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Tag Archives: Cantabrian Mountains
Castilla y León
CASTILLA Y LEÓN Inland autonomous community in northwestern and northern Spain, whose first parliament was elected in 1983, and whose government is called the Junta de Castilla y León. Its capital is Valladolid. Practically all the Communities of Spain are … Continue reading
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Tagged Cantabrian Mountains, Kingdom of Asturias, Kingdom of León, La Rioja, León-Castile, Old Castile
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Carthaginiensis
CARTHAGINIENSIS HISPANIA CARTHAGINIENSIS. One of the provinces created in the reign of Diocletian at the end of the 3rd century by dividing the enormous province of Tarraconiensis. The new province was named after Carthago Nova, New Carthage, the modern Cartagena. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Cantabrian Mountains, Cartagena, Cartagena Spain, Carthago Nova, Catalonia, Diocletian, Guadiana
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Cantabria
CANTABRIA Region in the north of Spain between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains and between Asturias and the Basque Provinces; now an autonomous community (S), capital Santander. The so-called Duke of Cantabria (possibly Cantabria had been a … Continue reading
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Tagged Asturia, Balearic Islands, Basque Country, Cantabria, Cantabrian Mountains, La Rioja, Old Castile
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Bureba
BUREBA District in early medieval Spain, lying northeast of Burgos and south of the River Ebro, and crossed by the River Oca. It became part of the County of Castile as that county advanced southwards from the upper Ebro valley … Continue reading
Basque Provinces
BASQUE PROVINCES EUSKADI or Euzkadi (Basque); PROVINCIAS VASCONGADAS (Sp). The three Basque provinces in northern Spain, in the region where the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Mountains and the Bay of Biscay meet, have long been grouped together. They are:- Vizcaya (Bizkaia, … Continue reading
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Tagged Álava, Basque Country, Bay of Biscay, Bilbao, Biscay, Cantabrian Mountains, Gipuzkoa
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Bardulia
BARDULIA The original name of the County of CASTILE, before the towers and fortifications of the marcher county caused its renaming. The original County lay along the upper reaches of the River Ebro and in the Cantabrian Mountains nearby.
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Tagged Cantabrian Mountains, County of CASTILE, Kingdom of Castile, River Ebro
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Asturias
ASTURIAS Early Kingdom in northern Spain between the Cantabrian Mountains and the Bay of Biscay; A province until 1833; An autonomous community (O) in modern Spain, capital Oviedo. Asturias was the first of the Christian Kingdoms to emerge after the … Continue reading
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Tagged Asturias, Cantabria, Cantabrian Mountains, Douro, Kingdom, Moslem Spain, Oviedo
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Álava
ÁLAVA ARABA (Basque). The southernmost and largest, though least populous, of the three provinces that make up the BASQUE COUNTRY (Pais Vasco or Euskadi), Álava is partly mountainous, though with fertile valleys. The greater part of the province lies in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Asturias, Álava, Basque, Basque Country, Cantabrian Mountains, Moslem
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