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- (from the article "Toledo") ...the Tagus: in the northeast is the bridge of Alcantara, at the foot of the medieval castle of San Servando, parts of which date from Roman and Moorish times; in ...
- San Martin de Porres
- distrito (district), in the Lima-Callao metropolitan area, Peru. It lies on the north bank of the Rimac River. Among the oldest and best developed of Lima's
- San Martin del Rey Aurelio
- municipio (municipality), in Asturias provincia (province) and comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), northwestern Spain. It lies in the mountains known as the ...
- San Martin, Jose de
- Argentine soldier, statesman, and national hero who helped lead the revolutions against Spanish rule in Argentina (1812), Chile (1818), and Peru (1821). [13 Related Articles]
- San Martino, abbey of
- (from the article "Monreale") ...trained in Byzantium. The subjects of the mosaics include an Old Testament cycle, the miracles of Christ, the life of Christ, and the lives of SS. Peter and Paul. Near ...
- San Martino, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Lucca") ...a distinctive style found in nearby Pisa; often basilican or Romanesque in structure, many have rich Gothic exterior decorations and some have quadrangular campaniles. Particularly notable are the Cathedral of ...
- San Mateo
- city, San Mateo county, western California, U.S. It lies on the western shore of San Francisco Bay, 16 miles (26 km) south of the city of San Francisco. Sheltered by ...
- San Matteo Cathedral
- (from the article "Salerno") Ruins of the castle of Arechi, prince of Benevento, and the remains of a palace survive from the Lombard period; but the city's principal monument is the San Matteo (St. ...
- San Michele, Santuario di
- (from the article "Monte Sant'Angelo") ...(Apulia) region, east central Italy, on the southern slope of the Promontorio del Gargano, the "spur" of Italy, northeast of Foggia. The town grew up around the famous Santuario di ...
- San Miguel
- partido (county), Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, Argentina, northwest of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province). The early settlement of the ...
- San Miguel
- (from the article "Major volcanoes of the world") ...the centre of the country. This volcanic range includes 20 cones, from the westernmost Izalco Volcano (6,447 feet [1,965 metres]), through those of San Salvador (6,430 feet [1,960 metres]) and ...
- San Miguel
- (from the article "Channel Islands") San Miguel, the westernmost of the park's islands, is administered by the U.S. Navy. It comprises a windswept tableland with a rocky coast, and its climate is often rainy and ...
- San Miguel
- city, east-central El Salvador, at the foot of San Miguel and Chinameca volcanoes. Founded in 1530 by Spanish settlers near the west bank of the Rio Grande de San Miguel, ...
- San Miguel
- (from the article "Manila") ...The districts developed from the original fortress city of Intramuros (Within Walls) and the 13 villages located outside its walls. The districts of Tondo, Santa Mesa, Binondo, Santa Cruz, Quiapo, ...
- San Miguel
- county, north-central New Mexico, U.S. The northwestern portion of the county lies at the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo range of the Southern Rocky Mountains, with Hermit Peak ...
- San Miguel de Allende
- city, east-central Guanajuato estado (state), north-central Mexico. It lies on a small tributary of the Laja River, at 6,135 feet (1,870 m) above sea level and 32 ...
- San Miguel de Guadalupe
- (from the article "Ayllon, Lucas Vazquez de") ...V (King Charles I of Spain) to explore that area, especially to find a strait to the Spice Islands. In the early summer of 1526 Ayllon sailed from Hispaniola to ...
- San Miguel de Tucuman
- city, capital of Tucuman provincia(province), northwestern Argentina. It lies along the Sali River, at the foot of the scenic Aconquija Mountains. It was founded in 1565 by ... [2 Related Articles]
- San Miguel del Padron
- city, west-central Cuba. For many years a small commercial and manufacturing centre in a sugar-growing and dairying district, San Miguel del Padron became, with the expansion of Havana city, a ...
- San Miguel, Gulf of
- (from the article "Balboa, Vasco Nunez de") ...grudging permission to explore the South Sea. By dint of enormous efforts Balboa had a fleet of ships built and transported in pieces across the mountains to the Pacific shore, ...
- San Miniato al Monte
- three-aisled basilican church in Florence completed in 1062. It is considered one of the finest examples of the Tuscan Romanesque style of architecture. The black and white marble panels used ... [2 Related Articles]
- San Nazaro Maggiore
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...is a quadrifoil room with four niches and ambulatory; an octagon adjoining it (today Sant'Aquilino) was formerly an imperial mausoleum or baptistery. The church of the Holy Apostles, the present ...
- San Nicola
- (from the article "Bari") ...inland. The chief features of historic interest are in the old city, notably the 12th-century Romanesque cathedral; the Norman castle, rebuilt by Frederick II and later extended; and the Basilica ...
- San Nicola Soccer Stadium
- (from the article "Piano, Renzo") ...heat source and a form of protection against ultraviolet light. At the same time, the building's low scale and continuous veranda are in keeping with the mostly residential structures nearby. ...
- San Nicolas
- town, southeastern end of the island of Aruba, in the southern Caribbean Sea. Its deepwater port, with facilities for cargo handling and fuel bunkering, serves a nearby oil refinery. Near ...
- San Nicolas de los Arroyos
- city and port, northern Buenos Aires provincia (province), eastern Argentina, on the western bank of the Parana River. It was founded in 1748 as San Nicolas de ...
- San Nicolas Obisbo, Colegio de
- (from the article "Quiroga, Vasco de") Spanish bishop, social reformer, and humanist educator who founded the Colegio de San Nicolas Obisbo in colonial Mexico.
- San Nicolas, Pact of
- (from the article "unitario") Rosas and the unitarios continued at loggerheads until his overthrow in 1852. On May 31, 1852, the provincial governors signed the Pact of San Nicolas (at San ...
- san no tsuzumi
- (from the article "tsuzumi") Ancient Japanese court orchestra music had three types of tsuzumi drums, of which only the san no tsuzumi form survives in komagaku style (courtly music of Japanese, ...
- San Pablo
- city, southwestern Luzon, northern Philippines. Originally the site of a Spanish military and missionary post, it was incorporated in 1940. Seven small crater lakes are within the city, which is ...
- San Paolo
- (from the article "Iseo, Lake") ...at Sarnico. Monte Isola, in the centre of the lake, is Italy's largest lacustrine island (area 5 square miles [13 square km]); it rises to 1,965 feet (599 m) and ...
- San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- (from the article "Rome") A basilica built by Constantine over the Apostle's grave, S. Paolo Fuori le Mura (St. Paul's Outside the Walls) was replaced starting in 386 by a structure mammoth for its ...
- San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
- (from the article "Escondido") Just southeast of the city, San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park marks the site of the bloodiest battle (1846) in California history, when the Californian forces of General Andres Pico ...
- San Pedro
- town, central Paraguay. It lies in the lowlands between the Jejui Guazu and Paraguay rivers. San Pedro was founded in 1786 and lies in a well-watered lowland of savanna and ...
- San Pedro
- main unit of the Port of Los Angeles (the other units are Wilmington and Terminal Island), southern California, U.S. The port is situated on the southeastern slopes of Palos Verdes ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Pedro
- city, southwestern Coahuila estado (state), northeastern Mexico. It is located on one of the irrigation canals of the Nazas River, near the swampy Mayran Lagoon. San Pedro lies 3,619 feet ...
- San Pedro church
- (from the article "Teruel") ...in the city after its conquest by Alfonso II of Aragon in 1171; this resulted in the mixed, or Mudejar, style in architecture still visible today. In the cloisters of ...
- San Pedro de Macoris
- city, southeastern Dominican Republic. It is situated at the mouth of the wide estuary of the Macoris River. The chief city of the southeastern region, San Pedro de Macoris has ...
- San Pedro Martir
- (from the article "Baja California") ...fault block rising precipitously on the gulf side and dropping gently into the Pacific, crowned by a chain of rugged peaks trending in a northwest-southeast direction. The granitic Juarez and ...
- San Pedro Sula
- city, northwestern Honduras. It is situated in the Ulua River valley, 37 miles (60 km) inland by highway and railroad from Puerto Cortes, on the Gulf of Honduras. The city, ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Pedro y San Pablo, Rio
- (from the article "Usumacinta River") ...border and continues generally northwestward. The main arm joins the Grijalva River and empties into the Bay of Campeche below Frontera in northern Tabasco state; the central arm, called San ...
- San Petronio
- (from the article "Jacopo Della Quercia") ...Giovanni in Siena. Being a dilatory artist, he completed only the "Zacharias in the Temple," the second being assigned to Donatello. His main work is the sculpture around the portal ...
- San Pietro in Montorio
- (from the article "Bramante, Donato") ...in Rome known to be by Bramante: the monastery and cloister of Santa Maria della Pace (finished 1504). Bramante seems to have been engaged in 1502 to begin the small ...
- San Procolo, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Pozzuoli") ...have caused temple porticoes along the shore to be submerged beneath the sea. The old Roman market (erroneously called the Temple of Serapis) of the 1st century AD is also ...
- San Rafael
- city, central Mendoza provincia (province), western Argentina, near the eastern base of the Andes on the Diamante River. It originated around San Rafael Fort, built in 1805 ...
- San Rafael
- city, seat (1893) of Marin county, western California, U.S. It lies on the northwestern shore of San Francisco Bay. The area developed around the Mission San Rafael Arcangel (1817; restored) ...
- San Rafael Mountains
- segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), southwestern California, U.S. The range extends southeastward for about 50 miles (80 km) from the Cuyama River to near the Santa ...
- San Rafael National Park
- national park, southern Chile, on the Pacific coast. Established in 1945, it occupies an area of 2,300 sq mi (5,900 sq km). One of its great attractions is Laguna San ...
- San Rafael, Mount
- (from the article "Paraguay") ...Brazil and then run eastward as the Mbaracayu Mountains. From the northeast, other ranges extend southward toward Encarnacion, diminishing to hills in the south. The highest peak is Mount San ...
- San Remo
- town, Liguria region, northwestern Italy, the chief resort of that part of the Italian Riviera known as the Riviera dei Fiori, east of Nice, Fr. A year-round health resort since ...
- San Remo, Conference of
- (April 19-26, 1920), international meeting convened at San Remo, on the Italian Riviera, to decide the future of the former territories of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, one of the defeated ... [3 Related Articles]
- San River
- (from the article "Vistula River") The course of the Vistula consists of three principal sections delineated by the San and Narew rivers, the two most prominent tributaries. The upper reach extends from the source to ...
- San Roque Dam
- (from the article "Cordoba") Cordoba's commercial growth and industry were stimulated by the completion of rail connections with the east (1869) and the building on the Primero River in 1866 of San Roque Dam, ...
- San Salvador
- (from the article "El Salvador") ...(some of which are still active) crossing the centre of the country. This volcanic range includes 20 cones, from the westernmost Izalco Volcano (6,447 feet [1,965 metres]), through those of ...
- San Salvador
- capital of El Salvador. It is located on the Ace Chaute River in the Valley of the Hammocks (Valle de las Hamacas) at an elevation of 2,238 feet (682 metres). ... [6 Related Articles]
- San Salvador de Jujuy
- city, capital of Jujuy provincia (province), northwestern Argentina. It lies between the Xibi-xibi and Grande rivers, overlooking the valley of Jujuy at 4,131 feet (1,259 metres) above ...
- San Salvador Island
- one of the islands of The Bahamas, in the West Indies. San Salvador is believed by many scholars to be the island of Guanahani, where Christopher Columbus made his first ... [1 Related Articles]
- San Salvador Island
- one of the Galapagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean about 600 miles (965 km) west of mainland Ecuador. Its relief is dominated by two volcanoes, the larger rising to ...
- San Salvador Kongo language
- (from the article "Kongo language") ...of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Kongo is related to Swahili, Shona, and Bembe, among others. Kikongo is the name used by its speakers. There are many ...
- San Salvatore, Mount
- (from the article "Lugano") largest town in Ticino canton, southern Switzerland. It lies along Lake Lugano, northwest of Como, Italy; to the south is Mount San Salvatore (2,992 feet [912 m]), and to the ...
- San Sebastian de la Gomera
- (from the article "La Gomera") San Sebastian de la Gomera, on the east coast, is the chief port and capital. It has a sheltered roadstead and is backed by the steep cliffs of a wide ...
- San Sebastian, Pact of
- (from the article "Alcala Zamora, Niceto") ...parliament, suppressed the report, and concluded the war. Alcala Zamora blamed King Alfonso XIII for the dictatorship and became a republican, joining the socialists and Catalan left in the Pact ...
- San Sebastiano
- (from the article "Veronese, Paolo") In 1555, probably at the summons of the prior of S. Sebastiano in Venice, Veronese began the decoration of the church that was later to become his burial place. Whereas ...
- San Sebastiano, Basilica of
- (from the article "catacomb") subterranean cemetery composed of galleries or passages with side recesses for tombs. The term, of unknown origin, seems to have been applied first to the subterranean cemetery under the Basilica ...
- San Severo
- city and episcopal see, Puglia (Apulia) regione, east-central Italy. It lies in the north of the Puglia Tableland, just north of Foggia city. A flourishing market centre in the 12th ...
- San Simeon
- village, San Luis Obispo county, southwestern California, U.S. It lies along the Pacific Ocean overlooking San Simeon Bay. Part of a Mexican land grant of 1840, Rancho Piedras Blancas was ...
- San Simon, University of
- (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...Pampa) for the area, meaning "a plain full of small lakes." A favourable climate and attractive setting have helped make it one of Bolivia's largest cities. It is the site ...
- San Simpliciano
- (from the article "Milan") ...north Italian painting. The building also contains the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, and its beautiful courtyard is dominated by Antonio Canova's statue of Napoleon. On the Corso Garibaldi stands S. Simpliciano, ...
- San Stefano, Treaty of
- (March 3 [Feb. 19, Old Style], 1878), peace settlement imposed on the Ottoman government by Russia at the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78; it provided for a new ... [14 Related Articles]
- San Telmo
- (from the article "Buenos Aires") San Telmo, or Barrio Sur, south of the Plaza de Mayo, began to be restored and gentrified in the early 1990s after nearly a century of neglect and decay. By ...
- San Valentin, Mount
- (from the article "Chile") Farther south is Chilean Patagonia, a loosely defined area that includes the subregion of Magallanes and sometimes Chilean Tierra del Fuego. There significant heights are still reached: Mount San Valentin ...
- San Vicente
- (from the article "Majorca") ...notably talayots (rough chambered towers of stone), taulas (temples), and burial caves, among the most famous of which are those of San Vicente in the north, whose ...
- San Vicente
- (from the article "Concepcion") ...and resort towns on the eastern shore of Concepcion Bay, while a local railway serving the southwestern side of the bay joins the outport of Talcahuano (q.v.), Huachipato, and San ...
- San Vicente
- city, south-central El Salvador. It lies along the Accihuapa River at the northeastern foot of San Vicente Volcano (7,155 feet [2,181 metres]), in a region of hot springs and geysers. ...
- San Vitale, Church of
- (from the article "Ravenna") The Church of San Vitale, the masterpiece of Byzantine art in Ravenna, was completed during the reign of the emperor Justinian. The church was begun by Bishop Ecclesius under the ...
- San Yu, U
- Myanmar (Burmese) politician who headed a repressive military government while serving as president from 1981 to 1988 (b. 1919--d. Jan. 28, 1996).
- San Zeno Maggiore
- (from the article "Verona") ...architecture, which is often in a distinctive pink brick. The city produced two great Renaissance architects, Fra Giocondo and Michele Sanmicheli. Its outstanding churches include the Romanesque San Zeno Maggiore ...
- San, Saya
- leader of the anti-British rebellion of 1930-32 in Burma (Myanmar). [2 Related Articles]
- san-ch'u
- (from the article "Chinese literature") Another literary innovation, preceding but later interacting with the rise of the drama, was a new verse form known as san-ch'u ("nondramatic songs"), a liberalization of the tz'u, which utilized ...
- San-ch'ung
- shih (municipality), T'ai-pei hsien (county), northern Taiwan. It lies west of Taipei city, in the northern part of the western coastal plain. Situated on the western bank of the Tan-shui ...
- San-kuan Pass
- (from the article "Shensi") ...the range is in the north; the southern slope of the range, draining into the Han, is deeply sculptured by an extremely complex drainage pattern. Three major passes cross the ...
- San-lun
- (from the article "San-lun") school of Chinese Buddhism derived from the Indian Madhyamika school. See Madhyamika.development of Madhyamika schoolMadhyamikaThe ba
- San-Pedro
- port town, southwestern Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). It is situated about 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Sassandra, on the Gulf of Guinea. Until the mid-1960s, San-Pedro was a tiny ...
- San-yuan
- (from the article "Shensi") ...industrial city. It has an important university, a medical college, and an institute of art and music, as well as libraries and museums. Pao-chi is an important road and rail ...
- Sana'i
- Persian poet, author of the first great mystical poem in the Persian language, whose verse had great influence on Persian and Muslim literature. [2 Related Articles]
- Sanaa
- city and capital of Yemen. It is situated at the western foot of Mount Nuqum, at an elevation of more than 7,200 feet (2,200 metres) above sea level, in the ... [9 Related Articles]
- SANAA
- (from the article "Architecture") ...a sailing ship. The glass was subtly whitened to cut the glare from sunlight, and it gave the interiors a beautiful, slightly snowstormlike feeling. On the Bowery in New York ...
- Sanaa, University of
- (from the article "Yemen") Higher education is limited to a very small minority. The University of Sanaa (founded 1970), established largely with grants from Kuwait, is coeducational and comprises a variety of specialized colleges-e.g., ...
- Sanaag
- (from the article "Somalia") ...aid agencies estimated that up to one million people needed help. This was exacerbated by fighting between rival clans in the central Galguduud region and even more by the standoff ...
- Sanada Yukitsura
- (from the article "Sakuma Zozan") After receiving a traditional Confucian education, Sakuma became one of the most trusted councillors of Sanada Yukitsura, a member of the council of advisers to the shogun, the hereditary military ...
- Sanader, Ivo
- (from the article "Croatia") Area: 56,594 sq km (21,851 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 4,440,000 | Capital: Zagreb | Chief of state: President Stipe Mesic | Head of government: Prime Minister Ivo Sanader ...
- Sanaga River
- stream in central Cameroon. Its most important headstreams-the Lom and the Djerem-meet to form the Sanaga about 56 miles (90 km) north-northwest of Bertoua. The river then flows about 325 ...
- Sanaka-sampradaya
- (from the article "Indian philosophy") Nimbarka's philosophy is known as Bhedabheda because he emphasized both identity and difference of the world and finite souls with Brahman. His religious sect is known as the Sanaka-sampradaya of ...
- Sanakhte
- (from the article "Egypt, ancient") There were links of kinship between Khasekhemwy and the 3rd dynasty, but the change between them is marked by a definitive shift of the royal burial place to Memphis. Its ...
- Sanana
- (from the article "Sula") ...Maluku propinsi (province), Indonesia. They lie east of central Celebes and between the Molucca Sea (north) and Banda Sea (south). Three large islands, Taliabu (the largest), Mangole, and Sanana (or ...
- Sanandaj
- city, northwestern Iran, at an elevation of 4,990 feet (1,521 metres). It was called Sisar, meaning "thirty heads," in the itineraries of Ibn Khurdazib and Qudameh. The population is mostly ...
- Sanarelli, Giuseppe
- (from the article "Reed, Walter") ...Juan Finlay began to formulate a theory of insect transmission. In succeeding years he maintained and developed the theory but did not succeed in proving it. In 1896 an Italian ...
- Sanatan Sikh
- (from the article "Sikhism") ...status, the positions they adopted were generally conservative. In response a more radical branch of the Singh Sabha was established in Lahore in 1879. The Amritsar group came to be ...
- Sanatescu, Constantin
- Romanian military officer and statesman who was prime minister of Romania's first liberation government following an antifascist coup of Aug. 23, 1944.
- Sanatruces
- king of Parthia from 76/75 to 70/69 BC, who restored unity to his kingdom. [2 Related Articles]
- Sanawbari, as-
- (from the article "Islamic arts") ...pleasure from Mutanabbi's poetry as does one whose mother tongue is Arabic. He will probably prefer the delicate verses about gardens and flowers by Mutanabbi's colleague in Aleppo, as-Sanawbari (died ...
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