See also:JATIVA (formerly written XATIVA)
, Or See also:SAN FELIPE DE See also:JATIVA, a See also:town of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Valencia, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Albaida, a tributary of the Jitcar, and at the junction of the Valencia-See also:Murcia and Valencia-See also:Albacete See also:railways
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Pop
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(1900), 12,600
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Jativa is built on the margin of a fertile and beautiful See also:plain, and on the See also:southern slopes of the See also:Monte Bernisa, 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 with two peaks, each surmounted by a See also:castle
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With its numerous fountains, and spacious avenues shaded with elms or cypresses, the town has a clean and attractive See also:appearance
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Its collegiate 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, dating from 1414, but rebuilt about a See also:century later in the See also:Renaissance See also:style, was formerly a See also:cathedral, and is the See also:chief among many churches and convents
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The 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 and a church on the castle hill are partly constructed of inscribed See also:Roman See also:masonry, and several houses date from the Moorish occupation
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There is a brisk See also:local See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:fruit, See also:wine, oil and See also:rice
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Jativa was the Roman Saetabis, afterwards See also:Valeria See also:Augusta, of Carthaginian or Iberian origin
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See also:Pliny (23-79) and See also:Martial (c
.
4o-1o2) mention the excellence of its See also:linen See also:cloth
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Under the Visigoths (c
.
483-711) it became an episcopal see; but See also:early in the 8th century it was captured by the See also:Moors, under whom it attained See also:great prosperity, and received its See also:present name
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It was reconquered by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. of See also:Aragon (1213-1276)
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During the 15th and 16th centuries, Jativa was the See also:home of many members of the princely See also:house of See also:Borgia or Borja, who migrated hither from the town of Borja in the province of See also:Saragossa
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See also:Alphonso Borgia, afterwards See also:Pope See also:Calixtus III., and Rodrigo Borgia, afterwards Pope See also:Alexander VI., were natives of Jativa, See also:born respectively in 1378 and 1431
.
The painter Jusepe See also:Ribera was also born here in 1588
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Owing to its gallant See also:defence against the troops of the See also:Archduke See also:Charles in the See also:war of the See also:Spanish See also:succession, Jativa received the additional name of San Felipe from See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip V
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(1700-1746)
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