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Spain Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures
The Infoplease map of Spain provides a glimpse into the country’s geography, climate, history, and attractions. Spain is located on the Iberian Peninsula in Western Europe and shares borders with…Spain
(Encyclopedia) CE5 CE5 Spain, Span. EspañaSpain,āspäˈnyä [key], officially Kingdom of Spain, constitutional monarchy (2015 est. pop. 46,398,000), 194,884 sq mi (504,750 sq km), including the…The Divine Comedy: Paradiso: Canto VIII
Paradiso 74 - Paradiso: Canto VII Paradiso: Canto IX - 76 Paradiso: Canto VIII The world used in its peril to believe That the fair Cypria delirious love Rayed out, in the third…Philip IV, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily
(Encyclopedia) Philip IV, 1605–65, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1621–65) and, as Philip III, king of Portugal (1621–40); son and successor of Philip III of Spain. Philip IV was intelligent but…Orwell, George
(Encyclopedia) Orwell, George, pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair, 1903–50, British novelist and essayist, b. Bengal, India. He is best remembered for his scathingly satirical and frighteningly political…Allen, Woody
(Encyclopedia) Allen, Woody, 1935–, American actor, writer, and director, one of contemporary America's leading filmmakers, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Allen began his career…Aragón, house of
(Encyclopedia) Aragón, house of, family that ruled in Aragón, Catalonia, Majorca, Sicily, Naples, Sardinia, Athens, and other territories in the Middle Ages. It was descended from Ramiro I of Aragón…The 100 Best English-Language Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century
The Board of the Modern Library, a division of Random House, published its selections in April 1999.The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams (1906)The Varieties of Religious Experience,…Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of December 20, 2021
It’s been a busy week, from various flight cancellations to holiday tragedies . Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top four stories of the week.…Castile
(Encyclopedia) CastileCastilekăstēlˈ [key], Span. CastillaCastilekästēˈlyä [key], historic region and former kingdom, central and N Spain, traditionally divided into Old Castile and New Castile, and…Trending
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