OVIEDO

ōvyāˈthō, city (1990 pop. 194,637), capital of Oviedo prov. (coextensive with the autonomous region of Asturias) NW Spain, near the great mining district of the Cantabrian Mts. Oviedo is one of the most important industrial centers of Spain; ordnance, firearms, gunpowder, textiles, food, and many other products are manufactured. The mining of coal and iron is a major industry. Founded c.760, Oviedo flourished in the 9th cent. as the capital of the Asturian kings but lost much of its importance after the capital was transferred to León early in the 10th cent. The cathedral, begun in 1388, contains the tombs of the Asturian kings and has a high square tower. Adjoining it is the Camara Santa (9th and 11th cent.), which housed the cathedral's store of sacred relics and treasures, famous throughout all Spain. The Univ. of Oviedo was founded in 1604. The city suffered severely during the revolt of the Asturian miners in 1934 and in a siege during the civil war. A new quarter has since been built on the southwest side of the city.

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The Hernando de Soto Expedition: History, Historiography, and "Discovery" in the Southeast
Book by Patricia Galloway; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects: Soto, Hernando De--Ca. 1500-1542, Southern States--Discovery And Exploration--Spanish--Historiography
...Appendix, Section C-1, Negative . 83. Oviedo y Valdes, Historia general , 39 , 60...semejantes pudiesse e1 enganar " . 84. Oviedo y Valdes, Historia general , Chap. 37...Vegetius Renatus, Epitoma rei militaris . On Oviedo "viewpoint," see Gerbi, Nature , 246...
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Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution
Book by Antonio Barrera-Osorio; University of Texas Press, 2006
Subjects: Latin America--History--To 1830, Science--Latin America--History--To 1830, Science--Spain--History--To 1830, Science--United States--History--To 1830, Spain--Colonies--America, Spain--History
36. Oviedo, Sumario, p. 84. 37. Ibid., p. 4. 38. Oviedo, Historia, vol. i, p. 11. 39. Ibid., p. 9. 40. For more on the guaiacum and the hog plum, see Oviedo, Sumario, p. 75f. 41. Oviedo explained that his...
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A Political Chronology of the Americas
Book by David Lea, Colette Milward; Europa Publications, 2001
...thereby strengthening the position of Gen. Oviedo. However, tensions between the two men...following day. 22 April 1996: Gen. Oviedo began campaigning for the leadership of...President in 1998. Wasmosy ordered Gen. Oviedo to resign; when Oviedo refused and...
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Cultures of Power: Lordship, Status, and Process in Twelfth-Century Europe
Book by Thomas N. Bisson; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995
Subjects: Aristocracy (Social Class)--Europe--History--Congresses, Elite (Social Sciences)--Europe--History--Congresses, Nobility--Europe--History--Congresses, Power (Social Sciences)--Congresses, Social History--Medieval, 500-1500--Congresses, Upper Class--Europe--History--Congresses
...have been the first Leonese capital, Oviedo, that provided him with the effective model in his ambition. Oviedo was subsequently so overshadowed by the...same Alfonso II 791-842 who founded Oviedo, that we forget Oviedos significance...
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Spanish Central America: A Socioeconomic History, 1520-1720
Book by Murdo J. Macleod; University of Texas Press, 2008
Subjects: Central America--Economic Conditions, Central America--Social Conditions
...Codice Mendocino, p. 34. Fernindez de Oviedo gives the impression that cacao had reached...by the old inhabitants (Fernandez de Oviedo, Historia General, vol. 11, p. 109...cacao before the conquest see Fernandez de Oviedo, Historia General, vol. 2, pp. 246...
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Redating the Arca Santa of Oviedo
Journal article by Julie A. Harris; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Art history
Redating the Arca Santa of Oviedo by Julie A. Harris When Pelayo became bishop of Oviedo in 1101, it must have seemed that the mountains...explosion of the Camara Santa of the cathedral of Oviedo in 1934. It survives today largely as a result...
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Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo. Claribalte
Journal article by Alvaro Felix Bolanos; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 23, 2003
Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo. Claribalte. by Alvaro Felix Bolanos Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo. Claribalte. Edicion de Alberto del Rio Nogueras...ano 1526 hasta hoy, como Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo. Oviedo ha sido mas conocido como el primer...
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The Not-for-Profits Toolbox
Journal article by Sam W. Stearman; Journal of Accountancy, Vol. 180, 1995
Subjects: ADS ProFund (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, AccountMate (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, Accounting--Computer programs, Advanced Data Systems Inc. (Oviedo, Florida)--Products, American Fundware Inc.--Products, Axcent (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, Axcess Corp.--Products, Cougar Mountain Software Inc.--Products, Echo Management Group--Products, Echo Unix (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, Executive Data (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, Executive Data Systems Inc.--Products, Fund-Plus (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, FundWare (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, Kenrick (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, Kenrick Technologies--Products, MIP (Integrated accounting software)--Evaluation, Micro Information Products Inc.--Products, Nonprofit organizations--Accounting and auditing, SourceMate Information Systems Inc.--Products
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Costa Rica: the Non-market Roots of Market Success
Journal article by Marc Edelman, Rodolfo Monge Oviedo; Report on the Americas, Vol. 26, 1993
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...MARKET ROOTS OF MARKET SUCCESS BY MARC EDELMAN AND RODOLFO MONGE OVIEDO A farmworker sprays pesticides on a papaya orchard. Costa Ricas...NA CLAs research director from 1985 to 1987. Rodolfo Monge Oviedo is a Costa Rican economist currently living in New York. and...
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Acute Respiratory Diseases and Carboxyhemoglobin Status in School Children of Quito, Ecuador
Journal article by Bertha Estrella, Ramiro Estrella, Jorge Oviedo, Ximena Narvaez, Maria T. Reyes, Miguel Gutierrez, Elena N. Naumova; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects: Air pollution
...Quito, Ecuador. by Bertha Estrella , Ramiro Estrella , Jorge Oviedo , Ximena Narvaez , Maria T. Reyes , Miguel Gutierrez , Elena...Bertha Estrella, (1,2) Ramiro Estrella, (2,3) Jorge Oviedo, (4) Ximena Narvaez, (3) Maria T. Reyes, (3) Miguel...
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Spain : Oviedo
Magazine article by Victoria Stapells Johnson; Opera Canada, Vol. 49, December 2008
Subjects: Bayo, Maria, Musical performances, Opera, Poulenc, Francis, Valdes, Maximiano
Spain : Oviedo by Victoria Stapells Johnson SPAIN : OVIEDO The Robert Carsen/Michael Levine production of Francis...de Campoamor in September in the northern Spanish city of Oviedo. Carsen and Levine made their debut at Oviedo with Janaceks...
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Oviedo
Magazine article by Victoria Stapells Johnson; Opera Canada, Vol. 46, Summer 2005
Oviedo by Victoria Stapells Johnson OVIEDO There was a bravo from the audience at the Teatro Campoamor for...often, productions of Aida are physically overwhelming, but in Oviedo the opera was simply beautiful. The spectacular sets were intricately...
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Advertising Appeal
Magazine article by Anthony Sidiropoulos; Independent Banker, Vol. 54, October 2004
Subjects: Advertising campaigns, Bank marketing, Citizens Bank-Oviedo FL, Community banks, Manycompanies, Monterey County Bank-California, Rockville Bank-Connecticut, Success, United States
...of the kit- or at least requested it. "Its definitely worth the investment," she maintains. CITIZENS BANK OF OVIEDO Oviedo, Fla. Assets: $14,1 million According to industry sources, banks across the United States increased advertising...
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'Let the Kids Be Our Teachers'
Magazine article; NEA Today, Vol. 16, April 1998
Subjects: Curricula, Educators, Elementary school students, Information technology, Johnson, Beverly (Teacher), Partin Elementary School-Oviedo FL
Let the Kids Be Our Teachers Who: Beverly Johnson, pre-special education teacher, Partin Elementary School, Oviedo, Florida E-mail: beverjo@magicnet.net What: When it comes to being computer savvy, todays kids are way ahead of most...
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Blackness in the Americas
Magazine article by Norman E. Whitten Jr., Arlene Torres, Rodolfo Monge Oviedo; Report on the Americas, Vol. 25, 1992
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...culture of the Dominicans over against the African and barbarous Haitians...." 19 ARE WE OR ARENT WE? BY RODOLFO MONGE OVIEDO S TATISTICS ON THE BLACK POPULATION IN MOST countries of the Americas are by no means based on uniform criteria. The undifferentiated...
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F1 SPY TEAM SWOOP ON McLAREN; Hamilton: Drive in Jeopardy Spanish Eyes: Fernando Alonso Enjoys a Tickertape Reception in His Hometown of Oviedo Last Month. but the Double World Champion Cannot Expect a Similar Welcome Should He Ever Set Foot in Woking, Home of the McLaren F1 Team, Who Sacked the Spaniard Last Week
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 8, 2007
Subjects: Home blood glucose tests
...SWOOP ON McLAREN; Hamilton: Drive in Jeopardy Spanish Eyes: Fernando Alonso Enjoys a Tickertape Reception in His Hometown of Oviedo Last Month. but the Double World Champion Cannot Expect a Similar Welcome Should He Ever Set Foot in Woking, Home of the McLaren...
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Embassy Row
Newspaper article by James Morrison; The Washington Times, August 13, 1999
Subjects: Cubas, Raul, Oviedo, Lino
...political backlash for releasing Gen. Lino Oviedo, who was serving a 10-year sentence...impeached him for illegally releasing Gen. Oviedo. Mr. Cubas resigned March 28, and Senate...political asylum in Brazil, and Gen. Oviedo had fled to Argentina. "Democracy is...
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Democracy's Disillusionment; amid Economic Pain, Paraguay Looks Back Fondly on Dictatorship
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 10, 2002
Subjects: Gonzalez Macchi, Luis, Stroessner, Alfredo
...the presidential election in April is Lino Oviedo, a former army chief exiled in Brazil. Gen. Oviedo was a leading actor in the coup that ousted...Asuncion. The prime suspects were Gen. Oviedo, Mr. Arganas archenemy, and President...
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Football: COLLY: THIS IS FOR REAL
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 1, 2001
...STEVE ROGERS STAN COLLYMORES move to Real Oviedo was last night greeted by thousands of...playing in the best league in the world." Oviedo fans turned out to meet Collymore as he...unforeseen problem. The plane bringing him to Oviedo was forced to turn back to Madrid because...
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Murder in Paraguay
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 11, 1999
Subjects: Cubas, Raul, Paraguay
...but convoluted. In short, General Lino Oviedo spearheaded a coup attempt in 1996 and...popularity, the Supreme Court jailed Mr. Oviedo for his overthrow attempt, and the general...on his behalf. Mr. Cubas freed Mr. Oviedo upon winning the elections but had to...
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Oviedo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OVIEDO ovya tho, city (1990 pop. 194,637), capital of Oviedo prov. (coextensive with the autonomous region of Asturias...near the great mining district of the Cantabrian Mts. Oviedo is one of the most important industrial centers of Spain...
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Paraguay , Country, South America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...apparent military coup by the army chief, Lino Oviedo, was averted. When Oviedo became the presidential candidate of the Colorado...charges of insubordination in the 1996 dispute. Oviedo was sentenced to 10 years in prison; his running...
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Argentina
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Argentinas relations with Paraguay soured in 1999 when Menems government sheltered Paraguayan Gen. Lino Oviedo for eight months; Oviedo was wanted for the murder of Paraguays vice president. In Oct., 1999, Fernando de la Rua Bruno of Alianza...
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Asturias
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the Bay of Biscay and E of Galicia, and coextensive with Oviedo prov. It was established as an autonomous region in 1981...the 9th cent. In the 10th cent. the capital was moved from Oviedo to Leon, and the kingdom of Asturias became the kingdom of...
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Alas, Leopoldo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Clarin, b. Zamora. Although he began his literary career as a journalist, he later was a professor of law at the Univ. of Oviedo. He is best known for his naturalistic novel La Regenta (1884 85), an analysis of provincial life. His other works include...
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