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  Ferrol, Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferrol 43°28′N 8°15′W is an Atlantic-facing city in the provice of A Coruña in Galicia in north-western Spain.Today, is best known for the Navantia shipbuilding yards and for being the Spanish capital of the Maritime Department of the North and back in the 18th century was the most important arsenal in Europe.
Ferrol, the most important Naval Station in the north of Spain [9], with its well sheltered harbour and busy port, together with the NAVANTIA shipyards seems to be flourishing once again, and with it, the whole heavily populated district of As Mariñas and Ferrolterra.
Ferrol was virtually impossible to blockade in the age of sail, as any strong westerly winds would take the blockading force away along the treacherous north coast of Spain where they had no safe haven.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferrol,_Spain   (1517 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Ferrol, El, Spain & Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
86,272), A Coruna prov., NW Spain, in Galicia.
The naval base on the Atlantic was built in the 18th cent.
Francisco Franco, El Caudillo, was born there, and from 1939 to the early 1980s it was known as El Ferrol del Caudillo.
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 Ferrol, Spain - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Ferrol is an Atlantic-facing city in north-western Spain near the port of A Coruña best known, today, for the Navantia shipbuilding yards and for being the Capital of the Maritime Department of the North.
For the first time the immense strategic importance of the port of El Ferrol came to be understood and it was made Capital of the Maritime Department of the North, formed under Ferdinand VI and Charles III for the defence of the Spanish Colonial Empire in America.
El Ferrol, the most important Naval Station in the north of Spain, with its well sheltered harbour and busy port, together with the NAVANTIA shipyards seems to be flourishing once again, and with it, the whole heavily populated district of Las Mariñas and Ferrolterra.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Ferrol   (784 words)

  
 Ferrol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferrol, Spain, industrial city and naval station in Galicia (Spain)
Ferrol, Virginia, town in the United States of America
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferrol   (92 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Spain, Spain & Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Continental Spain extends from the Pyrenees, which separate it from France, and from the Bay of Biscay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, southward to the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates it from Africa.
In the west, Spain borders on the Atlantic Ocean both north and south of its frontier with Portugal.
The small republic of Andorra is wedged between France and Spain in the Pyrenees.
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 Spain - Galicia - Parador de Ferrol
Outside of Ferrol there is the church of Chanteiro, the Monasteries of Monfero and Caveiro, and the village of Pontedeume.
Experience the recommended celebrations: the feasts of San Julian, the patron saint of the city held on January 8th; Nuestra Senora de Chamorro (Easter Monday); and the Feasts of Amboage in August.
Ferrol is 55 km from A Coruña, partly by motorway and the rest along the N-VI main road.
www.paradores-spain.com /spain/pferrol.html   (590 words)

  
 Ferrol car hire / Ferrol car rental from 27 EUR per day allinclusive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
King Philip V of Spain demolished half of the merchants' quarter (La Ribera) to build a military citadel, as a way of both punishing and controlling the rebel city.
Barcelona and the province of Catalonia were annexed by the French Empire of Napoleon after he invaded Spain and put his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne.
A decline in the inner city population and displacement towards the outskirts and beyond raises the threat of urban sprawl.
www.spaincarrental.net /ferrol_downtonw.htm   (889 words)

  
 Port of El Ferrol, Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
According to the port authority of El Ferrol & San Ciprián in Spain, a tender covering a concession for a new 230,000 m2 container terminal in the outer harbour will be issued during 2004.
A breakwater, around 1km from the current coastline, is already in position, and 60 percent of the overall infill was reported to have been completed by the end of 2003....
In 2002, the Reganosa group, comprising Endesa, Union Fenosa, the Tojeiro Group and Algeria's Sonatrach, began construction on the El Ferrol LNG import facility.
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 Ferrol, El
86,272), A Coruña prov., NW Spain, in Galicia.
Galicia, autonomous region, Spain - Galicia, autonomous region (1990 pop.
Spain: Land - Land Administratively, Spain is divided into 50 provinces.
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 Ferrol, Facts and Fiction
According to the Biography [3], Forester was said to have been in Spain to cover the civil war in 1937, to cover the Franco side for a conservative English newspaper.
On parole he was granted to go into the city of Ferrol to have a drink with locals and practice his Spanish, or to walk to the headland to stare at the horizon.
The ships were bombarded by Ferrol cannons, the road was well-defended, and the passage via the lagoon was not practical.
jetse.dse.nl /ferrol   (2293 words)

  
 Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco, the son of a naval postmaster, was born in El Ferrol, Spain, on 4th December, 1892.
The nation calls to her defense all those of you who hear the holy name of Spain, those in the ranks of the Army and Navy who have made a profession of faith in the service of the Motherland, all those who swore to defend her to the death against her enemies.
The situation in Spain grows more critical every day; anarchy reigns in most of the countryside and towns; government-appointed authorities encourage revolts, when they do not actually lead them; murderers use pistols and machine guns to settle their differences and to treacherously assassinate innocent people, while the public authorities fail to impose law and order.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWfranco.htm   (5006 words)

  
 Ferrol Hotels, Hotels in Ferrol, SERCOTEL, Book a Hotel in Ferrol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In this directory (hotels in Ferrol), you will find a wide range on information of each of our Ferrol Hotels (general information on the hotel with all its services).
We hope to be able to cater to your needs and that Sercotel will become your preferred Ferrol hotels chain: the charm of the uniqueness of the hotels with guaranteed quality standards.
The hotel is located in the Magdalena neighborhood, the historical and commercial center of the city of Ferrol...
www.sercotel.es /htmleng/city/ferrolhotels.htm   (147 words)

  
 Parador de Ferrol in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain - Inns of Spain
Parador de Ferrol in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain - Inns of Spain
In the centre of Ferrol, an attractive seafaring city, the Parador resembles a Galician mansion with glazed galleries.
The typical cake from Ferrol justly heads the dessert menu.
www.innsofspain.com /hotelview.aspx?h=6033   (383 words)

  
 Gard News 177 - Salvage in Spain
Given the vessel’s speed, the deteriorating weather and that she was taking seas on her main deck, the shipowners decided to order the vessel to sail to El Ferrol, Spain as a port of refuge.
Given the behaviour of the Spanish personnel on board and the results of the negotiations undertaken by the shipowners, the master agreed to comply and be taken in tow by one of the local Spanish tugs.
The vessel proceeded under tow until she was off El Ferrol, at which point the shipowners instructed the vessel that she was to enter El Ferrol for inspection and repairs.
www.gard.no /gard/Publications/GardNews/RecentIssues/gn177/art_15.htm   (1188 words)

  
 Keeping in Spain may no longer be in vain - Football - www.smh.com.au
Tucked away in the rain-swept north-western corner of Spain, among the rolling hills and granite cliffs of Galicia, Jose Bello-Amigo is flourishing.
Those traditions brought him to Spain almost four years ago, retracing the steps of his father, Jose snr, who 40 years earlier had left his homeland for a new life in Australia.
Yet Fraser - who coached Bello-Amigo before he left for Spain and who believes he will ultimately be good enough to wear the green and gold - believes if the Socceroos are to face a goalkeeping crisis after this World Cup cycle, the fault will lie much deeper.
www.smh.com.au /news/Football/Keeping-in-Spain-may-no-longer-be-in-vain/2005/01/20/1106110879153.html   (1098 words)

  
 Francisco Franco --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Spanish consort who was thought to be the force behind many of the religious and social strictures imposed on Spain during the repressive regime of her husband, Francisco Franco (1939–75).
April 12, 2004, Espartinas, Spain), won critical acclaim from the mid-1930s as a performer of flamenco and from the 1950s achieved towering success recording a popular song form known as copla.
The writers of the Franco era had tended to be realists, wanting to translate into print the destructiveness of the Civil War and its aftermath.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035146   (665 words)

  
 [The epidemiology of tuberculosis in El Ferrol (see comments)]
BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to know the frequency of tuberculosis in El Ferrol and to contribute to the knowledge of the situation in Spain.
METHODS: A retrospective study of all the cases of tuberculosis diagnosed in the Hospital A. Marcide-Novoa Santos (El Ferrol, Spain) from 1990 to 1993 was performed.
CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of tuberculosis in El Ferrol is very high with an important delay in the diagnosis of bacilliferous patients.
www.aegis.com /aidsline/1995/jul/M9570583.html   (524 words)

  
 Tim's Travels in Spain
In my high school class, we had sent for pen pals, and I had been writing to Iria, my friend in Ferrol, Spain, for a couple of years.
Even though Spain was foreign, it was still steeped in Western Culture, whereas in Morocco, I was totally an outsider, definitely a tourist.
I had a great time in Ferrol, although I must admit that I was a bit shy since I was not very good at speaking Spanish fluently.
www.cs.cmu.edu /~viento/spain.html   (1312 words)

  
 Hotels in Ferrol, Spain :: eHotelsMotels.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Location: Hotel Hesperia Ferrol was inagurated in october 2002 and is located in the centre of Ferrol, near the train station and bus station.
Close historical city, Spain Square and 10 minutes of the exterior Port.
Description: The Hotel is in the city center, located in the barrio de la Magdalena, historic centre of El Ferrol, 500 meters from the harbour and 100 meters from the bus and train station.
ehotelsmotels.com /reservations/Spain/Ferrol   (286 words)

  
 Discover Ukraine expedition changes course, but not goal (11/28/99)
Invited to the Spanish port city of El Ferrol for the annual celebration of Santiago (St. James), the patron saint of Spain, Mr.
In El Ferrol, they were accorded special attention as the only expedition team from Eastern Europe.
As the Batkivshcyna entered El Ferrol Harbor during the parade of ships, the master of ceremonies proclaimed over the microphone "Viva Ukraina." And during the formal ceremony honoring St. James, held in the neighboring town of Santiago de Compostela, the Spanish bishop who presided read a greeting in Ukrainian.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1999/489903.shtml   (1687 words)

  
 Ferrol, El on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Arequipa signs letter of intent with Newcrest on its El Ferrol gold property.
(buque petrolero choca contra puente en Ferrol, La Coruña, España)(TT: One image and one hundred words) (TT: oil tanker crashes against bridge in Ferrol, La Coruña, Spain)
Naufrage du Prestige: les ports de La Corogne et du Ferrol menacés
www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/Ferrol-E1.asp   (352 words)

  
 Car hire El Ferrol Spain car rental El Ferrol car hire airport El Ferrol Car Rentals
Beneluxcar can help you to rent a car in El Ferrol Whether it is one way interstate rental car El Ferrol, Beneluxcar has just the right car hire for you.
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From El Ferrol airport car hire can be easily located.
www.beneluxcar.com /car-rentals/spain/el-ferrol   (293 words)

  
 The 0 Meetups near Ferrol - Meetup.com
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 Hesperia Ferrol Hotel Hotel - Cheap Online Hotel Reservations
The Hesperia Ferrol Hotel is a new hotel, actually is the best four star hotel in the city.
Description: The Hesperia Ferrol Hotel is Located Right in the Centre of Ferrol, At the Intersection of the Two Most Important Avenues in the City, Las Pas and Castilla, Right Opposite the Tourist Office.
The Plaza De Espaa is the Doorway To the Neoclassical Quarter of Ferrol, Which Continues All Through the La Magdalena Quarter.
www.hotstays.com /Hesperia-Ferrol-Hotel-Ferrol--2-11302795.html   (233 words)

  
 Accommodation in A Coruña, Galicia- Spain
Located right in the centre of Ferrol, Hesperia Hotel is situated at the intersection of the two most important avenues in the city, Las Pias and Castilla.
Located in the heart of the city, NH Atlantico Hotel is at the Jardines de Mendez Nunez, the business, commercial and cultural centre of La Coruna.
It is 500 meters from the port, only 30 minutes from A Coruna and 50 from Lugo and Santiago de Compostela.
www.123casa.com /galicia/acoruna.htm   (715 words)

  
 Barcelo Hotel Almirante in Ferrol, Spain - IberiaLodging.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Junior Twin Suite: Junior Twin Suite with two twin beds, adapted to the needs of the most exigent guests, each of our junior suties is characterized by a modern style and offers full bathrooms, mini bar, writing desk, satellite tv, computer socket, internet access, telephone and room service and complimentary newspaper.
The Barcelo Almirante stands in the most central part of the city of Ferrol in a Coruna, right on the Plaza de Espana at the start of La Magdalena neighbourhood, one of the most traditional and commercial areas in the city.
in ferrol, continue along this road for 0.075 mil and then turn left through the crg11.
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 Cheap Hotel Rooms Ferrol, Spain - Hotels in Ferrol, Spain
The Almirante Hotel is located in the historical and commercial center of the city.
It is 500 meters from the port, only 30 minutes from A Coruna and 50 from Lugo and Santiago de Compostela.The Hotel has the Gavia grill house-restaurant, which specializes in Castilian cuisine and one of the most typical cafeterias in Ferrol.
It also has a discotheque-pub, a lounge, car rental service, garage, parking, currency exchange, medical service, and a floor for non-smokers.
www.tophotelrooms.com /cheap-hotels-list.aspx?city=Ferrol   (268 words)

  
 BBC - Weather Centre - 5 Day Forecast in Celsius for El Ferrol, Spain
Set El Ferrol, Spain to be my hometown
The weather symbol shown for each day in the five day forecast represents the predominant weather expected on the day in question.
BBC Weather Centre in association with the Met Office
www.bbc.co.uk /weather/5day.shtml?world=4256   (179 words)

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