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Guadix

(Encyclopedia)Guadix gwäᵺēshˈ [key], town, Granada prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. It is the center of a ...

Elvas

(Encyclopedia)Elvas ĕlˈvəsh [key], town, E central Portugal, in Altro Alentejo, near the Spanish border....

Pelayo

(Encyclopedia)Pelayo pāläˈyō [key], d. 737, first king (c.718–737) of Asturias. He was elected king by the tribespeople of Asturias and by Visigothic leaders who had escaped Tariq. His victory over the Moors ...

Pareja, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)Pareja, Juan de hwän dā pärāˈhä [key], c.1610–70, Spanish religious and portrait painter, of Moorish origin. Pareja was the lifelong assistant of Velázquez, who painted his portrait (Metropol...

Hollein, Hans

(Encyclopedia)Hollein, Hans, 1934–2014, Austrian architect and designer. He studied with Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Richard Neutra. Opening his own practice in 1964, he established an internationa...

fandango

(Encyclopedia)fandango făndăngˈgō [key], ancient Spanish dance, probably of Moorish origin, that came into Europe in the 17th cent. It is in triple time and is danced by a single couple to the accompaniment of ...

Cáceres

(Encyclopedia)Cáceres käˈthārās [key], city, capital of Cáceres prov., W central Spain, in Extremadur...

painting

(Encyclopedia)painting, direct application of pigment to a surface to produce by tones of color or of light and dark some representation or decorative arrangement of natural or imagined forms. See also articles on ...

Murcia, autonomous community and former kingdom, Spain

(Encyclopedia)Murcia Span. mo͞orˈthyä [key], autonomous community and former Moorish kingdom (2011 pop. 1,462,128), 4,368 sq mi (11,314 sq km), SE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the province of Murc...

Écija

(Encyclopedia)Écija āˈthēhä [key], city, Seville prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on a hill overlooking t...