ZARAGOZA

thärägōˈthä or Saragossasârˌəgōˈsə, city (1990 pop. 592,686), capital of Zaragoza prov. and leading city of Aragón, NE Spain, on the Ebro River. An important commercial and communications center, it is situated in a fertile, irrigated agricultural region. Among its manufactures are vehicles, wood products, machinery, foodstuffs, and paper. It is an archiepiscopal see and has a university (founded 1474). Of ancient origin, it was named Caesarea Augusta by Emperor Augustus. It fell to the Goths (5th cent.) and to the Moors (8th cent.), under whom it became (1017) the capital of an independent emirate. Charlemagne tried to take it but was defeated by the Moors (778). The Cid fought for a time in the service of the Moorish ruler of Zaragoza. The city was conquered (1118) by Alfonso I of Aragón, who made it the capital of his kingdom. The most notable event in the later history of Zaragoza was its heroic resistance, under the leadership of Palafox, against the French in the Peninsular War. The city resisted the first siege (1808), surrendering only after some 50,000 defenders had died in the second siege (1808–9). Zaragoza is a cultural center and is rich in works of art, many of which show Moorish influence. There are two cathedrals—La Seo (12th–16th cent.), formerly a mosque, and El Pilar (17th cent.), named after the sacred pillar near which the Virgin is said to have appeared in the vision of St. James the Greater. El Pilar contains frescoes by Velázquez and Goya. Also noteworthy are the Church of San Pablo, the Moorish castle of Aljafería (residence of the emirs and later the kings of Aragón), the lonja (exchange building), and a 15th-century stone bridge across the Ebro. The modern church of San Antonio de Padua contains the remains of Italian soldiers killed in the civil war (1936–39).

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...Huete 50 Ecija 12 Lagoaca 25 Zaragoza 38 Cuenca 51 Sevilla 13 Pinhel...families, were in Toledo, Burgos, Zaragoza, Huesca, and Barcelona. Other towns...Pedro de Arbues was in fact murdered in Zaragoza. In these attempts to thwart the Inquisition...
...12 moved to Huesca and thence to Zaragoza. Sancho returned to Catalunya, where...Therefore, once Jaime was established in Zaragoza, Rodrigo determined to use the royal...son-in-law, however, managed to reach Zaragoza and appealed to the king-count for aid...
...miles through Aragon and its capital, Zaragoza, and empties into the sea at Tortosa...Asturica Augusta Astorga , Caesaraugusta Zaragoza , and Pax Augusta Badajoz record the...Tarraconensis, seized Pamplona, and besieged Zaragoza, but their hope of extending their dominion...
...de Hi.storia de la Corona de ?lra?ria (5 vols. in 2 tomes, Zaragoza, 1982), II, pp. 71-6. ever, it was for their services as redemptors...in 1245 a further ten had been added by 1263, notably at Zaragoza, Seville and Barcelona with more to follow. In the growth...
...Teruel 66 Zaragoza 70 3. ASTURIAS...Mallorca or Menorca are conventionally anglicized, but not Zaragoza or Aragon, which are left unchanged by the dictionary. Extremadura...
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...Ecrivains Romantiques. by GEORGES ZARAGOZA Tous ceux qui sinteressent au romantisme...La Fee aux Miettes. Edition de Georges Zaragoza. Hachette. 1995. Musset, Alfred de...Bibliotheque de la Pleiade, 1955. GEORGES ZARAGOZA...
...is termed source misattribution (e.g., Zaragoza Lane, 1994). Much of the memory distortion...video (e.g., Belli, 1988, 1989; Bowman Zaragoza, 1989; Ceci, Ross, Toglia, 1987; Chandler...Schooler, 1989; Loftus Palmer, 1974; Zaragoza, McCloskey, Jamis, 1987). With respect...
...postevent information (e.g., Ackil Zaragoza, 1995; Weingardt, Toland, Loftus...memory distortion, McCloskey and Zaragoza ( 1985 ) argued that the original forced-choice...tion). This prompted McCloskey and Zaragoza to employ the modified testing procedure...
...et al 1996), postevent misinformation (Zaragoza Mitchell 1996), flashbulb memories...presented in the context of a statement (Zaragoza Lane 1994), and (d) particularly when...1996) rather than in an open format. Zaragoza Mitchell (1996) found that repeated...
...19. Jahrhunderts. By GABRIJELA MECKY ZARAGOZA. Munich: iudicium. 2005. 180 pp. 16 euro...Akten (1818). Ed. by GABRIJELA MECKY ZARAGOZA. Munich: iudicium. 2005. 106 pp. 12 euro...recent and one of the best. So can Mecky Zaragoza find any new angle to take? The wonder...
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DAVID ZARAGOZA MAKES A Mother Proud by Jennifer L Harry David Zaragoza followed somewhat in his mothers footsteps when...involved in law enforcement most of her career," Zaragoza explains. She was a dispatcher for the sheriffs...
...owned by the Mexican narcotrafficking Zaragoza Fuentes family of El Paso, Texas, and...to search for any documents concerning Zaragoza Fuentes tankers and trucks. Customs sources...are showing renewed interest in the Zaragoza Fuentes family and their extensive business...
...seeds of secular humanism in Mexico. by Patricia Lopez-Zaragoza In 1990, I was invited by the International Humanist...not spare any effort in reaching this end. Patricia Lopez-Zaragoza is the founding president of the Asociacion Mexicana Etica...
...of the cartels five main families, the Zaragoza Fuentes family of El Paso and Juarez...Cartel associates, in this case the Zaragoza Fuentes family, run one of the worlds...Enforcement and Control System, or TECS. The Zaragoza Fuentes also are Mexicos main milk suppliers...
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Jessa Zaragoza Finds Peace and Joins Soul Sisters Act...SADIRI Theres another reason why Jessa Zaragoza is tagged as a phenomenal star, and its...has always explained, becoming Jessa Zaragoza has been by chance but being Mrs. Avanzado...
...Was a Real Shame as City Lost out to Zaragoza in Last Eight. Byline: By Mark Wallace...the upset. They drew Spanish side Real Zaragoza in the quarter-finals on January 20 and...2nd leg (H) 0-0.Quarter Final v Real Zaragoza: 1st leg (A) 2-2, 2nd leg (H) 0-1.v Swansea...
...Ready to Face Arsenal, Do You Becks? REAL ZARAGOZA 6 REAL MADRID 1. Byline: SIMON CASS...20-minute, firsthalf hat-trick by Real Zaragoza striker Diego Milito left Madrid stunned...their cup final defeat at the hands of Zaragoza in 2004. But it took the home side just...
...European Round-Up Power Show Silences Zaragoza and Their Fans. Byline: Ken REYNOLDS...defeat by Atletico Madrid to rout Real Zaragoza 4-1. And though Real Madrids late show...Barcelonas victory was their first at Zaragoza since 1997 and was in little doubt after...
Pennant Makes Zaragoza Switch; IN BRIEF. REAL ZARAGOZA have completed the signing of Jermaine Pennant after his...offers from important teams in Europe but joined Real Zaragoza. "I really want to get started and do well in the league...
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ZARAGOZA tharago tha or Saragossa sar go s , city (1990 pop. 592,686), capital of Zaragoza prov. and leading city of Aragon, NE Spain, on the Ebro...fought for a time in the service of the Moorish ruler of Zaragoza. The city was conquered (1118) by Alfonso I of Aragon...
...the provinces of Huesca, Teruel, and Zaragoza (Saragossa), Aragon includes the southern...are mined. History The city of Zaragoza was founded by the Roman emperor Augustus...the expense of the Moorish emirate of Zaragoza, and in the 12th cent. Zaragoza replaced...
...celebrated for his heroic defense of Zaragoza. Elected captain general of Aragon in 1808, he held Zaragoza against the French with an improvised...the Carlists and was created duque de Zaragoza. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
...pop. 1,007,170), capital of Puebla state, E central Mexico. Its official name is Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, in honor of Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza, who defeated the French forces there in 1862. Located in a highland valley, it is an important agricultural...
SARAGOSSA Spain: see Zaragoza . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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