Case
Magazine article by Jorge Hernandez Martin; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 47, March 1995
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories--Social aspects, Novelists--Attitudes, Taibo, Paco Ignacio, II--Attitudes
...is a worldwide phenomenon." Mystery in Gijon As one of the founders of the International...Negra, or Mystery Week, in his native Gijon, Spain. This event, held yearly during...In 1993, the IACW brought together in Gijon over sixty mystery writers from Bulgaria...
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`El Desastre' Spain in Defeat, 1898
Magazine article by Laura Rodriguez; History Today, Vol. 48, December 1998
Subjects: Spain--Military aspects, United States history--War of 1898, United States--Military aspects
...industrialists, the most severely affected by the loss of the colonies, joined the chorus for `regeneration: From Cadiz to Gijon, from Lugo to Castellon all Spain, or almost all, after the last pruning cries out: Regeneration! The `regeneracionistas...
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Diary: Do I Look like a Torturer? I Clearly Recall in the Aftermath of the Iraq Invasion That a Lot of Ex-Ba'athist Secret Policemen Were Unshaven, Dark-Skinned, Overweight Gents like Me
Magazine article by Alexei Sayle; New Statesman, Vol. 135, February 13, 2006
Subjects: Charities--Personal narratives, Columnists--Personal narratives, Torture victims--Services, Voice-overs--Personal narratives
...led Sunni insurgency. My house is quite near the British Museum and a lot of tourist buses go past. Today, a coach from Gijon in northern Spain went by, so I waved at the holiday makers inside. There is a reason for me doing this. One of the disadvantages...
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The Socialists and NATO; Bringing Spain Back into Europe
Magazine article by Adrian Shubert; The Nation, Vol. 241, December 21, 1985
Subjects: Economic policy--Spain, European Union--International relations, Gonzales, Felipe--Military policy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization--International relations, Spain--International relations, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party--Military policy, Spanish foreign relations
...jobs, has antagonized the unions and led to demonstrations and even riots in the important industrial centers of Bilbao and Gijon. The Socialists economic policies differ little from those of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. They include reducing government...
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Your Updates
Magazine article; Film Ireland, Spring 2011
...Shimmy Marcus Northern-soul feature film Soulboy claimed the Best Film award in the Enfants Terribles section of the 48th Gijon International Film Festival (19-27 November) in Spain. Irish animator Scamus Malones animated series Shaun the Sheep took...
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ECK WAITS ON BID FOR GIJON ACE; Pounds 3m Michel Impresses in Stalemate: BIRMINGHAM 0 SPORTING GIJON 0
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), August 9, 2009
ECK WAITS ON BID FOR GIJON ACE; Pounds 3m Michel Impresses in Stalemate: BIRMINGHAM 0 SPORTING GIJON 0. Byline: COLIN TATTUM ALEX McLeish admitted...whether he would be able to launch a bid for Gijon star Michel after this friendly ended in stalemate...
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McLeish Weighing Up Possible Swoop for Gijon Star Michel; BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 SPORTING GIJON 0
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 10, 2009
McLeish Weighing Up Possible Swoop for Gijon Star Michel; BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 SPORTING GIJON 0. Byline: COLIN TATTUM COLIN TATTUM AT ST ANDREWS...know whether he would be able to launch a bid for Gijon star Michel after this friendly ended in stalemate...
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SPANISH SIGHS; / I Miss Ibrox So Much but I'm Proud of the Start My Pals Have Made to Season; / I've Asked Gijon Boss If I Can Fly to Valencia to Watch Euro Tie with Rangers Fans
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 30, 2010
...Pals Have Made to Season; / Ive Asked Gijon Boss If I Can Fly to Valencia to Watch...the 31-year-old signed for Sporting Gijon after almost 10 years on these shores...It is why his new manager at Sporting Gijon, Manuel Preciado, has received a request...
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Gijon End Epic Run of Barca
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), February 13, 2011
Gijon End Epic Run of Barca. SPAIN FRUSTRATED David Villa admits Barca have no...The La Liga leaders were relieved to snatch a 1-1 draw against Sporting Gijon after a historic 16 wins on the trot. Sporting opened through David Barral...
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SPORTING STRIFE; Gijon Shock Barca: EUROPE
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), February 14, 2011
Subjects: Champions League
SPORTING STRIFE; Gijon Shock Barca: EUROPE. Byline: Anthony Haggerty BARCELONAS incredible...straight wins was halted by ex-Rangers striker Nacho Novos Sporting Gijon side who drew 1-1 with the leaders. David Barral hit the opener for...
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encyclopedia articles on: GijOn  - 3 results

 
 
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GijÓn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GIJON hehon , city (1990 pop. 264,948), Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias...petroleum, glass, and food and tobacco industries. Of pre-Roman origin, Gijon was one of the first places recaptured from the Moors early in the 8th cent...
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Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Pamplona ; the Basque Country , with the ports of Bilbao and San Sebastian ; Santander ; and Asturias , with Oviedo and the port of Gijon . The extreme northwestern section, occupied by Galicia , has a deeply indented coast and the excellent ports of A Coruna...
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Asturias
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...large dairy industry. Along the coast, apple orchards are the source of a world-famous cider, and corn is a major crop. Gijon is the chief port, and fishing is a major occupation. Most of the population, however, is engaged in coal and iron mining...


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