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- (from the article "Libraries and Museums") ...strike to protest salary structures and working conditions. The GLB called on the government to close all public libraries if it could not resolve the situation. Despite the fears of ...
- San Francisco State University
- (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...Alto down the peninsula-are among the nation's most prestigious schools. Within San Francisco itself are the University of San Francisco, originally a Jesuit academy established in 1855, and San Francisco ...
- San Francisco Symphony
- (from the article "San Francisco") San Francisco is home to two major musical institutions. The San Francisco Symphony performs in the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall and gives pop concerts in the summer. The San ...
- San Francisco Vigilance Command
- (from the article "Baker, LaFayette Curry") In 1848 Baker left his home in Michigan, where the family had moved when he was a child, and worked at a variety of occupations in the West. In 1856 ...
- San Francisco, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Latin American architecture") ...entrance is framed by two barrel vaults that are distorted to exaggerate perspective-a literal translation of Serlio's two-dimensional perspective engraving into three dimensions. The Cathedral of San Francisco in Quito ...
- San Francisco, Church of
- (from the article "Tlaxcala") ...opposed his people's aid to the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. In 1519 Cortes conquered the city, where two years later he established the first Christian church (San Francisco) in the ...
- San Francisco, University of
- private coeducational institution of higher learning, located near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, U.S., and affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church. It offers undergraduate, ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Gabriel
- city, Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. It lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of downtown Los Angeles. Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, founded in 1771 by Father Junipero Serra ...
- San Gabriel Mountains
- segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), southern California, U.S. The mountains extend eastward for about 60 miles (100 km) from Newhall Pass, north of San Fernando, to ...
- San German
- town, western Puerto Rico, in the semiarid foothills of the Cordillera Central. The original San German, founded in 1511 on the western coast, was pillaged by French corsairs in 1528, ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Germano, Treaty of
- (from the article "Austria") ...because of the opposition of the church in Passau and also in Salzburg; nor did his son Frederick II succeed in the same matter. Leopold VI played some role in ...
- San Gimignano
- town, west-central Toscana (Tuscany) regione (region), central Italy. It lies about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Siena. Originally called "City of Silva," it later took its ...
- San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, School of
- (from the article "Venice") ...now a hospital), with its trompe l'oeil marble panels. The painted panels and ceilings of the Great School of San Rocco (instituted 1478, completed 1560) are masterpieces by Tintoretto. The ...
- San Giorgio Maggiore
- architecturally influential church in Venice, designed in 1566 by Andrea Palladio and finished in 1610 by Vincenzo Scamozzi. The church stands on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, opposite the ... [4 Related Articles]
- San Giovanni Battista, cathedral of
- (from the article "Turin") ...Guarini in the late 1600s; the Waldensian Church (1853), the first Protestant church in Turin; and the nearby basilica of Superga (1717-31), long the royal burial church. The Renaissance-style cathedral ...
- San Giovanni degli Eremiti
- (from the article "Roger II") ...on a Latin plan and aglow with Byzantine mosaics, is topped by a stalactite roof of pure Arab workmanship. Oriental inspiration is equally evident in the five vermilion cupolas of ...
- San Giovanni Evangelista
- (from the article "Correggio") ...in the Castello at Mantua (1494), it was wholly original in conception. The abbess Giovanna de Piacenza secured for Correggio another important appointment, to decorate the dome of the church ...
- San Giovanni in Laterno
- (from the article "Rome") When Borromini redid the interior of S. Giovanni in Laterano (St. John Lateran) in 1646-50, little of the original Constantinian fabric remained after destruction by the Vandals (5th century), damage ...
- San Giovanni Rotondo
- town, Puglia (Apulia) regione, southeastern Italy, on the Promontorio (promontory) del Gargano below Monte Calvo, just north-northeast of Foggia city. It is said to be built over a ruined temple ...
- San Giovanni, Baptistery of
- (from the article "Brunelleschi, Filippo") ...della Seta and in 1401 was designated a master. Brunelleschi competed with Lorenzo Ghiberti and five other sculptors in 1401 to obtain the commission to make the bronze reliefs for ...
- San Giuliano Terme
- town, Toscana (Tuscany) regione, central Italy. The town lies at the foot of Mount Pisano and has been famous since Roman times for its mineral springs (Aquae Calidae Pisanorum). The ...
- San Gorgonio Peak
- (from the article "San Bernardino Mountains") segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), southern California, U.S. The range extends southeastward for 55 miles (90 km) from Cajon Pass to San Gorgonio Pass and defines ...
- San Gregorio, Colegio de
- (from the article "Valladolid") Other landmarks include the collegiate church of San Gregorio, of the 15th century, with a magnificent late Gothic facade, now housing a famous museum of wood sculpture and carving; and ...
- San Ignacio
- town, west-central Belize. It lies along the Belize River near the Guatemalan border. San Ignacio and its sister town Santa Elena make up Belize's second largest urban area. The two ...
- San Ignacio, Church of
- (from the article "Latin American architecture") In Bogota the Church of San Ignacio (early to mid-1600s), by the Tuscan Jesuit Juan Bautista Coluccini, exemplifies the Jesuit temple type that served as a model throughout the Americas, ...
- San Ildefonso
- town, south-central Segovia provincia (province), in southern Castile-Leon comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), central Spain. The town is surrounded by a dense forest and lies ...
- San Ildefonso, Treaty of
- (from the article "Portugal") ...had married Joseph's brother and her uncle (Peter III), acceded to the throne; Pombal was dismissed (1777) and eventually found guilty on several charges. His successors made peace with Spain ...
- San Isidro
- distrito (district) of the southern Lima-Callao metropolitan area, Peru, and one of Lima's most elegant suburbs, with large homes set in lush gardens. The area is dotted ...
- San Isidro
- cabecera (county seat) and partido (county) of northeastern Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, Argentina. It lies north of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos ...
- San Jacinto Mountains
- segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges in southern California, U.S. The mountains extend south-southeastward for about 30 miles (50 km) from San Gorgonio Pass to the northern end of the ...
- San Jacinto Peak
- (from the article "San Jacinto Mountains") ...of the Pacific Coast Ranges in southern California, U.S. The mountains extend south-southeastward for about 30 miles (50 km) from San Gorgonio Pass to the northern end of the Santa ...
- San Jacinto, Battle of
- (April 21, 1836), defeat of a Mexican army of about 1,500 troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna by about 800 men (mostly recent arrivals in Texas) led by ...
- San Joaquin Foundation
- (from the article "health maintenance organization") ...practicing individually and paid on a fee-for-service basis. The medical-care foundation reimburses the physicians from the prepaid fees of subscribers. Examples of this type of HMO are the San Joaquin ...
- San Joaquin River
- river in central California, U.S. It is formed by forks rising on Mount Goddard in the Sierra Nevada and flows southwest and then north-northwest past Stockton to join the Sacramento ... [3 Related Articles]
- San Joaquin Valley
- (from the article "Central Valley") ...Coast Ranges (west). The Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, which run through the Central Valley, are fed mainly by the abundant rains and melting snows of the Sierra Nevada's western ...
- San Jorge
- (from the article "Nicaragua, Lake") ...west coast of Nicaragua and those in the south and east of the country. Steamships have operated on the lake since the early 1850s. Lake steamers based at Granada visit ...
- San Jose
- capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Situated in a broad, fertile valley 3,800 feet (1,160 metres) above sea level, it was called Villa Nueva when it was settled in ... [6 Related Articles]
- San Jose
- chartered city, north-central Luzon, northern Philippines. Situated in foothills near the source of the Chico River, it is a trading centre in the region known as the country's most important ...
- San Jose
- city, southern Uruguay. It lies northwest of Montevideo along the San Jose River. It originated in 1783, when Eusebio Vidal, acting under orders of the viceroy, Don Juan Jose de ...
- San Jose
- city, seat (1850) of Santa Clara county, west-central California, U.S. It lies in the Santa Clara Valley along Coyote Creek and the Guadalupe River, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Jose de Chiquitos
- (from the article "Santa Cruz") city, east-central Bolivia, situated in the hot, tropical lowlands at 1,365 feet (416 metres) above sea level. Founded by Spaniards from Paraguay in 1561 at what is now San Jose ...
- San Jose de las Lajas
- city, west-central Cuba. It is known primarily as a commercial and manufacturing centre for the surrounding agricultural and pastoral lands, which feature dairying and sugarcane growing, but thermal springs have ...
- San Jose del Guaviare
- city, southeastern Colombia. It lies along the right bank of the Guaviare River, in a transition area between the Llanos (grassland plains) to the north and tropical, semideciduous rainforests to ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Jose Gulf
- (from the article "Chubut") ...Chubut River crosses the province west to east. The Valdes Peninsula juts into the Atlantic in northeast Chubut province, separating the San Jose (north) and Nuevo (south) gulfs. San Jose ...
- San Jose Mogote
- (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") ...that was to become the Zapotec people's most important capital. Prior to that time, the Early Formative ancestral Zapotec had lived in scattered villages and at least one centre of ...
- San Jose SaberCats
- (from the article "Football") The 13-3 San Jose SaberCats won the Arena Football League championship 55-33 over 7-9 Columbus, which ended Dallas's record 15-1 season with a play-off upset. Hamburg won the final NFL ...
- San Jose scale
- a species of insect in the armoured scale family, Diaspididae (order Homoptera), that was first discovered in North America in San Jose, Calif., in 1880 but probably is native to ...
- San Juan
- provincia (province), west-central Argentina. It is separated from Chile on the west by the Andean cordillera, whose peaks average between 14,800 and 16,400 feet (4,500 and 5,000 ...
- San Juan
- city, capital of San Juan provincia (province), west-central Argentina. It lies along the San Juan River and is enclosed by Andean foothills on three sides. Founded in ...
- San Juan
- city, southwestern Dominican Republic. It lies on the San Juan River, an affluent of the Yaque del Sur River, northwest of Santo Domingo city. The Spanish explorer Diego Velazquez founded ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Juan
- county, northwestern New Mexico, U.S., bordered on the north by Colorado and on the west by Arizona; it also touches Utah at its northwestern tip at the only location in ...
- San Juan
- capital and largest city of Puerto Rico, located on the northern coast of the island on the Atlantic Ocean. A major port and tourist resort of the West Indies, it ... [2 Related Articles]
- San Juan Bautista
- town, southern Paraguay. It lies in the lowlands near the Tebicuary River. The town is the commercial and manufacturing centre for the agricultural and pastoral hinterland, which is utilized primarily ...
- San Juan Bautista
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...impression on Visigothic art. The influence was short-lived, however, ending when the Muslims conquered almost the whole of Spain in 711. The only surviving Visigothic structure is the church of ...
- San Juan Capistrano
- city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. Located near the Pacific coast, it lies halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles. The seventh in the California chain of 21 Franciscan missions, ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Juan de los Morros
- city, capital of Guarico estado (state), central Venezuela, on the southern slopes of the central highlands. It was named the state capital in 1934, replacing Calabozo. A health resort, it ...
- San Juan de Ulua, Battle of
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...Spanish shipping was looted, Spanish claims to California ignored, and Spanish world dominion proved to be a paper empire. But the encounter that really poisoned Anglo-Iberian relations was the Battle ...
- San Juan del Monte
- city, central Luzon, northern Philippines, an eastern residential and industrial suburb of Manila. Located south of Quezon City and north of Mandaluyong, it is on the San Juan and Pasig ...
- San Juan Islands
- archipelago of more than 170 islands, comprising San Juan county, northwestern Washington, U.S., in upper Puget Sound. The islands are near the Canadian border, south of the Strait of Georgia ...
- San Juan Mountains
- segment of the southern Rockies, extending southeastward for 150 mi (240 km) from Ouray, in southwestern Colorado, U.S., along the course of the Rio Grande to the Chama River, in ... [2 Related Articles]
- San Juan River
- river and outlet of Lake Nicaragua, issuing from the lake's southeastern end at San Carlos and flowing along the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border into the Caribbean Sea at San Juan del ... [3 Related Articles]
- San Juan River
- river in the southwestern United States, rising in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, on the west side of the Continental Divide. It then flows southwest into New Mexico, ... [2 Related Articles]
- San Juan, battle of
- (from the article "Rough Rider") ...that war, especially for its uphill charge in the Battle of Santiago (July 1, 1898). The Rough Riders joined in the capture of Kettle Hill, then charged across a valley ...
- San Justo
- cabecera (county seat) of La Matanza partido (county), Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina. It lies directly southwest of the city of Buenos Aires, ...
- San Justo, Church of
- (from the article "Segovia") ...date from the 12th century. The Church of Vera Cruz (13th century) formerly pertained to the Knights Templars; it contains murals and other artwork dating from the late 15th century. ...
- San Kuan
- in Chinese mythology, the Three Officials: T'ien Kuan, official of heaven who bestows happiness; Ti Kuan, official of earth who grants remission of sins; and Shui Kuan, official of water ...
- San Lazzaro
- (from the article "Armenian chant") ...of the chant occurs in the religious capital of Armenia, Ejmiadzin, and in a few isolated monasteries. An important centre for Armenian musical studies is the Armenian Catholic Monastery of ...
- San Leandro
- city, Alameda county, western California, U.S. Lying south of Oakland on San Francisco Bay, it forms part of the East Bay metropolitan strip characterized by suburban developments, commercial trading centres, ...
- San Leucio
- (from the article "Caserta") ...km) north-northeast of the modern city, which was a village known as Torre belonging to the Caetani family of Sermoneta until the construction there of the Bourbon Royal Palace in ...
- San Lorenzo
- city and port, southeastern Santa Fe provincia (province), northeastern Argentina, on the Parana River. The settlement grew up around a monastery, which the Argentine liberator Jose de ...
- San Lorenzo
- early Renaissance-style church designed by Brunelleschi and constructed in Florence from 1421 to the 1460s, except for the facade, which was left uncompleted. Also by Brunelleschi is the Old Sacristy ... [5 Related Articles]
- San Lorenzo
- (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") San Lorenzo is now established as the oldest known Olmec centre. In fact, excavation has shown it to have taken on the appearance of an Olmec site by 1150 BC ...
- San Lorenzo
- Pacific port city, southern Honduras, situated on the northern shore of the Gulf of Fonseca. The shallow waters of the gulf long precluded development of the port, but construction of ...
- San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura
- (from the article "Rome") Now in the midst of the Campo Verano cemetery, Rome's Catholic burying ground since 1830, S. Lorenzo Fuori le Mura (St. Lawrence Outside the Walls) dates from the 4th century. ...
- San Lorenzo Maggiore
- (from the article "Western architecture") Milan, which had been the imperial residence several times since 350 and seat of the bishop St. Ambrose since 374, has preserved the remains of some centrally planned churches of ...
- San Lorenzo Maggiore
- (from the article "Naples") The splendid Gothic church of San Lorenzo Maggiore stands on layers of antiquities. Beneath its cloister, which contains exposed remains from Roman times, a large excavation from the Greek and ...
- San Luca e Santa Martina
- (from the article "Western architecture") Pietro da Cortona's early design for the Villa del Pigneto, near Rome (before 1630), was derived from the ancient Roman temple complex at Palestrina, Italy, and decisively altered villa design; ...
- San Luca, Accademia di
- (from the article "art, academy of") ...membership in the Accademia del Disegno was an honour conferred only on already-recognized independent artists. When Vasari's academy fell into disorganization, his ideas were taken up by the Accademia di ...
- San Lucas, Cape
- extreme southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. The rocky headland forms the southern extremity of the Sierra de San Lazaro and includes the western shore of San Lucas ...
- San Luigi dei Francesi, Church of
- (from the article "Caravaggio") ...that Caravaggio's realistic naturalism first fully appears. Probably through the agency of del Monte, Caravaggio obtained, in 1597, the commission for the decoration of the Contarelli Chapel in the Church ...
- San Luis
- provincia (province), west-central Argentina, separated from Mendoza province (west) by seasonal rivers having headwaters in the Andes. The landscape of San Luis is transitional, incorporating drier sections ...
- San Luis
- city, northwestern Sonora estado (state), Mexico. It lies on the Mexico-United States border, south of Yuma, Ariz., just east of the Colorado River. The city has grown ...
- San Luis
- city, capital of San Luis provincia (province), west-central Argentina, on the Chorrillos River, near the southern end of the foothills of the Sierra de San Luis. Founded ...
- San Luis
- city, eastern Cuba. Lying on the northern slopes of the Sierra Maestra, San Luis is both a rail junction and a commercial and manufacturing centre for the agricultural hinterland, which ...
- San Luis Obispo
- city, seat (1850) of San Luis Obispo county, western California, U.S. It lies on San Luis Obispo Creek at the base of the Santa Lucia Mountains, 20 miles (30 km) ...
- San Luis Potosi
- estado (state), northeastern Mexico. It is bounded by the states of Coahuila to the north; Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz to the east; Hidalgo, Queretaro, and Guanajuato ...
- San Luis Potosi
- city, capital of San Luis Potosi estado (state), northeastern Mexico. It is situated on the Mesa Central at an elevation of 6,158 feet (1,877 metres) above sea ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Luis Potosi, Plan of
- (from the article "Mexico") ...had first been jailed and subsequently had been confined under house arrest. He arrived on October 7 in San Antonio, Texas, where with aides he prepared and issued, as of ...
- San Marco altarpiece
- (from the article "painting, Western") ...Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence) rather than the theological implications of the act portrayed. Masaccio in his "Trinity" (Santa Maria Novella, Florence) and Fra Angelico in his San Marco altarpiece ...
- San Marco Basilica
- church in Venice that was begun in its original form in 829 (consecrated in 832) as an ecclesiastical structure to house and honour the remains of St. Mark that had ... [8 Related Articles]
- San Marco, Piazza
- (from the article "Venice") Before the five arched portals of the basilica lies the Piazza San Marco, a vast paved and arcaded square. Napoleon called the piazza the finest drawing room in Europe. The ...
- San Marco, priory of
- (from the article "Angelico, Fra") Angelico remained in the Fiesole priory until 1439, when he entered the priory of San Marco in Florence. There he worked mostly on frescoes. San Marco had been transferred from ...
- San Marcos
- city, southwestern Guatemala, in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas at an elevation of 7,700 feet (2,350 metres) above sea level. A long-standing boundary feud with San Pedro Sacatepequez, 1.5 miles ...
- San Marcos
- city, seat (1848) of Hays county, south-central Texas, U.S. The city lies on the San Marcos River, 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Austin. Franciscan missionaries probably first saw the ...
- San Marcos Bridge
- (from the article "bridge") ...to Deer Isle, and further bracing to the stiffening truss at Golden Gate. In turn, the diagonal stays used to strengthen the Deer Isle Bridge led engineer Norman Sollenberger to ...
- San Marcos of Lima, Main National University of
- coeducational state-financed institution of higher learning situated at Lima, the capital of Peru. The university, the oldest in South America, was founded in 1551 by royal decree and confirmed by ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Marino
- small republic situated on the slopes of Mount Titano, on the Adriatic side of central Italy between the Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions and surrounded on all sides by the Republic ... [17 Related Articles]
- San Marino
- residential city, Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. The affluent city lies southeast of Pasadena. In 1903 the American railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington purchased the San Marino Ranch and ...
- San Marino city
- (from the article "San Marino") Area: 61.2 sq km (23.6 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 30,500 | Capital: San Marino | Heads of state and government: The republic is governed by two capitani reggenti, ...
- San Marino World Trade Center
- (from the article "San Marino") The country's desire to become fully integrated in the global economy also was evident in the impressive San Marino World Trade Center (2004), designed by British architect Norman Foster. The ...
- San Marino, flag of
- horizontally divided white-blue national flag; when displayed by the government, it incorporates a central coat of arms. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of approximately 3 to 4.
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