GIRONA

zhērōˈnə or Geronahārōˈnä, city (1990 pop. 70,876), capital of Girona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Onyar River. There are food, textile, paper, chemical, machinery, and other industries in Girona. The city dates from pre-Roman times, and the old town has preserved its medieval aspect. The Moors ruled Girona, with two interruptions, from 714 to 797. In 1808–9, during the Peninsular War, townspeople heroically resisted the French. The Gothic cathedral (14th–16th cent.) has a nave 73 ft (22 m) wide and a Romanesque cloister.

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books on: Girona  - 147 results

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Jewish Studies at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Proceedings of the 6th EAJS Congress, Toledo, July 1998 - Vol. 1
Book by Judit Targarona Borras, Angel Saenz-Badillos; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Hebrew Philology--Congresses, Jews--History--Congresses, Judaism--History--Congresses
...pensar que sc cerr6 la sinagoga Mayor de Girona, la mis antigua, la mis importante...mismo momcnto del cierre, los judios de Girona disponian dc otro recinto, dc otro lugar...de la cocxistencia de dos sinagogas en Girona, en el espacio del Call y cn el mimo...
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Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000-1200
Book by Adam J. Kosto; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects: Feudalism--Spain--Catalonia--History, Juristic Acts--Spain--Catalonia--History--To 1500, Oaths--Spain--Catalonia--History--To 1500, Power (Social Sciences)--Spain--Catalonia--History--To 1500
...Mir, 129 Gilareny (Llavorsi, PSO), 93 Girona (GIR), 145 , 202 , 222 , 279 , 289 ; turre rodona, 190 Girona, c., 5 , 28 , 31 32, 74 , 108 , 124 , 145 , 147 , 162 , 171 , 283 , 293 Girona, d., 6 , 56 , 85n , 145 , 178 , 189 90...
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Structures of Reform: The Mercedarian Order in the Spanish Golden Age
Book by Bruce Taylor; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Church History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Mercedarians--Spain--History, Monasticism And Religious Orders--Spain--History, Spain--Church History
...t1474) Barcelona 1442 2 Huesca I 443 Girona 1444 El Puig 1446 .. Valladolid 1455...Frey Antoine Maurel (Fr; j-1492) Girona 1481 1 Toulouse 1485 Pamplona 1487...fi 1513) Huesca 1493 - Peipignan 1499 Girona 150:3 - Girona 1506 . Barcelona 1513...
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Isaac Albeniz: Portrait of a Romantic
Book by Walter Aaron Clark; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Composers--Spain--Biography
...civil-service career in the city of Girona on 29 November 1847. 23 Here it was that...the city of Figueres in the province of Girona. We know less about her than we would...ancestors on the maternal side had lived in Girona since the early eighteenth century, where...
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Transforming Barcelona: The Renewal of a European Metropolis
Book by Tim Marshall; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Barcelona (Spain)--History--20th Century, City Planning--Spain--Barcelona, Urban Policy--Spain--Barcelona
...Perspectives urbanes per al segle XXI", en VV.AA., La ciutat. Visions, analisis i reptes , Girona: Ajuntament de Girona/Universitat de Girona, pp. 113-30. Hewitt, N. (1998) Guia Europea para la Planificacion de las Agendas 21 Locales...
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High Fertility Gambians in Low Fertility Spain: the Dynamics of Child Accumulation across Transnational Space
Journal article by Caroline Bledsoe, René Houle, Papa Sow; Demographic Research, Vol. 16, 2007
Subjects: Children & youth, Fertility, Immigration, Spain
...living in Catalonia: Barcelona (4864), Girona (7070), Lleida (1030), and Tarragona...Figure 3) with the regional provinces of Girona and Lleida, or Lerida (Figure 4...unmistakable differences. The graph for Girona-Lleida in particular stands out. While...
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Transformation/transcription Domain-associated Protein (Trrap)-mediated Regulation of Wee1
Journal article by Teresa M. Calonge, Majid Eshaghi, Jianhua Liu, ZE'Ev Ronai, Matthew J. O'Connell; Genetics, Vol. 185, 2010
Subjects: Apoptosis, Cell cycle, Chromosomes, Cyclin-dependent kinases, Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA, Genetics, Kinases, Proteins, Regulation
...regulatory domain (Liu et al. 2000; Lopez-Girona et al. 2001b; Capasso et al. 2002...1993; OConnell et al. 1997; Lopez-Girona et al. 2001b). Here, we have taken...net nuclear exclusion of Cdc25 (Lopez-Girona et al. 1999), this is not required...
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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
...Department of Economics, University of Girona, Spain, Campus de Montilivi, 17071 Girona. Telephone: 34-972418040. Fax: 34-972418032...A. Lerchundi, C. Saurina, A. Tobias (Girona-Barcelona); E. Alonso, K. Cambra (Bilbao...
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Language, Identity, and the Scriptorial Landscape in Quebec and Catalonia*
Journal article by Daniel W. Gade; The Geographical Review, Vol. 93, 2003
Subjects: Civilization--Research, Cultural identity--Research, Culture--Research
...of Barcelona and 50 kilometers west of Girona. Its history goes back to A.D. 872...was built in 1908 and the rail line to Girona was laid in 1911. Knitwear, meatpacking...edited by M. Castaner i Vivas. Olot and Girona: Ayuntament dOlot and Diputacio de Girona...
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Books Recently Published
Journal article by Karen R. Little, James Procell; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 66, 2010
Subjects: Books, Classical music, Colleges & universities, Musicians & conductors, New York
...6 CATALAN Brugues i Agusti, Lluis. La musica a Girona: historia del Conservatori Isaac Albeniz. Gerona: Diputacio de Girona: Conservatori de Musica Isaac Albeniz de la Diputacio de Girona, 2008. 462 p. ISBN 9788496747340. LC 2009-537030...
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magazine articles on: Girona  - 19 results

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More Noble Than Wood: Catalonia's Cork Industry
Magazine article by James C. Townsend, Robin Townsend; World and I, Vol. 13, July 1998
Subjects: Catalonia, Forest products industry--Spain
...Benedictine monastery of Sant Pere de Roda in Girona, discovered that the properties of cork...75,000 hectares of cork oak grow in Girona, the northeasternmost of four Catalan...Cadiz and Caceres in total tree coverage. Girona produces 5,000 tons per year, 7 percent...
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I'm a Chicken When It Comes to Hens
Magazine article by Alice Miles; New Statesman, Vol. 139, April 19, 2010
Subjects: Bachelorette parties--Social aspects
...There is something about hen parties that repels me. I was at Girona Airport near Barcelona two weeks ago. In the passport queue...about the girls in boas, had I not received, on my return from Girona, a text message inviting me to a hen night. Just a night...
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Catalan Clarity
Magazine article by Carla Bertolucci; The Architectural Review, Vol. 198, December 1995
Subjects: Architectural firms--Services, Bonell and Gill--Services, Gerona, Spain--Buildings, facilities, etc., Sports facilities--Design and construction
...form, materiality and purpose, this municipal sports centre in Girona is a crisply honed exercise in stripped, functional elegance. Located on the edge of the Catalan town of Girona, this new municipal sports centre by Esteve Bonell and Josep...
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187 Casa Collage
Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 228, December 2010
Subjects: Architectural firms--Services, Architectural practice--Services, Architectural services--Services, Universities and colleges--Design and construction, Universities and colleges--Spain
187 Casa Collage. LOCATION GIRONA, NORTHEAST SPAIN ARCHITECT BOSCH CAPDEFERRO ARQUITECTURES Collage emerged as an artistic pursuit in the 20th century. Particularly...
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A Country in Spain
Magazine article by David T. Gies; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 18, Winter 1994
Subjects: European Union--History, Language and languages--Political aspects, Nationalism--Analysis, Spain--Politics and government
...roughly the size of Belgium, and consists of the provinces of Barcelona, Tarragona, Lerida (Lleida in Catalan), and Gerona (Girona). It looks, in writer Ian Gibsons words, somewhat like a fan opening upward toward France, with its base perched southward...
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newspaper articles on: Girona  - 431 results

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GENTLE GIRONA; Glorious: Gironas Cathedral Overlooks the Bustling Riverside Caf?s
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 30, 2008
GENTLE GIRONA; Glorious: Gironas Cathedral Overlooks...money settles in the lesser-known city of Girona, something that becomes understandable...Barcelona itself, 70 minutes by train, Girona makes for a perfect day visit. It is an...
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Get Going in Girona
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 29, 2011
Subjects: Real estate industry, Resorts
Get Going in Girona. Byline: Laura Latham FORMER Liverpool...Catalunya, near the historic town of Girona on the Costa Brava. He and his wife...sterling115,000, she says. Alternatively, Girona is a historic city and there are a number...
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Budget Carrier Opens Girona Service; AIRLINES
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 3, 2008
Subjects: Airlines, Ryanair Ltd.
Budget Carrier Opens Girona Service; AIRLINES. Fast expanding no...its inaugural service to Barcelona (Girona) from Birmingham International Airport...airport. " Its an exciting time with Girona and Pisa being the first of 20 new services...
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GENTLE GIRONA; Glorious: Girona's Cathedral Overlooks the Bustling Riverside Cafes
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 30, 2008
GENTLE GIRONA; Glorious: Gironas Cathedral Overlooks...money settles in the lesser-known city of Girona, something that becomes understandable...to go first? The pleasing truth is that Girona is, above all, a manageable city. Barely...
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HOLIDAYS: 48hrs in GIRONA; Take a Spanish Stroll in Style
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), March 20, 2005
HOLIDAYS: 48hrs in GIRONA; Take a Spanish Stroll in Style. Byline: ROBIN GAULDIE CATCH a flight to Girona in north-east Spain and most of your...cars. Because the pretty medieval town of Girona has enough great restaurants, rocking...
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encyclopedia articles on: Girona  - 7 results

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Girona
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GIRONA zhero n or Gerona haro na, city (1990 pop. 70,876), capital of Girona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Onyar...chemical, machinery, and other industries in Girona. The city dates from pre-Roman times, and the...
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Catalonia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...comprises four provinces, named after their capitals: Barcelona , Girona , Lleida , and Tarragona . Barcelona, the historic capital...furnish hydroelectric power for the industries in Barcelona and Girona provs.; chief products are textiles, chemicals, automobiles...
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Pyrenees
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...six French departments and six Spanish provinces are in the Pyrenees region. Perpignan, Bayonne, and Orthez in France and Girona, Huesca, Pamplona, and Irun in Spain are other important cities. The Franco-Spanish border, unchanged since the Peace...
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Gerona
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GERONA city, Spain: see Girona . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Costa Brava
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COSTA BRAVA ko sta bra va, a strip of coastline, Girona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, near the French border on the Mediterranean. One of the most agriculturally rich areas of Spain...
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