BURGOS
, the See also:capital formerly of Old See also:Castile, and since 1833 of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Burgos, on the See also:river Arlanzon, and on the See also:Northern See also:railways from See also:Madrid to the See also:French frontier
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Burgos, in the See also:form of an See also:amphitheatre, occupies the See also:lower slopes of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill crowned by the ruins of an See also:ancient citadel
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It faces the Arlanzon, a broad and See also:swift stream, with several islands in See also:mid-channel
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Three See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridges See also:lead to the suburb of La See also:Vega, on the opposite See also:bank
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On all sides, except up the See also:castle hill, See also:fine avenues and public gardens are laid out, notably the Paseo de la See also:Isla, extending along the river to the See also:west
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Burgos itself was originally surrounded by a See also:wall, of which few fragments remain; but although its streets and broad squares, such as the central Plaza See also:Mayor, or Plaza de la Constitucion, have often quite a See also:modern See also:appearance, the See also:city retains much of its picturesque See also:character, owing to the number and beauty of its churches, convents and palaces
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Unaffected by the See also:industrial activity of the neighbouring Basque Provinces, it has little See also:trade apart from the See also:sale of agricultural produce and the manufacture of See also:paper and leathern goods
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But it is See also:rich in architectural and antiquarian See also:interest
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The citadel was founded in 884 by Diego See also:Rodriguez Porcelos, See also:count of Castile; in the loth See also:century it was held against the See also:kings of See also:Leon by Count Fernan Gonzalez, a mighty See also:warrior; and even in 1812 it was successfully defended by a French See also:garrison against See also:Lord See also:Wellington and his See also:British troops
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Within its walls the Spanish See also:national See also:hero, the See also:Cid Campeador, was wedded to Ximena of See also:Oviedo in 1074; and See also:Prince See also:Edward of See also:England (afterwards See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Edward I.) to Eleanor of Castile in 1254
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Statues of Porcelos, Gonzalez and the Cid, of Nuno Rasura and Lain See also:Calvo, the first elected magistrates of Burgos, during its brief See also:period of republican See also:rule in the loth century, and of the See also:emperor See also:Charles V., adorn the massive Arco de See also:Santa Maria, which was erected between 1536 and 1562, and commemorates the return of the citizens to their See also:allegiance, after the See also:rebellion against Charles V. had been crushed in 1522
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The interior of this See also:arch serves as a museum
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Tradition still points to the site of the Cid's birthplace; and a reliquary preserved in the See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall contains his bones, and those of Ximena, brought hither after many changes, including a partial transference to See also:Sigmaringen in See also:Germany
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Other noteworthy buildings in Burgos are the See also:late 15th century Casa del See also:Cordon, occupied by the See also:captain-See also:general of Old Castile; the Casa de See also:Miranda, which worthily represents the best domestic See also:architecture of See also:Spain in the 16th century; and the See also:barracks, hospitals and See also:schools
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Burgos is the see of an See also:archbishop, whose province comprises the See also:diocese of See also:Palencia, See also:Pamplona, See also:Santander and See also:Tudela
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The See also:cathedral, founded in 1221 by See also:Ferdinand III. of Castile and the See also:English See also:bishop See also:Maurice of Burgos, is a fine example of florid See also:Gothic, built of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:lime-stone (see ARCHITECTURE, See also:Plate II. fig
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65)
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It was not completed until 1567, and the architects principally responsible for its construction were a Frenchman in the 13th century and a See also:German in the 15th
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Its cruciform See also:design is almost hidden by the fifteen chapels added at all angles to the aisles and transepts, by the beautiful 14th-century See also:cloister on the See also:north-west and the archiepiscopal See also:palace on the See also:south-west
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Over the three central doorways of the See also:main or western See also:facade rise two lofty and graceful towers
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Many of the monuments within the cathedral are of considerable See also:artistic and See also:historical interest
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The See also:chapel of Corpus Christi contains the See also:chest which the Cid is said to have filled with See also:sand and subsequently pawned for a large sum to the credulous See also:Jews of Burgos
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The See also:legend adds that he redeemed his See also:pledge
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In the aisleless Gothic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Santa Agueda, or Santa Gadea, tradition relates that the Cidcompelled See also:Alphonso VI. of Leon, before his See also:accession to the See also:throne of Castile in 1072, to swear that he was See also:innocent of the See also:murder of Sancho his See also:brother and predecessor on the throne
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See also:San Esteban, completed between 128o and 1350, and San See also:Nicolas, dating from 1505, are small Gothic churches, each with a fine sculptured See also:doorway
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Many of the convents of Burgos have been destroyed, and those which survive See also:lie chiefly outside the city
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At the end of the Pasco de la Isla stands the nunnery of Santa Maria la Real de See also:las Huelgas, originally a summer palace (huelga, " See also:pleasure-ground ") of the kings of Castile
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In 1187 it was transformed into a Cistercian See also:convent by Alphonso VIII., who invested the See also:abbess with almost royal prerogatives, including the See also:power of See also:life and See also:death, and See also:absolute rule over more than fifty villages
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Alphonso and his wife Eleanor, daughter of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. of England, are buried here
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The Cartuja de Miraflores, a Carthusian convent, founded by See also:John II. of Castile (1406–1454), lies 2 M. south-See also:east of Burgos
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Its church contains a See also:monument of exceptional beauty, carved by Gil de Siloe in the 15th century, for the See also:tomb of John and his second wife, See also:Isabella of See also:Portugal
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The convent of San Pedro de Cardena, 7M. south-east of Burgos, was the See also:original See also:burial-See also:place of the' Cid, in 1099, and of Ximena, in 1104
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About 50 M. from the city is the See also:abbey of Silos, which appears to have been founded under the Visigothic kings, as See also:early as the 6th century
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It was restored in 919 by Fernan Gonzalez, and in the 11th century became celebrated throughout See also:Europe, under the rule of St See also:Dominic or Domingo
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It was reoccupied in 188o by French See also:Benedictine monks
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The known See also:history of Burgos begins in 884 with the See also:foundation of the citadel
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From that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time forward it steadily increased in importance, reaching the height of its prosperity in the 15th century, when, alternately with See also:Toledo, it was occupied as a royal See also:residence, but rapidly declining when the See also:court was finally removed to Madrid in 156o
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Being on one of the See also:principal military roads of the See also:kingdom, it suffered severely during the See also:Peninsular See also:War
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In 18o8 it was the See also:scene of the defeat of the Spanish See also:army by the French under See also:Marshal See also:Soult
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It was unsuccessfully besieged by Wellington in 1812, but was surrendered to him at the opening of the See also:campaign of the following See also:year
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Of the extensive literature See also:relating to Burgos, much remains unedited and in See also:manuscript
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A general description of the city and its monuments is given by A
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Llacayo y Santa Maria in Burgos, £See also:rc
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(Burgos, 1889)
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See also Architectural, Sculptural and Picturesque Studies in Burgos and its Neighbourhood, a valuable See also:series of architectural drawings in See also:folio, by J
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B
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Waring (See also:London, 1852)
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The following are monographs on particular buildings :—Historia de la Catedral de Burgos, Pc., by P
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Orcajo (Burgos, 1856) ; El See also:Castillo de Burgos, by E. de See also:Oliver-Copons (See also:Barcelona, 1893) ; La Real Cartuja de Miraflores, by F
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Tarin y Juaneda (Burgos, 1896)
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For the history of the city see En Burgos, by V
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See also:Balaguer (Burgos, 1895) ; Burgos en las comunidades de Castilla and Cosas de la vieja Burgos, both by A
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Salva (Burgos, 1895 and 1892)
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The folowing relate both to the city and to the province of Burgos:—Burgos, £ac., by R
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Amador de los Rios, in the series entitled Espaiaa (Barcelona, 1888) ; Burgos y su provincia, anon
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(See also:Vitoria, 1898) ; Intento de un diccionario biogrdfico y bibliogrdfico de autores de la prov. de Burgos, by M
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Anibarro and M
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See also:Rives (Madrid, 189o)
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