TORO

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TORO , a town of Spain, in the province of Zamora, on the right bank of the river Duero (Douro), and on the Zamora-Medina del Campo railway. Pop. (1900), 8379. Toro is an ancient fortified town, with picturesque narrow streets, among which are many medieval churches, convents and palaces, besides modern schools and public buildings. A fine

bridge

BRIDGE

of twenty-two

arches

ARCHES,
COURT
OF

spans the river. The

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

church

is Romanesque; it

dates

DATES

from the 12th century but has been partially restored. The palace of the niarquesses of Santa Cruz was the

meeting

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

place of the

Cortes

CORTES
CORTES, HERNAN

of 1371, 1442 and 1505, which made Toro and its code of

laws

LAWS

celebrated. Toro is first mentioned in documents of the loth century. It played an important

part

PART

in the development of the kingdoms of Leon and Castile and in the reconquest of Spain from the Moors.

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