LEIRIA  , an episcopal See also:

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

city and the See also:

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

capital of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Leiria, formerly included in See also:

• ESTREMADURA, or EXTREMADURA

Estremadura, See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal; on the See also:

• RIVER

river Liz and on the See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon-Figueria da Foz railway . Pop . (1900) 4459 . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings of Leiria are the ruined citadel, which See also:

• DATES

dates from 1135, and the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, a small See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

• BUILDING

building erected in 1571 but modernized in the18th See also:

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

century . The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main square of the city is named after the poet Francisco Rodrigues See also:

• LOBO, FRANCISCO RODRIGUES (?1575–?1627); Portuguese bucolic writer, a lineal descendant in the family of letters of Bernardim Ribeiro and Christovam Falcao. All we know of his life is that he was born of rich and noble parents at Leiria, and lived at ease
• LOBO, JERONIMO (1593-1678)

Lobo, who was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born here about 1500 . Between Leiria and the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic there are extensive See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods known as the Pinhal de Leiria, which were planted by 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 Diniz (1279–1325) with trees imported from the See also:

• LANDES

Landes in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to give firmness to the sandy See also:

• SOIL

soil . In the neighbourhood there are See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron foundries, oil See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells and See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs . Leiria, the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Calippo, was taken from the See also:

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

Moors in 1135 by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso I . (Affonso Henriques) . King Diniz made it his capital . In 1466 the first Portuguese See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing-See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press was established here; in 1545 the city was made an episcopal see . The administrative district of Leiria coincides with the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the See also:

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

ancient See also:

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

province of Estremadura (q.v.); pop .

(1900) 238,755; See also:

• AREA

area 1317 sq. m .