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Montserrat, mountain, Spain
(Encyclopedia) Montserrat or MonserratMonserratboth: mŏnˌsərătˈ, mŏntˌ–, Catalan mŏnsər-rätˈ, Span. mōnsārätˈ [key], mountain, 4,054 ft (1,236 m) high, NE Spain, rising abruptly from a plain in…Aragón
(Encyclopedia) Aragón Aragón ârˈəgŏn, Span. ärägōnˈ , autonomous community, 18,425 sq mi (47,720 sq km), and former kingdom, NE Spain, bordered on the N by France. The…Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de
(Encyclopedia) Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque deOlivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque degäspärˈ dā g&oomacr;thmänˈ kōnˈdā-d&oomacr;ˈkā dā ōlēväˈrās [key], 1587–1645, Spanish…Peter III, king of Aragón and king of Sicily
(Encyclopedia) Peter III (Peter the Great), 1239?–1285, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1276–85) and king of Sicily (1282–85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese…Catalan art
(Encyclopedia) Catalan artCatalan artkătˈəlăn, –lən [key]. In Catalonia and the territories of the counts of Barcelona, art flowered in the early Middle Ages and continued to flourish through the…Grand Alliance, War of the
(Encyclopedia) Grand Alliance, War of the, 1688–97, war between France and a coalition of European powers, known as the League of Augsburg (and, after 1689, as the Grand Alliance). Louis XIV of…Occitan
(Encyclopedia) OccitanOccitanôksētäNˈ [key] or ProvençalProvençalprôväNsälˈ [key], member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages…Brewer's: Roque Guinart
A famous robber, whose true name was Pédro Rocha Guinarda, leader of los Nicerros, which, with the los Cadelles, levied heavy contributions on all the mountain districts of Catalonia in…Other Worldwide Champions
1997 UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) Elite ResultsMenMediterranean Tour (FRA)Emmanuel Magnien, FRARuta del Sol (SPA)Erik Zable, GERTour of Valencia (SPA)Juan Carlos Dominguez, SPAHet…Brewer's: Wharton
Philip Wharton, Duke of Northumberland, described by Pope in the Moral Essays in the lines beginning - “Wharton, the scron and wonder of our days…Trending
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