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  Zaragoza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to data from Zaragoza council from 1 January 2004, the population of the city of Zaragoza was 641,581, ranking fifth in Spain.
Zaragoza was the scene of two famous martyrdoms: those of Saint Dominguito del Val, a choirboy in the basilica, and Pedro de Arbués, an official of the Spanish Inquisition.
Zaragoza is strongly associated with Jaca in its bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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 Zaragoza (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zaragoza (also called Saragossa in English) is a province of northern Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Aragon.
It is bordered by the provinces of Lerida, Tarragona, Teruel, Guadalajara, Soria, La Rioja, Navarre, and Huesca.
Its capital is Zaragoza, which is also the capital of the autonomous community.
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 Zaragoza, hotels, accommodations Zaragoza travel guide
In the ancient Kingdom of Aragón in northeastern Spain, crowned by the Pyrenees mountains and traversed by the Ebro river, lies the province of Zaragoza, sometimes anglicized as Saragossa.
To the east is Catalonia and to the north and south, the sister provinces of Huesca and Teruel.
Zaragoza became a magnificent centre of culture and was to produce such outstanding figures as the philosopher Avenpace, the great teacher of Averroes.
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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.
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 Zaragoza Spain -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
According to data from Zaragoza council from 1 January 2004, the population of the city of Zaragoza was 641,581.
Zaragoza was born in the town of Presidio de la Bahía del Espíritu Santo in what what was then the Mexican province of Texas, now the city of Goliad, Texas.
Ignacio Zaragoza was known for visiting his sick and injured soldiers, and shortly after his famous victory he contracted typhus, of which he died at the age of 33.
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 Tourism in Aragon. Zaragoza province
Zaragoza in the year 2000 is a modern European city, which spreads around both sides of the river Ebro; more than half of its population works in the service sector, while industrial production is localised in industrial areas in the periphery of the city.
Zaragoza is also a city known for its Fairs and Congresses, and it has two very suitable facilities for this purpose, notably the "Feria de muestras" (trade fair), a true commercial city in itself, and the Auditorium, a building complex that stands out for its design and capacity.
Zaragoza is known to be a "passing through" city, however all the visitors that make a halt here discover a rich and interesting city.
www.redaragon.com /turismo/ingles/zaragozacap.asp   (719 words)

  
 Aragon Guide .com - Aragon tourism travel guide
Aragon Pyrenees forms the central region of Spanish Pyrenees in Huesca, in the northern Aragon province.
Aragon is an ancient land composed of three provinces: Zaragoza (Saragossa); remote Teruel, which is farther south and Huesca; Most of Aragon constitutes terra incognita for the average tourist- which is unfortunate, since it is one of the most historic regions of Spain.
Zaragoza is the Aragon capital, and one of the most-visited destination in the region, the reason being because it lies on the main route between Madrid and Barcelona.
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 Zaragoza
Capital of Zaragoza province and of Aragón autonomous community, northeast Spain, on the River Ebro; population (2001 est) 611,000.
Zaragoza remained the capital of Aragón until the end of the 15th century.
Maria Augustin (died 1859), known as the ‘Maid of Zaragoza’ (Spanish ‘Agostina de Aragón’), became a national hero for her part in the defence; her story is told in Byron's Childe Harold (1812–18).
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 Fidel Perez-Sebastian's Personal Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I was borned in Zaragoza on August 6, 1965.
Zaragoza is mainly famous for three things: the Ebro river, "El Pilar," and Mr.
He was borned in Fuendetodos, a town that belongs to the Zaragoza province.
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 Zaragoza Spain - Holidays - IndigoGuide Zaragoza
Zaragoza is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the autonomous community of Aragon.
Zaragoza's strategic location at the centre of the northeast corner of Spain has enabled it to develop into a dynamic business centre which hosts regular international trade fairs and conferences.
One of Zaragoza's greatest claims to fame is that it produced one of Spain's finest ever painters, Francisco de Goya who was the last of the old masters and widely regarded as the Father of Modern Art.
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Located in the Aragon province of Spain, surrounded by mountains, Zaragosa borders the main north-south railway track, the main east-west track, the Imperial Canal of Aragon, and the Ebro River.
As the map indicates Zaragoza is in northeastern Spain on the the Ebro river; it is the capital of its region, Aragon, and Zaragoza Province.
For nearly 400 years, Zaragoza was the capital for the Kingdom of Aragon, until Aragon was united with Castille by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella in 1469, the royal couple who financed Columbus.
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 BIFI: Conference BIFI 2004: tourism
Zaragoza (English Saragossa) is the capital of the Zaragoza province, in the autonomous community (region) of Aragon, Northeastern Spain, lying on the south bank of the river Ebro.
After being captured by the Almoravids in 1110, Zaragoza was taken by King Alfonso I of Aragon in 1118 and thereafter enjoyed three and a half centuries of prosperity as capital of Aragon.
The seat of an archbishop, Zaragoza has two cathedrals, the older of which is the Catedral de La Seo (Latin sedes), or Catedral del Salvador, chiefly a Gothic building (1119-1520) but showing some traces of the earlier Romanesque church built on the site of the first mosque erected in Spain.
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 Zaragoza & Province Hotels : Spain - BootsnAll Cheap Hotels
To the north of teh Cinco Villas region,122 kms from Zaragoza and 58 from Pamplona.
Located in the centre of Zaragoza, next to the Basilica del Pilar, NH Ciudad de Hotel is just 8 kilometres away from the airport and is easily reached from the railway station.
NH Sport Hotel Zaragoza is located in a new residential and commercial district, close to the railway station.
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 Car Hire Zaragoza from IIB Autos. Cheap Zaragoza Car Hire.
Zaragoza (Latin Caesar Augusta, English traditionally Saragossa) is the capital city of Aragon, Spain, located on the Ebro river near the centre of Aragon.
The population of the municipality of Zaragoza was 620,419 in 2002.
Zaragoza was founded by the Romans as Caesaraugusta, named after Augustus Caesar.
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 Pyrenees Guide .com - zaragoza province tourism travel guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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...
Veruela Monastery - Veruela Monastery is the oldest in the Province of Zaragoza (founded in 1146).
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 Zaragoza
The capital of the province, Zaragoza, is a thriving small city, whose locals, los maños, provide a warm welcome to all visitors who come here.
The presence of the University of Zaragoza founded in 1533, means there is plenty of life and entertainment in town throughout most of the year, but the highlight in the calender is undoubtedly the second week of October.
Later Zaragoza declined in importance after the unification of the kingdoms of Aragón and Castile in 1469 but the city became gained renown throughout Europe during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), when its citizens displayed extreme heroism against the besieging French army.
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 Zaragoza (Saragossa) Hotels Spain.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Zaragoza was the seat of a Moorish taifa in the Middle Ages.
Hotel located in the most selected area of Zaragoza, in the turistic and commercial centre, 50 metres away from the Basilica of Nuestra Señora del Pilar and the Cathedral of La Seo.
Hotel Cesaraugusta is placed in Zaragoza centre, close to RENFE railway station and A2 highway exit.
www.hotelszaragoza.com   (564 words)

  
 Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Spanish Congress of Deputies
The effective representation threshold in each province was substantially larger than the three percent barrier set forth by law: in all three constituencies, the seat apportionment would have been the same regardless of the statutory threshold.
The number of votes required to attain a seat in Zaragoza province - the largest of three constituencies - was substantially higher than the amount required to that end in Huesca or in Teruel.
The remaining provinces return an average of six seats, and in these the effective representation threshold - the number of votes needed to secure a seat according to the application of the d'Hondt rule - is well over three percent.
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 All inclusive resort hotels in Zaragoza,Spain from The Resort Hotels.com
NH Ciudad de Zaragoza Hotel is located in the centre of Zaragoza, next to the Basilica del Pilar and is easily reached via A- motorway.
NH Gran Hotel Zaragoza, inaugurated in by HRH D. Alfonso XIII preserves the flavour of that era with its sumptuous and luxurious installations.
Located in the heart of the city, this hotel is built in the classical style, and after an exhaustive restoration combines elegance and sobriety in an exclusive setting.##There are guest rooms in the hotel that are tastefully decorated to provide a comfortable and welcoming environment.
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 Pyrenees Guide .com - Goya in Aragon route   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes was born in 1746 in Fuendetodos, a small village in the province of Zaragoza.
It is in the Archbishop’s Palace of Zaragoza, in the Throne Hall, and it belongs to the Archbishop’s patrimony.
The specialist on Goya, Sanchez Canton, in 1951 judges previous the canvas of Zaragoza, as in the version of Valencia, the archbishop appeared with the order of Charles III; also Gudiol sees the original of the canvas in Zaragoza and thinks that the other is a copy.
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 Maps of Zaragoza map for planning your holiday in Zaragoza, Zaragoza spain
The city is located 240 metres over the sea level, on the right margin of the Ebro mid Valley, Zaragoza is the capital and the political- administrative centre of Aragón.
With a Mediterranean climate its lands tend to be arid.With around 607 000 inhabitants Zaragoza is one of the most populated capital of Spain.
The public thermal baths were located in Zaragoza’s center, in the existing space between the Forum and the Theatre.
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 Saragossa, Spain
Zaragoza, once the residence of the kings of Aragon and now chief town of its province and the seat of a famous university, lies in the Ebro basin, on the right bank of the river, and from time immemorial has been the principal crossing point for traffic from the Pyrenees into Castile.
The Huerta de Zaragoza, well watered by the Canal Imperial and the rivers Ebro, Huerva and Gallego, is a region of great fertility, and Zaragoza is accordingly an important agricultural center, as well as possessing considerable industry (principally metal- processing and engineering).
After its recapture by Alfonso I of Aragon in 1118 it became the residence of the kings of Aragon and rose to considerable importance.
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 Tourism in Aragon. Zaragoza province
The most western lands of the province served historically as frontier between the Kingdom of Castile, Navarra, Aragon and the Muslim Kingdom.
The cultivation of the vine has a great tradition in the province, proved by the Certificates of Origin awarded to the wines of Cariñena, Field of Borja and Calatayud.
Caspe, the historical city where the Treaty that united the Crowns of Aragón and Castile in 1412 was signed, is the main city East of Zaragoza; 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 the Ebro.
www.redaragon.com /turismo/ingles/zaragozaprov.asp   (349 words)

  
 Zaragoza Spain
The province of Zaragoza, rich in contrasts and artistic styles, can be just as fascinating as the capital city itself.
The province of Saragossa has a fine Mudéjar tradition, influenced by its austere and bright scenery.
This was the home town of the poet Marcial and is nowadays the second most important town in the province.
www.spainturismo.com /zaragoza/excursions.html   (654 words)

  
 SOS Children's Villages Canada : Zaragoza
The SOS Children's Village Zaragoza was erected in 1993 and in the very same year, the first SOS families moved to their new homes.
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 Hotel Avenida - Zaragoza
Zaragoza, cosy and modern, coated by the rivers Ebro, Gállego and Huerva offers us a very wide Historical - Artistic heritage.
Zaragoza's province offers us a whole variety of Gastronomic - Cultural excursions like Goya's route, the "Jalón's Mudéjar" route, the "Cinco Villas" middle ages route, the health resort and the "Monasterio de Piedra" route, the "Moncayo" route, the wine route, etc.
Zaragoza's festivities are celebrated on October and the central day is the twelfth.
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 Zaragoza & Province hotels. Save up to 60% off rates on all hotels in Zaragoza & Province
With its excellent, affordable accommodation in Zaragoza City centre, NH Gran Hotel is an ideal base for both leisure and business travellers.
Located in the heart of the city, NH Gran Hotel Zaragoza is in the shopping and cultural district.
The Catalonia Zaragoza Plaza Hotel is situated just 50 meters away from Zaragoza Plaza square and Basilica of Pilar in the heart of Zaragoza's historic centre.
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