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Vitoria

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Vi·to·ri·a  (v-tôr-, -tr-, b-tryä)
A city of north-central Spain south-southeast of Bilbao. Probably founded by the Visigoths in the sixth century a.d., it is a manufacturing and processing center. Population: 229,000.

Vitoria (Spanish) [biˈtorja]
n
(Placename) a city in NE Spain: scene of Wellington's decisive victory (1813) over Napoleon's forces in the Peninsular War. Pop.: 216 527 (1998 est.)

Vitoria2
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(Biographies / Vitoria, Francisco de (?1486-1546) M, Spanish, RELIGION: theologian) Francisco de. ?1486-1546, Spanish theologian, sometimes considered the father of international law. He criticized Spanish colonial policy in the New World and argued that war was only defensible in certain strictly defined circumstances


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Dettori foils Vitoria backers APPROACHING the final furlong of the 6f Listed race for fillies at Newmarket, the Bryan Smart-trained Vitoria was well clear of her rivals and those punters who waded in at short prices in-running must have thought they were on the best 1.
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In a slightly surreal museological menage, Mangado's building shares the site with Fournier Playing Card Museum in the neighbouring Palacio de Bendana founded in memory of tarot and playing-card manufacturer Heraclio Fournier, who set up shop in Vitoria in 1868.
 
 
 
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