Pyrenees — Pyrenean, adj. /pir euh neez /, n. a mountain range between Spain and France. Highest peak, Pic de Néthou, 11,165 ft. (3400 m). * * * Mountain range, southwestern Europe. It extends 270 mi (430 km) from the Mediterranean Sea to the Bay of Biscay… … Universalium
Pyrenees — Geobox|Range name=Pyrenees other name= es. Pirineos ca. Pirineus fr. Pyrénées oc. Pirenèus an. Perinés eu. Pirinioak etymology=Pyrene|etymology type=Named for image caption=Central Pyrenees country=Spain| country1=France| country2=Andorra unit=… … Wikipedia
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Spanish architecture — refers to architecture carried out in any area in what is now modern day Spain, and by Spanish architects worldwide. The term includes buildings within the current geographical limits of Spain before this name was given to those territories… … Wikipedia
Spanish and Portuguese Jews — are a distinctive sub group of Sephardim who have their main ethnic origins within the crypto Jewish communities of the Iberian peninsula and who shaped communities mainly in Western Europe and the Americas from the late 16th century on. These… … Wikipedia
Spanish Language and Literature — • As a medium of literary expression Spanish asserted itself first in the twelfth century: it had been six or seven centuries in the process of evolution out of Latin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spanish Language and Literature … Catholic encyclopedia
Pyrenees (disambiguation) — Pyrenees may refer to any of three mountain ranges: *Pyrenees, on the Franco Spanish border *Pyrenees (Victoria), in south eastern Australia *Montes Pyrenaeus, on the moon* Pyrenees (cheese) is a French cheese made in the region of Aquitaine. *… … Wikipedia
Spanish Baroque literature — is the literature written in Spain during the Baroque.The literary Baroque took place in Spain in the middle of the so called Spanish Golden Age of Spanish Literature. Spain was governed in that period by Philip II, Philip III and Philip IV, the… … Wikipedia
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Pyrenees — (Pyrénées) The Pyrenees are a chain of mountains that extend from the Gulf of Gascony to the Gulf of Lyon. In age the Pyrenees are part of the Alpine system but are different from the french alps in several ways: their highest points are lower … France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present
