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Encyclopedia Britannica



ORENSE

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 253 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ORC-PAI
ORENSE , an episcopal see and the
capital
 , of the Spanish province of Orense; on the left bank of the river Milo, and on the Tuy-Monforte railway. Pop. (1900) 15,194. The river is here crossed by a bridgeone of the most remarkable in Spainof seven
arches
 , 1319 ft. in length, and at its highest point 135 ft. above the bed of the river. This
bridge
  was built by
Bishop
  Lorenzo in 1230, but has frequently been repaired. The
Gothic
 
cathedral
 , also dating from
Bishop
  Lorenzo's time, is a comparatively small building, but has an image, El Santo Cristo, which was brought from Cape Finisterre in 1330 and is celebrated throughout
Galicia
  for its miraculous
powers
 . The city contains many schools, a public library and a theatre. In the older streets there are some interesting medieval houses.
Chocolate
  and leather are manufactured, and there are saw-mills, flour-mills and iron foundries. The three warm springs to the west, known as Las Burgas, attract many summer visitors; the waters were well known to the Romans, as their ancient name,
Aquae
  Originis,
Aquae
  Urentes, or perhaps Aquae Salientis, clearly indicates.
The Romans named Orense Aurium, probably from the alluvial gold found in the Mino valley. The bishopric, founded in the 5th century by the Visigoths, was named the Sedes Auriensis (see of Aurium), and from this the modern Orense is derived. The city became the
capital
  of the Suevi in the 6th century; it was sacked by the Moors in 716, and rebuilt only in 884.


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