OSUNA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville; 57 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail E.S.E. of Seville . Pop . (1900) 18,072 . Osuna is built on 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, overlooking the fertile See also:

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

plain watered by the Salado, a sub-tributary of the See also:

• GUADALQUIVIR (ancient Baetis, Moorish Wadi al Kebir, "the Great River ")

Guadalquivir . On the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the hill stands the 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 1534 and containing interesting See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German paintings . These, however, as well as the sculptures over the portal, suffered considerably during the occupation of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French under See also:

• SOULT, NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU

Soult . The vaults, which are supported by Moorish See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, contain the tombs of the Giron See also:

• FAMILY

family, by one of whom, See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Juan Tellez, the church was founded in 1534 . The university of Osuna, founded also by him in 1549, was suppressed in 182o; but its large See also:

• BUILDING

building is still used as a secondary school . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture and the making of See also:

• ESPARTO, or SPANISH GRASS

esparto mats, pottery, bricks, oil, See also:

• SOAP

soap, See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• LINEN

linen and hats . Osuna, the Urso of See also:

• HIRTIUS, AULUS (c. 90-43 B.C.)

Hirtius, famous in the 1st See also:

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

century B.c. for its See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long resistance to the troops of See also:

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

Caesar, and its fidelity to the Pompeians, was subsequently called by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans Orsona and Gemina Urbanorum, the last name being due, it is said, to the presence of two See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban legions here . Gsuna was taken from the See also:

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

Moors in 1239, and given by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso X. to the knights of Calatrava in 1264 . Don Pedro Giron appropriated it to himself in 1445 .

One of his descendants, Don Pedro Tellez, was the first holder of the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Osuna, conferred on him by 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 II. in 1562 . Estepa (pop . 8591), a town 6 m . E.N.E. is the Iberian and Carthaginian Astepa or Ostipo, famous for its See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege in 207 B.C. by the Romans under Publius See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius Scipio . When further resistance became impossible, the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Astepa set See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire to their town, and all perished in the flames .