OVIEDO  , an episcopal See also:

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

city and 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 Oviedo; i6 m . S. of the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• BISCAY (Vizcaya)
• BISCAY, BAY OF (Fr. Golfe de Gascogne; Sp. Golfo de Vizcaya)

Biscay, on the See also:

• RIVER

river Nalon, and on the See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon-Gijon Oviedo-Trubia and Oviedo-Infiesto See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Pop . (1900) 48,103 . Oviedo 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 rising from a broad and picturesque valley, which is bounded on the See also:

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

north-See also:

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

west by the Sierra de Naranco . The four See also:

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

main streets of Oviedo, which meet in a central square called the Plaza See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

Mayor or Plaza de la Constitucion, are the roads connecting Gijon and Leon (north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south) and See also:

• SANTANDER
• SANTANDER (ancient Portus Blendium or Fanum S. Andreae)

Santander and See also:

• GRADO

Grado (See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and west) . The streets are clean and well lighted; the projecting See also:

• ROOFS

roofs of the houses give a characteristic effect, and some portions of the old Calle de la Plateria are highly picturesque . In the Plaza Mayor is the handsome Casa Consistorial or See also:

• TOWN

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 dating from 1662; the Jesuit 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 See also:

• SAN

San Isidro (1578), and some See also:

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

ancient palaces of the Asturian See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility are architecturally interesting . The university was founded 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 III. in 1604; connected with it are a See also:

• FINE

fine library and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical and chemical museums . The See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, founded in 1388, occupies the site of a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel founded in the 8th See also:

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

century, of which only the Camara See also:

• SANTA

Santa remains . The west front has a fine See also:

• PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)

portico of ornamented See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches between the two towers . The interior contains some fine stained 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, but has been much disfigured with See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ROCOCO, or ROCAILLE

rococo additions .

The Camara Santa (dating from 802) ccntains the famous See also:

• AREA

area of Oviedo, an iith-century See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest of See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

cedar, overlaid with See also:

• SILVER

silver reliefs of scenes in the lives of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, the Virgin and the apostles . In it are preserved some highly sacred See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics, two crosses dating from the 8th and 9th centuries and other valuable pieces of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and silver See also:

• PLATE

plate . The cathedral library has some curious old See also:

• MSS

MSS., including a See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed of See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift made by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso II. of See also:

• ASTURIAS

Asturias in 812, and a collection of illuminated documents of the 12th century, called the Libro g6tico . On the Sierra de Naranco is the ancient Santa Maria de Naranco, originally built by Ramiro I. of Asturias in 85o as a See also:

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

palace, and afterwards turned into a church . Higher up the hill is San See also:

• MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

Miguel de Lino, also of the 9th century; and on the road to Gijon, about a mile outside the town, is the Santullano or church of St See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian, also of very See also:

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

early date . Few towns in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain have getter See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools for See also:

• PRIMARY

primary and higher See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and there are a See also:

• LITERARY

literary and scientific See also:

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

institute, a meteorological See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory, a school for teachers, a school of See also:

• ART

art, adult classes for artisans, an archaeological museum and several public See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries . Oviedo is the centre of a thriving 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 in agricultural products; its other See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble-See also:

• QUARRYING

quarrying, and the manufacture of arms, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and woollen fabrics, See also:

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

iron goods, 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 and matches . Oviedo, founded in the reign of Fruela (762), became the fixed See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of the Asturias in the 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 of Alphonso II., and continued to be so until about 924, when the advancing reconquest of Spain from the See also:

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

Moors led them to remove their capital to Leon . From that date the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the city was comparatively uneventful, until the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, when it was twice plundered by the See also:

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

French—under See also:

• NEY, MICHEL

Ney in 18o9 and under See also:

• BONNET
• BONNET, CHARLES (172o–1793)

Bonnet in 181o .