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Calpe

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Calpe (kăl`pē), ancient name, possibly Phoenician in origin, of Gibraltar Rock of Gibraltar (Lat. Calpe), one of the Pillars of Hercules , which guards the northeastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. The town of Gibraltar lies at the northwest end of the Rock of Gibraltar.
..... Click the link for more information. . It is one of the Pillars of Hercules Pillars of Hercules, ancient mythological name for promontories flanking the east entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. They are usually identified with Gibraltar in Europe and with Mt. Acha at Ceuta in Africa.
..... Click the link for more information. , at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Siede Pluton nel mezzo, e con la destra sostien lo scettro ruvido e pesante; ne tanto scoglio in mar, ne rupe alpestra, ne pur Calpe s'inalza o 'l magno Atlante, ch'anzi lui non paresse un picciol colle, si la gran fronte e le gran corna estolle.
Tasso's God: divine action in Gerusalemme Liberata * by Gregory, Tobias / Renaissance Quarterly
6 Jose Amador de los Rios, Vida del Marques de Santillana, reprinted by Espasa Calpe (Madrid, 1947), 83-84: "Aquel inextinguible amor al estudio, aquella insaciable sed de nuevas y mas luminosas ideas que le animo toda su vida estableciendo vivos y estrechos comercios con los pueblos mas cultos de Europa," which "dotaron a Castilla de inapreciables tesoros y contribuyeron poderosamente a preparar la venturosa era de Isabel la Catolica, epoca de verdadero renacimiento.
Interpretations of the Renaissance in Spanish historical thought by Di Camillo, Ottavio / Renaissance Quarterly
Higher Education formed a publishing partnership with Editorial Espasa Calpe, a subsidiary of Grupo Planeta, one of the largest Spanish language publishers in the world.
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