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Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Brindisi

Brindisi (in Latin Brundusium, Brundisium) is an ancient city in the Italian region of Puglia. It had 100,000 inhabitants and was important because of its large natural harbor, and is still today a major embarkment-point to Greece. In 245 BC or 267 BC it was conquered by the Romans. The famous Roman poet Virgil died here on September 19, 19 BC. Later Brindisi was conquered by Ostrogoths, and reconquered by the Byzantine Empire, who ruled Brindisi until 1070 and invasion of Normans. In 836 Brindisi was burne ...

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Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Cana

This article refers to a place mentioned in the New Testament. For the ancient Aragonese unit of length, see cana In the Christian New Testament, the Gospel of John refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee. Cana - The Marriage at Cana. Among Christians and other students of the New Testament, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus performed his first miracle, the turning of a large quantity of water into wine at a wedding fea ...

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Cana - The Marriage at Cana

Cana - Other references to Cana

Cana - Locating Cana

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Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Land of Valencia

The Land of Valencia is an autonomous community of Spain. Comunitat Valenciana (Valencian; Comunidad Valenciana in Spanish) has been its official name since 1982, when its Statute of Autonomy was approved. It is also known as País Valencià (Sp. País Valenciano), and this name is also included in the same Statute. It borders Castile-La Mancha and Aragon to the West, the Region of Murcia to the South, and Catalonia to the North. The official languages are Castillian (Spanish) and Valencian (Catalan). Valencian language is considered legally the proper language, according the "L ...

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Land of Valencia - Other articles

Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Valencia

Valencia (Castilian Spanish: Valencia /ba'lenθia/; Valencian: València /va'łεnsia/) is a medium-sized port city (the third largest city in Spain) and industrial area on the Costa del Azahar in Spain. It is the capital of the Land of Valencia and of province of Valencia. Population of the city of Valencia proper was 791,000 as of 2003 estimates. Population of the urban area was 1,012,000 as of 2000 estimates. Population of the metropolitan area (urban area plus satellite towns) was 1,400,000 as of 2003 estimates. As o ...

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Valencia - Economy

Valencia - Demography

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Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Aragon

Aragon (Spanish and Aragonese: Aragón; Catalan: Aragó) is an autonomous community of north-eastern Spain. It has an area of 47,719 km² with a population of 1,217,514 (2003). Aragon is bounded on the north by France, on the east by Catalonia, on the south by Valencia, and on the west by Castile-La Mancha, Castile-Leon, La Rioja, and Navarre. It comprises the provinces of Zaragoza (English: Saragossa or Caesaraugusta), Huesca, and Teruel. It is traversed by the Ebro, mountainous in the north; with beautifu ...

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Aragon - Language

Aragon - History

Aragon - List of Chancellors

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Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Arabic alphabet

History · Adaptations Phonology · Transliteration Diacritics · Writing of the hamza Numerals · Numeration Middle Bronze Age 19-15th c. BC Proto-Canaanite 14th c. BC Ugaritic 13th c. BC Phoenician 11th c. BC Samaritan 6th c. BC Aramaic 9th c. BC Brāhmī 4th c. BC Hebrew 3rd c. BC Syriac 2nd c. BC Avestan 3th c. Arabic 4th c. Greek 8th c. BC Old Italic 8th c. BC ...

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Arabic alphabet - Structure of the Arabic alphabet

Arabic alphabet - Abjadi order

Arabic alphabet - Presentation of the alphabet

Arabic alphabet - Primary letters

Arabic alphabet - Hamza

Arabic alphabet - Diacritics

Arabic alphabet - Numerals

Arabic alphabet - History

Arabic alphabet - Arabic alphabets of other languages

Arabic alphabet - Current uses of the alphabet for other languages

Arabic alphabet - Former uses of the alphabet for other languages

Arabic alphabet - Computers and the Arabic alphabet

Arabic alphabet - Arabic keyboard layout

Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Afonso I of Portugal

Afonso I of Portugal (English Alphonzo), more commonly known as Afonso Henriques (pron. IPA /ɐ.'fõ.su ẽ.'ʁi.kɨʃ/), or also Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), Alfonso or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin version), (Guimarães, 1109, traditionally July 25 – Coimbra, 1185 December 6), also known as the Conqueror (Port. o Conquistador), was the first King of Portugal, declaring his independence from León. ...

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Afonso I of Portugal - Life

Afonso I of Portugal - Afonso's descendants

Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Alta Ribagorça

Alta Ribagorça is one of the comarques of Catalonia. Its capital is Pont de Suert. Municipalities of Alta Ribagorça: Pont de Suert - pop. 2,307 Vall de Boí - pop. 1,053 Vilaller - pop. 644 The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The local Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese. Location: Farthest east point: 0° 58' 27,80" East longitude. Farthest ...

Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Avignon Pope Benedict XIII

Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna, (b. Illueca, Aragon, 1328; d. Peñíscola, near Valencia, 1423) was an Aragonese, and is considered by many Roman Catholics an Antipope. Pedro de Luna was born at Illueca in Aragon (part of modern Spain) in 1328. He belonged to the de Luna family, who were part of the Spanish noblility. He studied law at the University of Montpellier, where he obtained his doctorate and later taught canon law. His knowledge of canon law, noble lineage and austere way of life won him the approval of Pope Gregory XI, who appointed de Luna to the position o ...

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Avignon Pope Benedict XIII - Sources

Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Val d'Aran

Val d'Aran, a small valley (620.47 km2) is a comarca (county) in the northwestern part of Catalonia, which is an autonomous region of Spain. It is the source of the Garonne, and one of the highest valleys of the Pyrenees. Most of the valley constitutes the only Catalan territory on the north face of the Pyrenees, hence the only part of Catalonia whose waters drain into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is characterized by an Atlantic climate, due to its peculiar orientation, w ...

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Val d'Aran - The local language and the name Val d'Aran

Val d'Aran - Government and economy

Val d'Aran - Municipalities

Val d'Aran - Fauna

Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Culture of Spain

The culture of Spain has roots in Iberian and Latin influences, Catholicism, Moorish Islam, tension between the centralized Castilian state and its regions, and its minority peoples. In addition, the history of the nation and its Mediterranean climate and geography have played strong roles in shaping its culture. Culture of Spain - Regionalism. A strong sense of regional identity exists in many regions of Spain. These regions or nationalities — even those that least identify themselves as Spanish — have ...

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Culture of Spain - Regionalism

Culture of Spain - Language

Culture of Spain - Climate and geography

Culture of Spain - Contemporary culture

Culture of Spain - Spanish pop culture

Culture of Spain - Dress Style

Culture of Spain - Customs

Culture of Spain - Modern subcultures

Culture of Spain - Art

Culture of Spain - Old Masters

Culture of Spain - Modern art

Culture of Spain - Architecture

Culture of Spain - Dance

Culture of Spain - Ethnic groups

Culture of Spain - Festivals

Culture of Spain - Food and drink

Culture of Spain - Literature and poetry

Culture of Spain - Music

Culture of Spain - Film

Culture of Spain - Sport

Aragonese: Encyclopedia - 1503

1503 - Events. January 20 - Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World. April 21 - Battle of Cerignola. Aragonese forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeat the French under the Duc de Nemours, who is killed. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms. May 10 - Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands and he names them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there. May 13 - Capture of Naples b ...

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1503 - Events

1503 - Births

1503 - Deaths

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Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Ñ

Ñ or enye, (Spanish eñe) represents a palatal nasal (IPA: /ɲ/). This is reminiscent of /nj/ as in "onion" IPA: /'ʌnjən/. It is the fifteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, alphabetized between N and O. Though English keyboard schemes classify it as an N with a tilde, it is a ...

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Aragonese: Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition

The Spanish Inquisition was the Inquisition acting in Spain under the control of the Kings of Spain. This Inquisition was the result of the reconquest of Spain from the Muslims and the policy of trying to convert Spanish Jews and Muslims to Christianity. The Inquisition was an important tool in enforcing the limpieza de sangre ("cleanliness of blood") against descendants of converted Jews or Muslims. Spanish Inquisition - Context. In the 15th century, Spain was not a single state but a confederation ...

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Spanish Inquisition - Context

Spanish Inquisition - Origin

Spanish Inquisition - The Inquisition and the expulsion of the Jews

Spanish Inquisition - Operation of the Inquistion

Spanish Inquisition - Torture techniques used

Spanish Inquisition - Death tolls

Spanish Inquisition - The Spanish Inquisition in the arts

Aragonese: Encyclopedia II - Reconquista - The 10th and 11th centuries: crisis and splendour

Knowing the circumstance of Al-Andalus in the 10th and 11th centuries is important to understand the development of the Christian kingdoms. Reconquista - The Caliph of Córdoba. The 9th century saw the Berber revolts, and they returned back to Africa, and many governors of big cities far away from the capital (Córdoba) planned to separate. Then, in 923 the Emir of Córdoba (Abd-al-Rahman III), the last descendant of the Ummayad dynasty, declared himself caliph, independent from Baghdad. He took all the mi ...

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