See also:

• HUESCA
• HUESCA (anc. Osca)

HUESCA (anc. Osca)  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• HUESCA
• HUESCA (anc. Osca)

Huesca, 35 M . N.N.E. of See also:

• SARAGOSSA (Zaragoza)
• SARAGOSSA, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Caesarauguslana)

Saragossa, on the Tardienta-Huesca-See also:

• JACA

Jaca railway . Pop . (19oo), 12,626 . Huesca occupies a height near the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Isuela, overlooking a broad and fertile See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain . It is a very See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and bears many traces of its antiquity . 'I'he streets in the older See also:

• PART

part are narrow and crooked, though clean, and many of the houses See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness by their See also:

• SIZE

size and See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style to its former magnificence . It is an episcopal see and has an imposing See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, begun in 1400, finished in 1515, and enriched with See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• CARVING

carving . In the same plaza is the old See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon, formerly given up for the use of the now closed Sertoria (the university), so named in memory of a school for the sons of native chiefs, founded at Huesca by See also:

• SERTORIUS, QUINTUS

Sertorius in 77 B.C . (Plut . Sert . 15) .

Among the other prominent buildings are the interesting See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish churches (See also:

• SAN

San Pedro, San See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin and San Juan), the episcopal palace, and various benevolent and religious See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations . Considerable See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention is-See also:

• HUET, PIERRE DANIEL (1630-1721)

HUET 855 paid to public See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and there are not only several See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, but schools for teachers, an See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute, an ecclesiastical See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, an See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic and archaeological museum, and an economic society . Huesca manufactures See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, pottery, bricks and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather; but its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is in See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and agricultural produce . The development of these See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries caused an increase in the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population which, owing to See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, had declined by nearly 2000 between 1887 and 1897, See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo (iii . 161, where some editors read Ileosca) describes Osca as a See also:

• TOWN

town of the Ilergetes, and the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of Sertorius's See also:

• DEATH

death in 72 B.C.; while See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny places the Oscenses in regio Vescitania . See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch (loc. cit.) calls it a large city . See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar names it Vencedora; and the name by which See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus knew it, Urbs victrix Osca, was stamped on its coins, and is still preserved on its arms . In the 8th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D. it was captured by the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors; but in 1og6 Pedro I. of Aragon regained it, after winning the decisive See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Alcoraz .