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Vitoria (vētō`rēä), city (1990 est. pop. 209,506), capital of Álava prov., N Spain, in the Basque region. It is a manufacturing and administrative center producing furniture, motor vehicles, and refined sugar. It was probably founded in the 6th cent. by the Visigoths; in 1181 Sancho the Wise of Navarre named it Vitoria to commemorate a victory over the Moors. At Vitoria in 1813 Wellington won the decisive battle of the Peninsular War against the French under Joseph Bonaparte and Jourdan. The 12th-century church of San Miguel is noted for its woodwork. |
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Ryanair cancelled flights to and from Jerez, Granada and Seville Monday and told passengers it was unable to accept checked baggage on all flights to and from Girona, Reus, Santiago, Almeria, Murcia, Valencia, Zaragoza, Santander and Vitoria owing to a strike by Spanish baggage handlers. Blood was also obtained from patients infected during 2 small outbreaks of toxoplasmosis in Santa Vitoria do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul State, and Agronomica, Santa Catarina State, and processed in a similar manner. No one would look to Suarez, Bellarmine, Vitoria, and Las Cassas as the immediate source of the principles assumed in these founding documents, yet their discussions of "natural rights" and "equality" laid the foundation for what was to come. |
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