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  Teruel (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teruel is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Aragon.
It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Zaragoza.
The area of the province is 14,809 km².
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 Teruel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teruel (Aragonese: Tergüel) is a city in Aragon, Spain, the capital of Teruel Province.
A campaign group with the slogan Teruel existe (Teruel exists) was founded in 1999 to press for greater recognition and investment in the city and the province.
The Battle of Teruel in December 1937-February 1938, was one of the bloodiest of the war.
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 Alicante (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alicante or Alacant (in Valencian) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Land of Valencia.
It is bordered by the provinces of Murcia on the southwest, Albacete on the west, Valencia on the north, and the Mediterranean Sea on the east.
Alicante contributes with 11 deputies in the Spanish Parliament and with 30 deputies in the Corts Valencianes, the regional Parliament of the Land of Valencia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alicante_(province)   (654 words)

  
 Teruel, Spain (Capital) - LoveToKnow 1911
TERUEL, the capital of the Spanish province of Teruel; on the left bank of the river Guadalaviar, at its confluence with the Alfambra, and on the Murviedro-Calatayud railway.
In the cloisters of San Pedro lie the remains of the celebrated "lovers of Teruel," Juan de Marcilla and Isabella de Segura, who lived in the 13th century and whose pathetic story has formed the subject of numerous dramas and poems by Perez de Montalban, Yaqui de Salas, Hartzenbusch and others.
Teruel has several good hospitals and asylums for the aged and children, an institute, a training school for teachers, primary schools, a public library, an athenaeum, a meteorological station, and a large prison.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Teruel,_Spain_(Capital)   (222 words)

  
 Teruel, Spain
It borders with the provinces of Cuenca, Valencia, Castellón, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Guadalajara, and thanks to the vast improvements made to its road infrastructure in recent years, more and more people driving between northern and southern Spain pass through Teruel so as to avoid travelling via Madrid.
A quarter of all inhabitants live in the capital city of Teruel, the rest in the 236 small towns and villages scattered around the province some of which seem to belong to the last century (see Albarracin).
The scenery throughout the Province of Teruel is rural Spain at its most impressive - high, majestic mountains and green lush valleys and dry plains in the North.
www.euroresidentes.com /euroresiuk/guides-spain/guide-to-teruel.htm   (1175 words)

  
 Teruel - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
28,488), capital of Teruel prov., E central Spain, in Aragón, at the confluence of the Guadalaviar and Alfambra rivers.
The city is an agricultural trade center; the province has iron and coal mines and sulfur, zinc, and manganese deposits.
The "lovers of Teruel" (13th cent.) are buried in the San Pedro cloisters.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Teruel.asp   (384 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Teruel
All the churches of Teruel are contemporary with its foundation, as the founders built nine churches, one, Santa Maria de Media Villa, in the centre, and the remaining eight in a circle following the circuit of the walls.
Pierre de Bedel, builder of the Arcos de Teruel (Aqueduct) and of the Mina de Daroca, repaired its foundations from 1549 to 1551.
Among the distinguished citizens of Teruel must be mentioned Jerónimo Ripalda, S.J.; the jurisconsult Gaspar de Castellot; Miguel Jerónimo de Castellot, judge of the courts of Aragon, 1665; Fray Juan Cebrian de Perales, Bishop of Albarracin, and Juan Martínez Salafranca, Viceroy of Aragon, founder of the Academy of History.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14525a.htm   (723 words)

  
 Castellon de la Plana (province) - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The surface of the province is almost everywhere mountainous, and flat only near the coast and along some of the river valleys.
The Mijares or Millares is the principal river, flowing east-south-east from the highlands of Teruel, between the Sierras of Espina and Espadan towards the south, and the peak called Pena Golosa (5945 ft.) towards the north, until it reaches the sea a little south of the capital, also called Castellon de la Plana.
Lead, zinc, iron and other ores have been discovered in the province; but in 1903, out of 129 mining concessions registered, only two were worked, and their output, lead and zinc, was quite insignificant.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Castellon_De_La_Plana   (427 words)

  
 - Teruel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The province of Teruel, in the south of Aragon, is home to most of the Sistema Iberico mountain range area.
Teruel is also a storehouse of some of the best Mudejar architecture you will find anywhere, and nearby Albarracin is a medieval treat.
The mountains of El Maestrazgo, northeast of Teruel, are an area of great variety and striking, often wild, beauty, with their severe peaks, deep gorges and lush meadows.
www.pyreneestourism.org /teruel   (164 words)

  
 Spanish property insight - property in Teruel, Aragon, Spain, March 2005
Teruel is the southernmost province of the Autonomous region of Aragon.
It is a rural province with little industry and the farming is not easy due to the terrain and climate.
Teruel was the stage where the Moors and Christian both fought and lived together for centuries before the Moors were driven out by Los Reyes Católicos.
www.spanishpropertyinsight.com /spanish_property_articles_property_teruel_march05.htm   (499 words)

  
 Teruel, Spain
A town of Iberian origin (Turba), it was devastated by the Romans in 215 B.C. Long after the Reconquista it retained its Moorish inhabitants, who enjoyed special rights and were able to develop freely, losing their last mosque as late as 1502.
Teruel also had a large Jewish community, who lived in peaceful coexistence with Christians and Moors until a pogrom in 1486 which ended the concord between the different religions and initiated the town's decline.
During the Spanish Civil War Teruel was the scene of a decisive battle (Dec. 1937 to Feb. 1938) which caused great destruction in the town.
www.planetware.com /spain/teruel-e-ar-ter.htm   (132 words)

  
 Aragon guide | Huesca, Zaragoza, Teruel
There are two tiny ski stations in Teruel province in the south of Aragon – Valdelinares and Javalambre.
Teruel is the more outwardly inviting of the two cities and has won world recognition as the home of Spain’s finest examples of Mudejar architecture.
Teruel was the birthplace of this type of architecture and the city’s many Mudejar structures and monuments have been protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1986.
www.spanish-living.com /regional/indexR_Aragon.htm   (924 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | World's 'largest dinosaur' found
The bones of a what would have been a 35m-long (about 115ft) creature weighting 50 metric tons were found near Riodeva in the eastern province of Teruel.
Teruel Province has a declining population and poor transport links and for years has been clamouring for recognition.
The people of Teruel will surely be hoping that the news of the dinosaur find will put them firmly back on the map.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3490626.stm   (399 words)

  
 BBC News | MEDIA REPORTS | Spaniards protest at 'province's death'
As part of the action, which started on Wednesday, in the eastern province of Teruel, protestors dressed in mediaeval-style clothes staged a mock funeral procession to illustrate their claim.
They are demanding 10,000m pesetas (around $52 m) from the state budget next year to improve the province's infrastructure, healthcare system and to bring it into the 21st century.
Teruel, which has a population of around 137,000, was at the height of its power and influence in the 13th century.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1048545.stm   (391 words)

  
 .::dragonfire::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In Teruel there is a legend of two lovers, one of whom died because his passion was unrequited," he says.
"Teruel Exists [has received attention] from people in Finland, Germany, the Republic of Congo and two separate countries in South America," Juarez was quoted as saying, but word of the town had yet to spread to the United States.
The southerly journey to Teruel from Zaragoza, the state capital of Aragon, crosses a high plain that is forbiddingly hot and dry in summer.
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 Spain - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Administratively, Spain is divided into 50 provinces, grouped into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities with high degree of autonomy.
Autonomous communities group provinces (for instance, Extremadura is made of two provinces: Cáceres and Badajoz).
There are also five enclaves (plazas de soberanía) on and off the African coast: the cities of Ceuta and Melilla are administered as autonomous cities, an intermediate status between cities and communities; the islands of the Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera are under direct Spanish administration.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/p/a/Spain.html   (5244 words)

  
 La Cucaracha Spanish Civil War Diary December 1937
The province capital Teruel, since the beginning of the war occupied by Fascist forces, was till now aside the fighting's.
The fighting's near Teruel turn out to be a massive strike by the government to free the province capital city Teruel from the Fascists.
The offensive at Teruel achieved it main goals: Franco had to cancel his offensive at Madrid, and the world could see, that the Spanish government is far away from being beaten.
lacucaracha.info /scw/diary/1937/december   (950 words)

  
 Teruel & Province Hotels : Spain - BootsnAll Cheap Hotels
Parador de Alcaniz Teruel Province is located at the top of the Cerro Pui-Pinos and at the foot of which extends a city of squares.
The province of Teruel and specially its capital has an ample and International name for its cuisine, therefore, this hotel's restaurant contributes this fame supplying a very high quality cuisine.
Overlooking the San Juan Square, Plaza Boulevard Hotel is situated in the heart of Teruel's town centre and close to Torico Square.
www.bootsnall.com /hotels/cy/8187/Teruel-&-Province-Hotels   (850 words)

  
 Soria, Tarragona, Teruel, Toledo, Valencia, Tuspain.com, Travel, Cities, Hotels
The majority of the province is suitable for hunting and the most popular of big game are deer or stag, the roe deer and the wild boar.
Teruel is considered to be the capital of Mudejar art, with the San Martin, El Salvador and San Pedro towers, the Cathedral with its magnificent Gothic-Mudéjar ceilings, walls and doors and the Archaeological and Ethnological Museums.
he province of TOLEDO lies to the south of Madrid with a population of 510,000 and is bounded to the north by the Gredos mountains and to the south by those of Toledo with the plain between them through which the River Tagus flows.
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 Tourism in Aragon. Teruel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Teruel is the province that has been affected the most by depopulation.
It is a place with a tradition for agriculture and mining, where the economic and industrial restructuring has had a severe effect.
At the moment quality agriculture is trying to be recovered by promoting the elaboration of select foods, aided by initiative like the label C of Quality, or the Certificate of Origin.
www.redaragon.com /turismo/ingles/teruel.asp   (453 words)

  
 Pyrenees Guide .com - zaragoza province tourism travel guide
Zaragoza Province - The transition area between the Ebro valley and the Pyrenees mountains includes a large section of the Province of Zaragoza, which reaches as far as the valleys of Anso and El Roncal in the north and penetrates into Catalunya terrain in the east.
Caspe - Caspe, the historical city where the Treaty that united the Crowns of Aragon and Castile in 1412 was signed, is the main city East of Zaragoza Province; it centralises the activity of an area of hard climate, of poor non-irrigated land agriculture, only mitigated by the orchards in the riverside of...
Laguna de Gallocanta - 20km of Daroca (Zaragoza Province) and a similar distance west of Calamocha (Teruel Province) on the N-234, Laguna de Gallocanta is Spain’s largest natural lake, a about 15 sq km in area (though it can almost dry up in summer).
www.pyreneesguide.com /subs.asp?cID=32&sID=261   (717 words)

  
 Provinces of Spain - Simple English Wikipedia
There are fifty-two parts of Spain called provinces.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria province 1.011.928 4.099 km2
Santa Cruz de Tenerife province 956.352 3.208 km2
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 Sixth International Conference on Geomorphology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This medieval village, located in a tight meander overlooking the Guadalaviar karst canyon, is considered one of the most charming villages of Spain.
The next day we will stay overnight in Teruel city which hosts a beautiful Mudejar architecture (a style that once rose from the cohabitation of moors and christians) declared Heritage of the Humanity by the UNESCO.
In Teruel Graben the Quaternary terrace alluvium overlying Miocene evaporites shows abrupt thickenings and impressive collapse structures caused by dissolution-induced subsidence.
wzar.unizar.es /actos/SEG/Fieldtrips/C5.htm   (320 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Teruel at Epinions.com
Teruel is not a favoured place for tourists or your typical Spanish weekend tourist.
Teruel is the cheapest and one of the smallest provincial capitals in Spain.
Teruel is relatively near from Barcelona and Zaragoza and there are many interesting places nearby, such as Albarracin, Andorra de Teruel and many others.
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 Teruel car hire / Teruel car rental from 27 EUR per day allinclusive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Compare Teruel car rental rates of the most important car hire providers in Teruel and save on you car rental.
Málaga is a port town in Andalusia, Southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean.
It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name.
www.spaincarrental.net /teruel_downtonw.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Parador de Alcaniz Teruel Province, Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The city of Teruel Province is a melting pot of diverse cultures, unique experiences and stunning attractions.
The Parador de Alcaniz - Teruel Prov is built on the hilltop called the Cumbre de Cerro Pui-Pinos.
A good number of trips and sports activities are organised by the hotel for guests during their visit.
www.ebookers.com /cheap_hotels/spain/parador_de_alcaniz_teruel_province.html   (229 words)

  
 Teruel Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
The Tower of Saint Peter is the oldest of the Mudejar towers in Teruel.
Teruel is not a very ancient city by Spanish standards.
It was founded in the XII century close to the ruins of an ancient Arab settlement.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Spain/Aragon/Teruel-252861/Things_To_Do-Teruel-R-2.html   (647 words)

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