LEÓN, City, Spain

city (1990 pop. 137,758), capital of León prov., NW Spain, in Castile-León, at the foot of the Cantabrian Mts. and at the confluence of the Bernesga and Torio rivers. It is an agricultural and commercial center. Dating from Roman times, it was reconquered from the Moors in 882 by Alfonso III of Asturias. Early in the 10th cent., León replaced Oviedo as the capital of the kingdom of Asturias, which became the kingdom of León. The city flourished in the 12th and 13th cent. as a trade center but declined after the kings of León and Castile made Valladolid their favored residence. It still retains a medieval atmosphere, and its many historic monuments attract tourists. Most notable is the Spanish Gothic cathedral (13th–14th cent.).

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Life in the Imperial and Loyal City of Mexico in New Spain, and the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico: As Described in the Dialogues for the Study of the Latin Language
Book by Carlos Castañeda Eduardo, Francisco Cervantes de Salazar; Greenwood Press, 1970
Subjects: Games--Spain, Mexico City (Mexico)--Description And Travel
...oldest university in Spain, founded in the reign of Alfonso IX of Leon. Its students enjoyed...when I was living in Spain. However, what is...and exalted of the city, sacred to the Virgin...adornment. 266r In Spain, on the contrary...bellishes Toledo, a city most famous in other...
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Communism and Political Change in Spain
Book by Eusebio Mujal-León; Indiana University Press, 1983
Subjects: Communism--Spain--History
...account for the weakness of the PCE in Spain, it is not the whole story. Also relevant...former Anarchosyndicalist militants from the city of Seville. What the party gained on one...soviets" which would supposedly carry Spain quickly toward socialism. 7 The Communists...
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The Social Anthropology of Latin America: Essays in Honor of Ralph Leon Beals
Book by Walter Goldschmidt, Harry Hoijer; Latin American Center, University of California, 1970
Subjects: Beals, Ralph Leon--1901---Bibliography, Indians--Social Life And Customs, Latin America--Social Conditions
...REFERENCES CITED Beals, Ralph Leon 1945. Ethnology of the Western Mixe...part in the war of independence from Spain. Therefore, while most have little understanding...REFRENCES CITED Beals, Ralph Leon 1932. "The Comparative Ethnology of...
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Leon Uris: A Critical Companion
Book by Kathleen Shine Cain; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Autobiographical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Uris, Leon--1924---Criticism And Interpretation, War Stories, American--History And Criticism
...Colorado with Jill, Leon Uris moved to the New York City area before the publication...historical novelist, Leon Uris creates those stories...Zvonski, the destitute city boy, receives a Dear...Kyriakides. Readers of Leon Uris learn very quickly...
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Leon Bloy
Book by Rayner Heppenstall; Yale University Press, 1954
Subjects: Bloy, Leon--1846-1917, Novelists, French--19th century--Biography
...Nyssa, Augustine, Blake, Leon Bloy and Berdyaev. During that...intellectual life was by the war in Spain. With a very few exceptions...which they are with Ireland, Spain and even France. The complaints...not visited the time-kept city for over a year. We were agreed...
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Hebrew Manuscript Painting in the Late Medieval Spain: Signs of a Culture in Transition
Journal article by Katrin Kogman-Appel; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002
Subjects: Art criticism, Cultural change, Jews, Manuscripts, Middle Ages, Spain
...Islamic-Jewish coexistence in Muslim Spain. If we bear this in mind, the...during the 1280s by Moses de Leon, who lived in Avila. Its wealth...Europe rather than with Muslim Spain-and despite these links-a decorative...commentary common in medieval Spain was guided by the linguistic-philological...
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The Rule of Faith over Reason: the Role of the Inquisition in Iberia and New Spain
Journal article by Margaret Mott; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 40, 1998
Subjects: Catholicism, History, Inquisition, Mexico, Spain
...ones Christian conduct. In New Spain, not only did the Inquisitor...rail of the Cathedral of Mexico City. Kneeling and with a candle...The Impact of Diabolism in New Spain.70 It is Cervantess theory that...patrimonial state and writes, "In New Spain the two poles of justice were...
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Ideal Men: Masculinity and Decline in Seventeenth-Century Spain
Journal article by Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Clergy--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Masculinity--Social aspects, Nobles--Case studies, Spain--History, Spain--Social aspects
...addition to circulating in Spain, was also translated into...growing urbanization of the city, the court became a permanent...and be present in the city. (32) This resulted in...morales: En emblemas. Leon de Francia, 1661. Mirrer...Gender in Renaissance Spain. Champaign-Urbana, 2004...
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State and Public Sphere in Spain during the Ancient Regime
Journal article by Victor Perez-Diaz; Daedalus, Vol. 127, 1998
Subjects: Civil society--Spain, Social history--Analysis, Spain--Social aspects
...Erasmo y Espana (Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura...16 Geoffrey Parker, Spain and the Netherlands...Junta de Castilla y Leon, 1995), 114. 30...Kagan and Parker, Spain, Europe, and the Atlantic...Kagan and Parker, Spain, Europe, and the Atlantic...Junta de Castilla y Leon, 1991); Roger Chartier...
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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
...maritime law in medieval Spain: the case of Castile...1217-1252) of Castile-Leon. The Castilians had...the conquest of the city particularly difficult...kingdom of Castile-Leon will henceforth be...Castile; the terms "Spain" and "Iberia" are...History of Medieval Spain (Ithaca, 1975), 352...
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A Walking Pilgrimage across Spain to Santiago De Compostela
Magazine article by Morton D. Winsberg; Focus, Vol. 43, Fall 1993
Subjects: Pilgrimages--Personal narratives, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Personal narratives, Religious buildings, Spain, Walking tours--Personal narratives
...him to the position of patron saint of Spain. His sainthood is annually honored on July...your pilgrimage closer to Santiago than Leon, about 200 miles walking distance. It is...to allow free access to the church- and city-run refuges where pilgrims may seek shelter...
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Spain in Search of Itself
Magazine article by John Hooper; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 17, Autumn 1993
Subjects: Economic development--Social aspects, Spain--Social aspects
...which took in not only Castile but also Asturias, Cantabria, Leon, the Basque country, Estremadura, and Andalusia). Because Italy...separatist impulse is potentially stronger in those nations than in Spain. This may yet prove to be the case, but it is equally important...
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The Road to Santiago: Ted Lamb Follows a Centuries-Old Path through the Pyrenees on a Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela in Northwestern Spain
Magazine article by Ted Lamb; Geographical, Vol. 77, January 2005
Subjects: Spain--Description and travel
...popular for pilgrims who dont start within Spain itself. A little more than 770 kilometres...Pyrenees there is another climb out of this city through wind-farm-topped hills. Romanesque...someone who put me back on track. After Leon, the way leads up into the green and beautiful...
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Touring with the Sun
Magazine article by Ellen Feinberg; World and I, Vol. 13, October 1998
Subjects: Architecture, Islamic--Spain, Islamic architecture--Spain, Leon, Spain--Description and travel
...province of Leon, it is a popular...large Spanish city. Like the...is called in Spain. And in this...centuries it was a city--nicknamed the...important one in Spain, ranking only...provincial capital, Leon; then go to...cavern system in Spain; and then visit...the train to Leon, thirty-five...
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The Old Man: Even for Educated Readers, Leon Trotsky Survives as Part Kitsch and Part Caricature. but the Reissue of a Majestic Biography Reveals Him as He Always Was-A Prophetic Moralist
Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 294, July 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921 (Book)--Book reviews, The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky 1929-1940 (Book), The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky 1921-1929 (Book)
...Man" was on banners and posters as the Fifth Republic of Charles de Gaulle was shivered and shaken, and as worse dictators in Spain, Portugal, and Greece were assailed. That year there were also active Trotskyists in the seminal stages of the worldwide movement...
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Leon's King; JIM MERCER Spends a Couple of Knights in Medieval Leon and Castile in Central Spain
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 8, 2009
...Castile in Central Spain. Byline...in Castilla y Leon to the north-west...the charming city of Burgos...the Castilla y Leon region is bigger...love with this city, as I would...towns all across Spain and South America...together. The city is famed for...university in Spain and it wears...
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Salamanca Style; City on Plain Thrives on Legacy of Learning, Language, Architecture
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 11, 2002
Subjects: Spain
...travelogue "The Cities of Spain" was published in...designation as European City of Culture. The...and passes through Leon, Benavente, Zamora...Salamanca is the major city in the autonomous...part of Castile and Leon, the largest region of Spain and the nations breadbasket...
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Seville: City Acclaimed for Charm
Newspaper article by Fred, Karen Eckert; The Washington Times, October 23, 1999
Subjects: Spain
...site when the Moors ruled this area of Spain. While it is unmistakably still Moorish...worth climbing for a great view of the city, although most tourists take a pass on...represent the four Spanish kingdoms of Castile, Leon, Navarre and Aragon. Only a few steps...
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Take a Culinary Adventure in Mexico City
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 21, 2001
Subjects: Mexico City, Mexico
...hand- painted tiles. - Ligaya (Nuevo Leon 68 Colonia Condesa; telephone 011-525-553...visit Ligaya, residing in the hip Mexico City neighborhood known as Colonia Condesa...list included Latin favorites from Chile, Spain and Italy, but I recommend the Monte Shanik...
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Why Spain Is Flushed with Pride!
Newspaper article by Leon Hickman; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), September 17, 1999
Subjects: Lennon, John
...Spain Is Flushed with Pride! by Leon Hickman IT WAS the lavatory flush...Andalusian capital renowned as the frying pan of Spain, and where the only immediate water supply...expensive new signing made by Manchester City, the Gallagher brothers favourite football...
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LeÓn , City, Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEON , city, Spain city (1990 pop. 137,758), capital of Leon prov., NW Spain, in Castile-Leon, at the foot of...Asturias, which became the kingdom of Leon. The city flourished in the 12th and 13th cent...
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Salamanca , City, Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...city, Spain city (1990 pop. 162,037), capital...Salamanca prov., W central Spain, in Castile-Leon, on the Tormes River...a Roman bridge in the city. The Plaza Mayor is among...colonnaded squares in Spain. Adjoining the old Gothic...
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Segovia , City, Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEGOVIA , city, Spain city (1990 pop. 55,188), capital of Segovia prov., central Spain, in Castile-Leon, on the Eresma River. It stands...the greatest Roman monuments in Spain. The city was repeatedly taken and lost...
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MÉrida , City, Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Roman remains, among the most important in Spain, include a magnificent bridge, a triumphal...amphitheater. Merida was later the chief city of Visigothic Lusitania. It fell (713...prospered. Conquered (1228) by Alfonso IX of Leon, it was given to the Knights of Santiago...
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Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...capital and largest city. Land Administratively, Spain is divided into...Valladolid , Leon , Zamora , and...comprises Castile-Leon , Castile La Mancha...form the heart of Spain, and Extremadura...Zaragoza as its chief city; it is historically...
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