Talk:Castellon de la plana

CASTELLON DE LA PLANA, a maritime See also:

PROVINCE PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia) province of eastern See also: SPAIN SPAIN (Espana) Spain, formed in 1833 of districts formerly included in See also: VALENCIA VALENCIA, or VALENTIA Valencia, and bounded on the N. by See also: TERUEL Teruel -and See also: TARRAGONA TARRAGONA (anc. Tarraco) Tarragona, E. by the Mediterranean See also: SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain) SEA, COMMAND OF THE Sea, S. by Valencia, and W. by Teruel. Pop. (1900) 310,828; See also: AREA area, 2495 sq. m. The See also: SURFACE surface of the province is almost everywhere mountainous, and See also: FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet) flat only near the See also: COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side) coast and along some of the See also: RIVER river valleys. Even on the coast the Atalayas de See also: ALCALA (Moorish al Kala, the " Fortress " or " Castle ") Alcala and the Desierto de See also: LAS las Palmas See also: FORM (Lat. forma) form two well-defined though not lofty ridges. The Mijares or Millares is the See also: PRINCIPAL principal river, flowing See also: EAST EAST, ALFRED (1849- ) east-See also: SOUTH SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716) south-east from the See also: HIGHLANDS, THE highlands of Teruel, between the Sierras of Espina and Espadan towards the south, and the See also: PEAK, THE peak called Pena Golosa (5945 ft.) towards the See also: NORTH NORTH, BARONS NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890) NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734) NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?) north, until it reaches the sea a little south of the See also: CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund) CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head) capital, also called Castellon de la Plana. The Monlleo, a See also: LEFT left-See also: HAND HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus) HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r) hand tributary of the Mijares; the Bergantes, which flows inland to join the Guadalope in Teruel; the Cenia, which divides Castellon from Tarragona; and a variety of lesser streams, render the province abundantly fertile. No considerable inlet breaks the regularity of the coast-See also: LINE line, and there is no first-class See also: HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through harbour. The See also: CLIMATE climate is See also: COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude cold and variable in the hilly districts, temperate in See also: WINTER, JOHN STRANGE WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825) winter and very warm in summer in the lowlands. See also: AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate) AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF Agriculture, See also: FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy) fruit-growing, and especially the cultivation of the See also: VINE vine and See also: OLIVE (Olea europaea) olive, employ the See also: MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater) majority of the peasantry ; stock-farming and sea-fishing are also of importance. See also: LEAD LEAD (pronounced iced) Lead, See also: ZINC zinc, See also: IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)] iron and other ores have been discovered in the province; but in 1903, out of 129 See also: MINING mining concessions registered, only two were worked, and their output, lead and zinc, was quite insignificant. The See also: LOCAL local See also: INDUSTRIES industries are mainly connected with See also: FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis) FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893) fish-curing, See also: PAPER PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus) paper, See also: PORCELAIN porcelain, woollens, 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, See also: SILK silk, See also: ESPARTO, or SPANISH GRASS esparto, See also: BRANDY brandy and See also: OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil) oils.

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WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos) Wine, oranges and oil are exported to See also: FOREIGN foreign countries and other parts of Spain. The important See also: BARCELONA Barcelona-Valencia railway skirts the coast, passing through the capital; and the See also: CALATAYUD Calatayud-Sagunto line crosses the See also: SOUTHERN southern extremity of the province. Elsewhere the roads, which are generally indifferent, form the See also: SOLE (Solea) sole means of communication. Castellon (29,904), See also: VILLARREAL Villarreal (,6,o68), the See also: PORT port of See also: BURRIANA Burriana (12,962), and Peniscola (3142), a See also: TOWN town of some See also: HISTORICAL historical See also: INTEREST interest, are described in See also: SEPARATE separate articles. The other See also: CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput) chief towns are Alcala de Chisbert (6293), Almazora (7076), Benicarlo (7251), Maella (7335), Onda (6J95), Segorbe (7045), Vail de Uxo (8643), Villafames (6708) and Vinaroz (8625). CASTELLbN DE LA PLANA, the capital of the province described above, on the Barcelona-Valencia railway, 4 M. from the Mediterranean Sea. Pop. (Igloo) 29,904. The broad and fertile See also: PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum) plain in which Castellon is built is watered artificially by a Moorish See also: AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos) aqueduct, largely cut through the solid See also: ROCK ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock) ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t) rock, and supplied by the See also: ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide) estuary of the Mijares, 5 M. south-east. The town is partly encircled by See also: ANCIENT ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before) ancient walls; and, although most of its public buildings are See also: MODERN modern, it contains several convents of See also: EARLY EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894) early See also: FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found) foundation, a curious old See also: BELL BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905) BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832) BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843) BELL, HENRY (1767-1830) BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874) BELL, JACOB (1810-1859) BELL, JOHN (1691-178o) BELL, JOHN (1763-1820) BELL, JOHN (1797-1869) BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867) BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842) bell-See also: TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm) tower, 150 ft. high, and a See also: PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse) parish 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 chiefly noteworthy for a See also: PAINTING painting in the interior by Francisco Ribalta, who was See also: BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791) born here in the See also: MIDDLE middle of the 16th See also: CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men) century. Castellon has a brisk 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, its manufactures comprising porcelain, 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, silk, See also: LINEN linen, brandy and See also: CORK CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak) CORK, RICHARD BOYLE cork goods. Its harbour, El Grao de Castellon, about 4 M. east, is annually entered by some 200 small vessels.