A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Santi Giovanni e Paolo ... Sao Vicente Santi Giovanni e Paolo (from the article "Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista") ...most famous Venetian painter of the 18th century. In about 1725-27 he undertook his only ... Santi Quattro Coronati (from the article "Rome") In the medieval confines of the only fortified abbey left in Rome stands SS. Quattro ... Santi, Gino P. American engineer whose long career with the U.S. Air Force was most notable for his ... Santiago region metropolitana, central Chile, bordering Argentina on the east, Valparaiso region on the north and ... santiago (from the article "Morris dance") ...to the Middle East, India, and parts of Central and South America. Notable examples are ... Santiago capital of Chile. It lies on the canalized Mapocho River, with views of high Andean ... [8 Related Articles] Santiago city, western Panama, in the Pacific lowlands north of Puerto Mutis, its port on 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 ... Santiago de Compostela city, A Coruna provincia (province), capital of the comunidad ... [6 Related Articles] Santiago de Cuba city, eastern Cuba. The second largest city in Cuba, it nestles in a valley of ... [1 Related Articles] Santiago de los Caballeros city, northern Dominican Republic. It is situated on the Yaque del Norte River, in the ... Santiago de Surco distrito (district), southeastern Lima-Callao metropolitan area, Peru. Created in about 1824 ... Santiago del Estero provincia (province), north-central Argentina. It is located mostly at the southwestern margins ... [1 Related Articles] Santiago del Estero city, capital of Santiago del Estero provincia (province), northwestern Argentina, and the ... Santiago Peak (from the article "Santa Ana Mountains") ...for about 25 miles (40 km) from the Santa Ana River southward along the Orange-Riverside ... Santiago Rodriguez city, northwestern Dominican Republic, on the northern slopes of the Cordillera Central. The city serves ... 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) ... Santiago, Battle of (June-July 1898), concluding engagement fought near Santiago de Cuba in the Spanish-American War, in which ... [2 Related Articles] Santiago, Order of Christian military-religious order of knights founded about 1160 in Spain for the purpose of fighting ... [3 Related Articles] Santiago, Rio Grande de river in Jalisco and Nayarit states, west-central Mexico. It flows out of Lake Chapala near ... [2 Related Articles] Santideva (from the article "Buddhism") ...Madhyamika Karika. The school was continued by Candrakirti, a famous logician of the 7th century ... Santillana, Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, marques de (marquess of) Spanish poet and Humanist who was one of the great literary and political ... [2 Related Articles] Santiniketan former town, now part of Bolpur town, Birbhum district, West Bengal state, northeastern India. Santiniketan ... [2 Related Articles] Santipur city, eastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just north of the Hooghly River, about 55 ... 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 ... Santissima Annunziata (from the article "Andrea del Sarto") ...was typical of the Cinquecento (16th century). He began to produce independent work about 1506-not ... Santissimo Sacramento Chapel (from the article "Bernini, Gian Lorenzo") ...more powerful expressions of papal power to support and inspire Roman Catholic pilgrims to the ... Santo Andre city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Tamanduatei River at 2,438 ... Santo Antao Island northwesternmost island of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles (640 km) off ... [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 ... Santo Domingo capital of the Dominican Republic and the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the ... [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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Santo Domingo, church of (from the article "Cuzco") The church of Santo Domingo, consecrated in 1654, incorporates the foundations and several walls of ... Santo Kyoden (from the article "Japan") ...and artistic production had centered in the Kyoto-Osaka area, but late Tokugawa culture was primarily ... Santo Spirito (from the article "Brunelleschi, Filippo") Brunelleschi's Church of Santo Spirito in Florence was designed either in 1428 or 1434. Work ... Santo Tomas de Castilla port, northeastern Guatemala. It lies on Amatique Bay off the Gulf of Honduras and is ... Santo Tomas grottoes (from the article "Paraguari") ...orange leaves) are among its products. Ceramic works, tanneries, and food-processing plants are located in ... Santo Tomas, Cave of (from the article "Cuba") ...coastline are characterized by many bays, sandy beaches, mangrove swamps, coral reefs, and rugged cliffs. ... Santo Tome (from the article "Toledo") ...Blanca (12th century) and El Transito (14th century; housing the Sephardic museum); and the Mudejar ... 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 ... Santokh Singh (from the article "Sikhism") ...janam-sakhis are the Bala, the Puratan, ... Santolaria, Albert Pintat (from the article "Andorra") ...| Population (2007 est.): 82,600 | Capital: Andorra la Vella | Chiefs of state: Co-princes ... Santolea (from the article "painting, Western") ...herd of panic-stricken deer, presumably driven into the ambush by beaters. Scenes of battle or ... Santome, Battle of (from the article "San Juan") ...an influx of ranchers revitalized the area. During the early 19th century, San Juan witnessed ... Santonian Stage fourth of six main divisions (in ascending order) of the Upper Cretaceous Series, representing rocks ... [1 Related Articles] Santoprene (from the article "elastomer") Yet another kind of thermoplastic elastomer is made by blending a specific elastomer with a ... Santorio Santorio Italian physician who was the first to employ instruments of precision in the practice of ... [1 Related Articles] Santos port city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It occupies an ... [2 Related Articles] Santos Castillo, Hernando Colombian newspaper editor whose close connections with and support of the politicians in power led ... Santos Dumont Airport (from the article "airport") ...range, offered a level of comfort that was necessary for long-distance travel. Air terminal facilities ... Santos Football Club (from the article "Pele") football (soccer) player, in his time probably the most famous and possibly the best-paid athlete ... 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 ... 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 ... Santos, Jose (from the article "Equestrian Sports") Jockey Jose Santos, 46, announced his retirement on July 30, one week before his induction ... Santos, Lucia dos Portugese shepherd girl, later a Carmelite nun, who claimed she saw visions of the Virgin ... [1 Related Articles] Santos, Moacir Brazilian musician (b. July 28, 1926, Flores do Pajeu, Pernambuco, Braz.-d. Aug. 6, 2006, Pasadena, ... Santos, Ricardo (from the article "Volleyball") ...World Tour men's and women's beach volleyball champions also hailed from Brazil. The women were ... 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 ... [3 Related Articles] Santosi Mata (from the article "Hinduism") The adaptability of Hinduism to changing conditions is illustrated by the appearance in the Hindu ... santur (from the article "stringed instrument") ...is a rectangular, or more often trapezoid-shaped, hollow box the strings of which are either ... Sanudo, Marco (from the article "Greece, history of") ...authority; and, although Byzantine power was restored for a while in the late 13th century, ... Sanudo, Marino (from the article "Crusades") ...of informed preaching as well as military force. At the beginning of the 14th century, ... Sanudo, Marino Venetian historian whose Diarii is an invaluable source for the history of his period. In ... Sanusi, as- in full Sidi Muhammad ibn 'Ali as-Sanusi al-Mujahiri al-Hasani al-Idrisi North African Islamic theologian who ... Sanusiyah a Muslim Sufi (mystic) brotherhood established in 1837 by Sidi Muhammad ibn 'Ali as-Sanusi. In ... [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 ... Sanvito, Bartolomeo (from the article "calligraphy") ...century the rage for epigraphic (inscriptional) lettering brought into the field such enthusiasts as Cyriacus ... 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 ... Sanwa Bank former Japanese commercial bank that became part of UFJ Holdings in 2001 through its merger ... sanxian any of a group of long-necked, fretless Chinese lutes. The instrument's rounded rectangular resonator has ... [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 ... Sanya Dharmasakti (from the article "Thailand") For the first time since 1932, the monarchy assumed a direct role in Thai politics. ... Sanyati River (from the article "Umniati River") ...joins the Zambezi River near the Kariba Dam. Its tributaries include the Sebakwe, Umsweswe, and ... Sanyo Electric (from the article "Japan") ...electronics and entertainment giant faced its first annual loss in more than a decade. In ... Sanz, Alejandro Spanish pop singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz continued to figure prominently at the forefront of Latin music ... [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, ... Sao (from the article "Cameroon") The Sudanic-speaking peoples include the Sao, who live on the Adamawa Plateau; the Fulani; and ... sao (from the article "fu") ...278 BC). The fu was particularly suitable for description and exposition, in ... Sao Bernardo do Campo city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southern Brazil. It is located on ... Sao Caetano do Sul city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil, situated near the Tamanduatei ... Sao Carlos city, in the highlands of eastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. ... Sao Cristovao city and port, eastern Sergipe estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is located ... Sao culture (from the article "art, African") ...later they began making animals with more extended legs, and sometime after AD 1000 they ... Sao Domingos town situated on an estuary of the Cacheu River in northwestern Guinea-Bissau. Its economy is ... Sao Francisco craton (from the article "South America") ...plutonic (intrusive), metavolcanic (metamorphosed extrusive igneous rocks), and metasedimentary rocks. Rocks of Archean age (2.5 ... 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 ... Sao Francisco River major river of eastern South America. With a length of 1,811 miles (2,914 kilometres), it ... [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 ... Sao Goncalo city, southwestern Rio de Janeiro estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It lies on ... Sao Joao Baptista de Ajuda former Portuguese exclave (detached portion) of Sao Tome and Principe, in the city of Ouidah, ... Sao Joao de Meriti city and northwestern suburb of Rio de Janeiro city, Rio de Janeiro estado (state), eastern ... Sao Joao del Rei city, south-central Minas Gerais estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Lenheiro ... Sao Jorge Island volcanic island of the central Azores, east-central North Atlantic. Lying 35 miles (56 km) south ... Sao Jose do Rio Preto city, in the highlands of northwestern Sao Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies at 1,558 ... Sao Jose dos Campos city, eastern Sao Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Paraiba do Sul River ... Sao Leopoldo city, eastern Rio Grande do Sul estado (state), Brazil. It lies along ... Sao Lourenco River northeastern tributary of the Paraguay River. The Sao Lourenco rises near Poxoreu, in southeastern Mato ... Sao Luis city, capital of Maranhao estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It lies on the ... [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 ... Sao Marcos Bay bay of the Atlantic Ocean in Maranhao estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is about 60 ... Sao Mateus River (from the article "Espirito Santo") ...by the low mountain ranges of the Aimores Mountains on the western border and by ... Sao Miguel Island island, largest of the Azores, in the North Atlantic Ocean, 740 miles (1,190 km) west ... Sao Nicolau Island island of Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, between the islands of Santa Luzia and ... [1 Related Articles] Sao Paulo estado (state) of southeastern Brazil, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast and bounded ... Sao Paulo city, capital of Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It is the ... [5 Related Articles] Sao Paulo Football Club (from the article "Football") ...the Libertadores de America Cup (South America's major club competition) was an all-Brazilian affair for ... Sao Paulo Stock Market (from the article "Brazil") ...Bolstered by increased corporate transparency and a sequence of attractive initial public offerings-many of them ... Sao Paulo, University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...on an island in Rio's Guanabara Bay. The universities of Minas Gerais and Rio Grande ... Sao Pedro (from the article "Sao Francisco River") ...to the north. The upper rapids are navigable during periods of high water, but below ... Sao Roque, Cape headland on the northeastern Atlantic coast of Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte state, 20 miles ... Sao Roque, church of (from the article "Lisbon") ...after the 1755 earthquake. In gold, marble, carved wood, and rare tiles, these interiors are ... Sao Tiago Island largest and most populous island of Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles ... [1 Related Articles] Sao Tiago, Order of (from the article "Gama, Vasco da") ...surrounds the reception of da Gama on his return by King Manuel. Da Gama seemingly ... Sao Tome (from the article "Sao Tome and Principe") Area: 1,001 sq km (386 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 158,000 | Capital: Sao ... Sao Tome and Principe country of central Africa, located on the Equator in the Gulf of Guinea. It consists ... [18 Related Articles] Sao Tome and Principe, flag of national flag consisting of horizontal stripes of green, yellow, and green with a red hoist ... Sao Tome and Principe, history of (from the article "Sao Tome and Principe") This discussion focuses on Sao Tome and Principe since the late 15th century. For a ... Sao Tome Island (from the article "Sao Tome and Principe") Sao Tome, which is oval in shape, is larger than Principe, which lies about 90 ... Sao Tome Peak (from the article "Sao Tome and Principe") ...volcanic mountains fall precipitously to the sea, although neither island has witnessed any volcanic activity ... Sao Tome, Cape headland on the Atlantic coast of eastern Brazil, Rio de Janeiro state, 25 miles (40 ... Sao Vicente city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies on Sao Vicente Island and adjoins ... [3 Related Articles]

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