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- capital of Chile. It lies on the canalized Mapocho River, with views of high Andean peaks to the east. [8 Related Articles]
- Santiago
- city, western Panama, in the Pacific lowlands north of Puerto Mutis, its port on the Gulf of Montijo. One of the oldest settlements in Panama, the city flourished in the ...
- Santiago cathedral
- (from the article "Santiago de Compostela") ...town, except the tomb itself, was destroyed in 997 by Abu 'Amir al-Mansur (Almanzor), military commander of the Moorish caliphate of Cordoba. In 1078 the present cathedral was begun by ...
- Santiago de Compostela
- city, A Coruna provincia (province), capital of the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It lies near the confluence of the Sar ... [6 Related Articles]
- Santiago de Cuba
- city, eastern Cuba. The second largest city in Cuba, it nestles in a valley of the Sierra Maestra that is pierced by a pouch-shaped bay. The bay's entrance, cutting into ... [1 Related Articles]
- Santiago de los Caballeros
- city, northern Dominican Republic. It is situated on the Yaque del Norte River, in the heart of the fertile Cibao Valley, and is known as the capital of the Cibao ...
- Santiago de Surco
- distrito (district), southeastern Lima-Callao metropolitan area, Peru. Created in about 1824 (reorganized 1893 and 1929), it stretches eastward from the Surco River to the foothills of ...
- Santiago del Estero
- provincia (province), north-central Argentina. It is located mostly at the southwestern margins of the vast Gran Chaco lowland plains, but it also extends onto the Andean piedmont ... [1 Related Articles]
- Santiago del Estero
- city, capital of Santiago del Estero provincia (province), northwestern Argentina, and the oldest continuous settlement in the country. It was founded in 1553 by Spaniards coming from ...
- Santiago Peak
- (from the article "Santa Ana Mountains") ...for about 25 miles (40 km) from the Santa Ana River southward along the Orange-Riverside county line. Lying south and east of the city of Santa Ana, the mountains rise ...
- Santiago Rodriguez
- city, northwestern Dominican Republic, on the northern slopes of the Cordillera Central. The city serves as a commercial centre for the region, dealing principally in tobacco, beeswax, timber, and hides. ...
- Santiago School of Architecture
- (from the article "Latin American architecture") Among the new institutions built in Bolivia were Jose Nunez del Prado's Municipal Theatre (1834-45) and his Government Palace (1845-52). In Chile the Santiago School of Architecture was founded in ...
- Santiago, Battle of
- (June-July 1898), concluding engagement fought near Santiago de Cuba in the Spanish-American War, in which U.S. successes on land and sea resulted in final victory over the Spaniards. [2 Related Articles]
- Santiago, Order of
- Christian military-religious order of knights founded about 1160 in Spain for the purpose of fighting Spanish Muslims and of protecting pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Santiago de ... [3 Related Articles]
- Santiago, Rio Grande de
- river in Jalisco and Nayarit states, west-central Mexico. It flows out of Lake Chapala near Ocotlan and is an extension of the Lerma River, which enters the lake near La ... [2 Related Articles]
- Santideva
- (from the article "Buddhism") ...Madhyamika Karika. The school was continued by Candrakirti, a famous logician of the 7th century and author of a commentary on the Madhyamika Karika, and by Shantideva ...
- Santillana, Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, marques de
- (marquess of) Spanish poet and Humanist who was one of the great literary and political figures of his time. As lord of the vast Mendoza estates, he led the nobles ... [2 Related Articles]
- Santiniketan
- former town, now part of Bolpur town, Birbhum district, West Bengal state, northeastern India. Santiniketan (Sanskrit: The Abode of Peace) began as Santiniketan Asram, a meditation centre founded and endowed ... [2 Related Articles]
- Santipur
- city, eastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just north of the Hooghly River, about 55 miles (90 km) north of Kolkata (Calcutta). It was the centre of large factories under ...
- Santiraksita
- Indian Buddhist teacher and saint who was instrumental in the development of Tibetan Buddhism. [1 Related Articles]
- Santis
- (from the article "Switzerland") ...linear distances are often very great. For example, Sankt Gallen (St. Gall), at 2,556 feet (779 metres), has an average annual precipitation of about 50 inches (1,300 mm), while precipitation ...
- Santissima Annunziata
- (from the article "Andrea del Sarto") ...was typical of the Cinquecento (16th century). He began to produce independent work about 1506-not precociously. Almost immediately he began a long association with the church and convent of SS. ...
- Santissimo Sacramento Chapel
- (from the article "Bernini, Gian Lorenzo") ...more powerful expressions of papal power to support and inspire Roman Catholic pilgrims to the site. Bernini completed one more decoration in St. Peter's in his last years: the altar ...
- Santo Andre
- city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Tamanduatei River at 2,438 feet (743 m) above sea level. Santo Andre is part of the Sao Paulo metropolitan ...
- Santo Antao Island
- northwesternmost island of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles (640 km) off the western African coast. It has an area of 301 square miles (779 square km) ... [1 Related Articles]
- Santo Antonio, Cachoeira de
- (from the article "Madeira River") ...the upper reaches of the Mamore, and its general width is about one-half mile. It is navigable by seagoing vessels most of the year from its mouth on the Amazon ...
- Santo Domingo
- capital of the Dominican Republic and the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. It is situated on the southeast coast of the island of Hispaniola, at ... [7 Related Articles]
- Santo Domingo de la Calzada
- (from the article "Forment, Damian") ...with careful attention to balance and symmetry. In the altar at Huesca, the figures have become elongated, and there is more movement in and out of the relief plane. His ...
- Santo Domingo el Antiguo
- (from the article "Greco, El") El Greco's first commission in Spain was for the high altar and the two lateral altars in the conventual church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo at Toledo (1577-79). Never before ...
- Santo Domingo, Autonomous University of
- (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, founded in 1538, is the oldest institution of higher education in the New World. It was originally affiliated with the Roman Catholic church, but ...
- Santo Domingo, church of
- (from the article "Cuzco") The church of Santo Domingo, consecrated in 1654, incorporates the foundations and several walls of the Koricancha (Coricancha), a Quechua name meaning "Golden Enclosure," or "Golden Garden"; the site was ...
- Santo Kyoden
- (from the article "Japan") ...and artistic production had centered in the Kyoto-Osaka area, but late Tokugawa culture was primarily produced in Edo. Literary styles took various forms; representative authors are Santo Kyoden in the ...
- Santo Spirito
- (from the article "Brunelleschi, Filippo") Brunelleschi's Church of Santo Spirito in Florence was designed either in 1428 or 1434. Work on the church was begun in 1436 and proceeded through the 1480s. A basilican church ...
- Santo Tomas de Castilla
- port, northeastern Guatemala. It lies on Amatique Bay off the Gulf of Honduras and is administratively a part of Puerto Barrios. Santo Tomas was settled originally by Belgians in the ...
- Santo Tomas grottoes
- (from the article "Paraguari") ...orange leaves) are among its products. Ceramic works, tanneries, and food-processing plants are located in the area. The town is also the headquarters of Paraguay's artillery regiment and school. Santo ...
- Santo Tomas, Cave of
- (from the article "Cuba") ...coastline are characterized by many bays, sandy beaches, mangrove swamps, coral reefs, and rugged cliffs. There are also some spectacular caverns in the interior, notably the 16-mile- (26-km-) long Cave ...
- Santo Tome
- (from the article "Toledo") ...Blanca (12th century) and El Transito (14th century; housing the Sephardic museum); and the Mudejar churches of San Roman, of Cristo de la Vega, of Santiago del Arrabal, and of ...
- Santo, Ron
- (from the article "Chicago Cubs") ...home runs; outfielder Billy Williams (1959-74); second baseman Ryne Sandberg (1982-94, 1996-97); and pitcher Ferguson ("Fergie") Jenkins (1966-73, 1982-83). Ron Santo, the team's third baseman from 1960 to 1973, is ...
- Santokh Singh
- (from the article "Sikhism") ...janam-sakhis are the Bala, the Puratan, the Miharban, and the influential works of Santokh Singh (1787-1853), which were ...
- Santolaria, Albert Pintat
- (from the article "Andorra") ...| Population (2007 est.): 82,600 | Capital: Andorra la Vella | Chiefs of state: Co-princes of Andorra, the president of France and the bishop of Urgell, Spain | Head of ...
- Santolea
- (from the article "painting, Western") ...herd of panic-stricken deer, presumably driven into the ambush by beaters. Scenes of battle or groups of dancers also occur, while social status is implied in a carefully executed archer ...
- Santome, Battle of
- (from the article "San Juan") ...an influx of ranchers revitalized the area. During the early 19th century, San Juan witnessed a series of Dominican-Haitian battles, followed by Creole uprisings for independence from Spain. The Battle ...
- Santonian Stage
- fourth of six main divisions (in ascending order) of the Upper Cretaceous Series, representing rocks deposited worldwide during the Santonian Age, which occurred 85.8 to 83.5 million years ago during ... [1 Related Articles]
- Santoprene
- (from the article "elastomer") Yet another kind of thermoplastic elastomer is made by blending a specific elastomer with a specific plastic material. Santoprene (trademark) is an example. Santoprene consists of a mixture of approximately ...
- Santorio Santorio
- Italian physician who was the first to employ instruments of precision in the practice of medicine, and whose studies of basal metabolism introduced quantitative experimental procedure into medical research. [1 Related Articles]
- Santos
- port city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It occupies an alluvial plain on the inner side of Sao Vicente Island, cut off from the mainland ... [2 Related Articles]
- Santos Castillo, Hernando
- Colombian newspaper editor whose close connections with and support of the politicians in power led to his being considered the most influential journalist of his generation nationally (b. Aug. 12, ...
- Santos Dumont Airport
- (from the article "airport") ...range, offered a level of comfort that was necessary for long-distance travel. Air terminal facilities were necessarily constructed close to large open stretches of water. La Guardia Airport and Santos ...
- Santos Football Club
- (from the article "Pele") football (soccer) player, in his time probably the most famous and possibly the best-paid athlete in the world. He was part of the Brazilian national teams that won three World ...
- Santos Mardones, Jose de los
- (from the article "Punta Arenas") city, southern Chile. Punta Arenas lies on the Strait of Magellan between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and is the southernmost large city in the world. Founded in 1849 by ...
- Santos Montejo, Eduardo
- prominent Latin American journalist, president of Colombia, 1938-42.
- Santos, Eugenio dos
- (from the article "Pombal, Sebastiao de Carvalho, marques de") ...to rubble. Carvalho mobilized troops, obtained supplies, and had shelters and hospitals improvised. The day after the catastrophe, he was already outlining ideas for reconstruction. With architect Eugenio dos Santos' ...
- Santos, Jose
- (from the article "Equestrian Sports") Jockey Jose Santos, 46, announced his retirement on July 30, one week before his induction into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Santos had not ridden since ...
- Santos, Lucia dos
- Portugese shepherd girl, later a Carmelite nun, who claimed she saw visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917 at Fatima, Portugal, which subsequently became one of the most famous Marian ... [1 Related Articles]
- Santos, Moacir
- Brazilian musician (b. July 28, 1926, Flores do Pajeu, Pernambuco, Braz.-d. Aug. 6, 2006, Pasadena, Calif.), played saxophone, as well as brass and stringed instruments; led Brazil's Radio Nacional orchestra; ...
- Santos, Ricardo
- (from the article "Volleyball") ...World Tour men's and women's beach volleyball champions also hailed from Brazil. The women were led by the tandem of Juliana Felisberta da Silva and Larissa Franca, while on the ...
- Santos-Dumont No. 14-bis
- airplane designed, built, and first flown by the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont in 1906.
- Santos-Dumont, Alberto
- Brazilian aviation pioneer who captured the imagination of Europe and the United States with his airship flights and made the first significant flight of a powered airplane in Europe with ... [3 Related Articles]
- Santosi Mata
- (from the article "Hinduism") The adaptability of Hinduism to changing conditions is illustrated by the appearance in the Hindu pantheon of a new divinity, of special utility in an acquisitive society. This is the ...
- santur
- (from the article "stringed instrument") ...is a rectangular, or more often trapezoid-shaped, hollow box the strings of which are either struck with light hammers or plucked. Examples of the former are the Persian
- Sanudo, Marco
- (from the article "Greece, history of") ...authority; and, although Byzantine power was restored for a while in the late 13th century, Naxos remained the centre of the Latin duchy of the Archipelago, established in 1207 among ...
- Sanudo, Marino
- (from the article "Crusades") ...of informed preaching as well as military force. At the beginning of the 14th century, Pierre Dubois submitted a detailed scheme for a Crusade to be directed by Philip IV ...
- Sanudo, Marino
- Venetian historian whose Diarii is an invaluable source for the history of his period. In his enthusiasm for historical and classical learning, Sanudo collected a notable library of manuscripts, rare ...
- Sanusi, as-
- in full Sidi Muhammad ibn 'Ali as-Sanusi al-Mujahiri al-Hasani al-Idrisi North African Islamic theologian who founded a militant mystical movement, the Sanusiyah, which helped Libya win its independence in the ...
- Sanusiyah
- a Muslim Sufi (mystic) brotherhood established in 1837 by Sidi Muhammad ibn 'Ali as-Sanusi. In modern history, the head of the Sanusi brotherhood was king of the federal kingdom of ... [9 Related Articles]
- Sanvitale, Francesca
- (from the article "Italian literature") ...they were married. Her fiction, best exemplified by Lessico famigliare (1963; Family Sayings), explores the memories of childhood and middle-class family relationships. Francesca Sanvitale won acclaim for her apparently autobiographical ...
- Sanvito, Bartolomeo
- (from the article "calligraphy") ...century the rage for epigraphic (inscriptional) lettering brought into the field such enthusiasts as Cyriacus of Ancona, Felice Feliciano and Giovanni Giocondo of Verona, and Giovanni Marcanova, Bartolomeo Sanvito, and ...
- Sanvitores, Diego Luis de
- (from the article "Northern Mariana Islands") The permanent colonization of the islands began with the arrival of the Jesuit priest Diego Luis de Sanvitores in 1668. With him were priests, laymen, women, and some Filipino soldiers. ...
- Sanwa Bank
- former Japanese commercial bank that became part of UFJ Holdings in 2001 through its merger with Asahi Bank and Tokai Bank. Sanwa was established in 1933 by the merger of ...
- sanxian
- any of a group of long-necked, fretless Chinese lutes. The instrument's rounded rectangular resonator has a snakeskin front and back, and the curved-back pegbox at the end of the neck ... [3 Related Articles]
- Sanxiong Pass
- (from the article "Nyainqentanglha Mountains") ...the eastern end of the range, the northern slopes drain into the upper headwaters of the Salween River and have a much richer cover of alpine grasses. The main route ...
- Sanya Dharmasakti
- (from the article "Thailand") For the first time since 1932, the monarchy assumed a direct role in Thai politics. The king chose Judge Sanya Dharmasakti, a former rector of Thammasat University, to be interim ...
- Sanyati River
- (from the article "Umniati River") ...joins the Zambezi River near the Kariba Dam. Its tributaries include the Sebakwe, Umsweswe, and Umfuli rivers. Its lower course, formed by the confluence with the Umfuli River, is also ...
- Sanyo Electric
- (from the article "Japan") ...electronics and entertainment giant faced its first annual loss in more than a decade. In March Sony appointed Howard Stringer (see Biographies) its chairman and CEO. Sanyo ...
- Sanz, Alejandro
- Spanish pop singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz continued to figure prominently at the forefront of Latin music in 2002 with the success of his album Alejandro Sanz-MTV Unplugged (2001), which garnered him ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sanz, Jorge
- (from the article "1993: Best Foreign-Language Film") ...ribald comedy satirizing the optimism and anarchy that rocked Spain in the spring of 1931, just after the king's abdication and before the start of the civil war. Lusty young ...
- Sao
- (from the article "Cameroon") The Sudanic-speaking peoples include the Sao, who live on the Adamawa Plateau; the Fulani; and the Kanuri. The Fulani came from the Niger basin in two waves, in the 11th ...
- sao
- (from the article "fu") ...278 BC). The fu was particularly suitable for description and exposition, in contrast to the more subjective, lyrical sao. Its prosody was freer than ...
- Sao Bernardo do Campo
- city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southern Brazil. It is located on a tributary of the Tiete River at 2,506 feet (764 metres) above sea level, part ...
- Sao Caetano do Sul
- city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil, situated near the Tamanduatei River at 2,418 feet (737 metres) above sea level. It was founded in 1631 by ...
- Sao Carlos
- city, in the highlands of eastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It is located at 2,903 feet (885 metres) above sea level on Monjolinho Stream, a ...
- Sao Cristovao
- city and port, eastern Sergipe estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is located near the mouth of the Vasa Barris River, almost adjacent to Aracaju, the state capital. ...
- Sao culture
- (from the article "art, African") ...later they began making animals with more extended legs, and sometime after AD 1000 they started to make animals covered with little spikes. The last are similar to examples found ...
- Sao Domingos
- town situated on an estuary of the Cacheu River in northwestern Guinea-Bissau. Its economy is based on agriculture; rice culture predominates in the nearby western coastal areas, palm culture farther ...
- Sao Francisco craton
- (from the article "South America") ...plutonic (intrusive), metavolcanic (metamorphosed extrusive igneous rocks), and metasedimentary rocks. Rocks of Archean age (2.5 to 3.8 billion years old) are known in the Amazonia, Luis Alves, and Sao Francisco ...
- Sao Francisco das Chagas de Taubate
- (from the article "Taubate") ...on the site of a Guaianases Indian village, it was a starting point for many bandeiras (expeditions into the interior). Formed as the village of Sao Francisco ...
- Sao Francisco River
- major river of eastern South America. With a length of 1,811 miles (2,914 kilometres), it is the fourth largest river system of the continent and the largest river wholly within ... [7 Related Articles]
- Sao Francisco, Chapel of
- (from the article "Belo Horizonte") ...buildings and the wide tree-lined avenues radiating from the city centre like the spokes of a wheel. The nearby suburb of Pampulha is noted for its bold architecture, exemplified by ...
- Sao Goncalo
- city, southwestern Rio de Janeiro estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It lies on the Imbuacu Stream and reaches the eastern shore of Guanabara Bay. A northeastern suburb of ...
- Sao Joao Baptista de Ajuda
- former Portuguese exclave (detached portion) of Sao Tome and Principe, in the city of Ouidah, Benin (formerly Dahomey). Founded in 1788, it consisted of a fort and old factory (trading ...
- Sao Joao de Meriti
- city and northwestern suburb of Rio de Janeiro city, Rio de Janeiro estado (state), eastern Brazil. Sao Joao de Meriti, founded in 1647, was given city status in 1931. It ...
- Sao Joao del Rei
- city, south-central Minas Gerais estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Lenheiro River on a site sandwiched between two hills, at 2,822 feet (860 m) above sea ...
- Sao Jorge Island
- volcanic island of the central Azores, east-central North Atlantic. Lying 35 miles (56 km) south of the island of Graciosa, the island measures 36 by 4 miles (58 by 6 ...
- Sao Jose do Rio Preto
- city, in the highlands of northwestern Sao Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies at 1,558 feet (475 m) above sea level near the headwaters of the Preto River. Originally called ...
- Sao Jose dos Campos
- city, eastern Sao Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Paraiba do Sul River at 2,110 feet (643 m) above sea level. Known successively as Vila Nova de Sao ...
- Sao Leopoldo
- city, eastern Rio Grande do Sul estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Sinos River at 85 feet (26 m) above sea level, just north of Porto ...
- Sao Lourenco River
- northeastern tributary of the Paraguay River. The Sao Lourenco rises near Poxoreu, in southeastern Mato Grosso estado ("state"), Brazil, and flows approximately 300 miles (480 km) southwest through the Paraguay ...
- Sao Luis
- city, capital of Maranhao estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It lies on the west side of Sao Luis Island on the Atlantic coast. The island is really a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sao Mamede, Battle of
- (from the article "Afonso I") ...daughter, Teresa, who governed Portugal from the time of her husband's death (1112) until her son Afonso came of age. She refused to cede her power to Afonso, but his ...
- Sao Marcos Bay
- bay of the Atlantic Ocean in Maranhao estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is about 60 miles (100 km) long and up to 10 miles (16 km) wide.
- Sao Mateus River
- (from the article "Espirito Santo") ...by the low mountain ranges of the Aimores Mountains on the western border and by isolated groups of hills on the eastern coastal plains. The most important rivers-the Doce, Sao ...
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