LLEIDA

lyāˈthə or Léridalāˈrēthä, city (1990 pop. 111,825), capital of Lleida prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Segre River. Lleida is the center of a fertile farm area and has a limited variety of manufactures. The ancient Ilerda, it was taken (49 b.c.) by Julius Caesar, who defeated Pompey's generals there. Lleida fell to the Moors in a.d. 714 and was liberated (1149) by Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona. The university founded there (c.1300) by James II of Aragón was discontinued in 1717. Traditionally a strategic, fortified city, Lleida was a key defense point for Barcelona in the Spanish civil war; it fell (Apr., 1938) after a nine-month battle. The old section of the city is dominated by the castle, whose ramparts enclose a Romanesque cathedral.

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books on: Lleida  - 85 results

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The Revolt of the Catalans: A Study in the Decline of Spain (1598-1640)
Book by J. H. Elliott; 1963
Subjects: Catalonia (Spain)--History--Revolution, 1641, Spain--History--Philip III, 1598-1621, Spain--History--Philip IV, 1621-1665
...attending. 1 The king had accordingly chosen Lleida, to the delight of the citizens of that...insisting on the nullity of the convocation at Lleida before the king had taken his oath at...endeared them neither to the syndics of Lleida, nor to those of the other towns, who...
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Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain
Book by Max Harris; University of Texas Press, 2000
Subjects: Moros Y Cristianos Festival--Mexico, Moros Y Cristianos Festival--Spain
...battle. As for the tone of the putative Lleida moros y cristianos, Alfords language of a hated enemy being driven from Lleida is too strong. Later Spanish examples...humili- ation. It is unlikely that a Lleida moros y cristianos would have been...
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The Regions of Spain: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Robert W. Kern, Chuck Smith; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Regionalism--Spain, Spain--Civilization, Spain--History, Local
...of the wine produced is of a mild rose variety. LLEIDA Lerida VITAL STATISTICS. Pop., 355,451. Area, 12,173 sq. km. Capital: Lleida. Diocesan sees: Lleida, Vic, Urgel, Solsona. Lleida is the only Catalan...
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Catalan Nationalism: Francoism, Transition, and Democracy
Book by Montserrat Guibernau; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Catalonia (Spain)--Politics And Government--20th Century, Nationalism--Spain--Catalonia
...wish to abandon it (Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida, Concepcio Ferrer and Josep Ignasi Thio...led by Joan Rigol and Josep A. Duran i Lleida within the framework of the XVI Congress...presidency of the party, and Duran i Lleida the presidency of the executive committee...
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The Medieval Theater in Castile
Book by Charlotte Stern; Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1996
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, In Literature, Lost Literature--Spain, Spanish Drama--To 1500--History And Criticism
The records from Lleida attest to a multifaceted religious theater...1558) of the Archivo Capitu- lar of Lleida, Luis Rubio Garcia reconstructs the...Paheria reminds us of the importance in Lleida of the Corpus Christi feast with its...
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journal articles on: Lleida  - 28 results

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Regiment de Preservacio de Pestilencia (Lleida, 1348)
Journal article; Medical History, Vol. 45, 2001
...Regiment de Preservacio de Pestilencia (Lleida, 1348) Jacme dAgramont, Regiment de preservacO de pestilencia (Lleida, 1348), ed. Joan Veny, includes...a professor at the University of Lleida, Catalonia, wrote in Catalan in 1348...
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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
...Barcelona (4864), Girona (7070), Lleida (1030), and Tarragona (88). With...with the regional provinces of Girona and Lleida, or Lerida (Figure 4).33 Patterns...unmistakable differences. The graph for Girona-Lleida in particular stands out. While men who...
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Annual Bibliography of Studies in Australian Literature: 2000
Journal article by Carol Hetherington, Irmtraud Petersson; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 20, 2001
...America and Zimbabwe. Ed. Brian J. Worsfold. Lleida Spain: University of Lleida, 1998, 55-64, See also Caraher in General...America and Zimbabwe. Ed. Brian J. Worsfold. Lleida Spain: University of Lleida, 1998.65-82...
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Hegemony Conditions in the Coproduction Cinema of Latin America: the Role of Spain
Journal article by Libia Villazana; Framework, Vol. 49, 2008
...Festival of Latin American Cinema held in Lleida, Spain, in 2006.18 Thus, they are...out during the Ibermedia conference in Lleida, "How many Latin American films reach...41 In an Ibermedia conference held in Lleida, Spain, in 2006, Elena Villardel gave...
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Sources of Variation in Working- Class Movements in Twentieth- Century Europe
Journal article by Michael Mann; New Left Review, Vol. a, 1995
Subjects: Right And Left (Political Science), Socialism
...bourgeois allies. 54 Across rural Lleida (in Catalonia) rightist voting correlated...Barrull Pelegri, Les comarques de Lleida durant la Segonda Republica (1930-1936) , Barcelona 1986; C. Mir, Lleida (1940-1936): Caciquisme politic...
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Festival Entry Deadlines
Magazine article; Film Ireland, December 1998
...Fax: ++41 (0)26 322 79 50. Website: www.fiff.ch E-mail: info@fiff.ch * The Lleida Festival of European Mediterranean Short Films Lleida, Spain (April 8th, 9th 10th) Competitive. Deadline: 20th February 1999. Formats: 35mm...
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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
...000 square kilometers, it is 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...
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Crime and Punishment in 1930's Barcelona
Magazine article by Chris Ealham; History Today, Vol. 43, October 1993
Subjects: Anarchism--Spain, Anarchists--Cases, Barcelona, Spain--Cases, Ortiz, Andres Aranda--Cases, Spain--1930-1939
...small robbery. Meanwhile, when police raided his flat they found preparatory plans for a payroll snatch in the Catalan city of Lleida. Aranda was also wanted for questioning in connection with two other bank raids and the shooting of a security guard. On the...
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Agusti Centelles: Centro Cultural Conde Duque
Magazine article by Pablo Llorca; Artforum International, Vol. 46, February 2008
Subjects: Centelles, Agusti--Works, Photograph collections--Exhibitions, Photographers--Works, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939--Portrayals
...like Cementerio de Lerida, 3 de noviembre de 1937, which shows a woman crying over her dead husband during the bombing of Lleida. There are also surprises, like Cuartel Lenin, Barcelona, enero de 1937, a photograph of a militia brigade in which one...
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Jordi Bernado; Galeria Senda
Magazine article by Marti Peran; Artforum International, Vol. 46, Summer 2008
Subjects: Artistic photography--Exhibitions, Bernado, Jordi--Exhibitions, Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions
...World Wide Works 1993-2007," the comprehensive survey of Jordi Bernados work presented at the Centre dArt la Panera in Lleida in 2007. At Galeria Sendas exhibition, Bernado showed new photographs of Rome, Dubai, Barcelona, and other cities, as...
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newspaper articles on: Lleida  - 38 results

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Lleida Tower Defines Outdoor Space Concept
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 4, 2011
Lleida Tower Defines Outdoor Space Concept. MANILA...green into their latest residential tower, Lleida. The project is the fourth building to...having all that space in our latest project, Lleida. Aside from roomier condominium units...
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Football: Arabs' Classy Euro Show Got Stanic Hooked on Scottish Game; DUNDEE UTD V CELTIC Today, Kick-Off 2pm
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 3, 2004
...Spain with Calderon at First Division Lleida that resulted in his move to Scotland...the shackles on Luis Figo playing for Lleida against Barca. The twice-capped star...shouldnt think a win is beyond us. At Lleida we played Barcelona at our ground in the...
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Football: LOVE AT FIRST FRIGHT! HEARTS V LIVINGSTON Today, Kick-Off 3pm United Got Stanic Tuned in to Scots
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 3, 2004
...two years in Spain with First Division Lleida that resulted in his move to Scotland...shackles on Luis Figo during a game for Lleida against Barcelona. And while his minnows...shouldnt think a win is beyond us. At Lleida we played Barcelona at our ground in the...
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Ortigas to Develop Former Rizal Capitol Site
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 1, 2011
...Circulo Verde which will have a market value of P800 million.Lleida, named after a Spanish Catalonian town, is the first tower...along Calle Industria in Bagumbayan, Quezon City. Prior to Lleida, OCLP launched three towers comprising phase one of the whole...
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Fantastic Value Holidays
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), November 20, 2011
...the Lakes follows a spectacular course through the hills from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur, into the Pyrenees where you spend four...B in Barcelona) Journey on the Train of the Lakes Visits to Lleida and Bagneres de Luchon Services of a tour representative 8 days...
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encyclopedia articles on: Lleida  - 6 results

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Lleida
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LLEIDA lya th or Lerida la retha, city (1990 pop. 111,825), capital of Lleida prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Segre River. Lleida is the center of a fertile farm area and has a limited variety of manufactures. The ancient Ilerda...
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Vincent Ferrer, Saint
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...VINCENT FERRER, SAINT fer r, 1350? 1419, Spanish Dominican preacher, b. Valencia. He studied at Barcelona, taught at Lleida, and later studied at Toulouse. After 1379 he became a friend and protege of Pedro de Luna, later antipope Benedict XIII...
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Catalonia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Mediterranean Sea. Land and Economy Catalonia comprises four provinces, named after their capitals: Barcelona , Girona , Lleida , and Tarragona . Barcelona, the historic capital, contains more than a third of the regions residents. Catalan and Spanish...
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Raymond Berengar IV
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Aragon remained united under Raymonds descendants. Raymond continued the fight against the Moors and took Tortosa (1148), Lleida (1149), and several other towns. He also took part in politics in S France. One of the greatest figures of the Catalan...
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LÉrida
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LERIDA city, Spain: see Lleida . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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