Its situation induced the legates of Pompey in Spain to make it the key of their defense against Caesar, in the first year of the Civil War (49 BCE). Afranius and Marcus Petreius threw themselves into the place with five legions; and their siege by Caesar himself (Battle of Ilerda), as narrated in his own words, forms one of the most interesting p...
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[Spanish Congress Electoral District] Lleida is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of four electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Catalonia. Lleida is the largest municipality accounti...
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city, capital of Lleida provincia (province) in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Catalonia, northeastern Spain. It lies on the Segre ...
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(city) Capital of Lleida province in Cataluña, northeast Spain, situated on the River Segre, 132 km/82 mi west of Barcelona; population (2001) 112,200. Industries include leather, paper, glass, and cloth production. It has Roman remains and the ruins of a 13th-century cathedra...
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