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Tortosa (tōrtō`sə), city (1990 pop. 29,970), Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Ebro (Ebre) River. It has a fishing industry and light manufacturing, producing cement, clothing, and pharmaceuticals. Agricultural products are traded. A Roman colony (then known as Dertosa), the town later fell (8th cent.) to the Moors, who held it against repeated Christian onslaughts until its conquest (1148) by Raymond Berenger IV. There is a seismological observatory nearby. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Hospital de Tortosa Verge de la Cinta, Tarragona, Spain; ([dagger]) Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and ([double dagger]) Catalan Health Department, Barcelona, Spain In a highly laudatory review of this exhibition in the Buenos Aires Herald, the prominent critic Alma Tortosa praised Macchi as "the ultimate Argentine artist. based in Tortosa, Spain, specializes in providing complete interactive video distribution systems to private hospitals, hotels, airports, colleges and companies as well as the design and implementation of pre-payment installations with smart cards for systems of TV and telephony distribution. |
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