Severus
WALL OF, the name given to the wall or barrier formed at the boun- (York), Feb. 4, 211. between the Solway and the Tyne by the Roman emperor Severus about A. D. 210, following the line of a similar structure made in the reign of Hadrian (A. D. 120), and usually call called Hadrian's Wall. It was more than 70 miles long; on the N. following the line of a similar structure the S. edge of this was a stone wall varying from 6 to 9 feet in breadth and about SEVILLE 16 feet high, with towers between 50 and 60 feet square at intervals of about a Roman mile. Remains of it are still to be seen over long ranges of country.
Paris, France, Feb. 6, 1626. Left an orphan young, she was reared by a maternal uncle, receiving an excellent education and having access to the court. In 1644 her daughter, Mme. de Grignan, that she wrote her letters, which are of value both from an historical point of view and for their charm of style. She died in the 1696. SEVILLE (Spanish, Sevilla), a fa- 1696. mous city of Spain; capital of the provmous city of Spain; Spain; capital of the province of the same name; on the left bank drid. The river is crossed by a fine iron bridge connecting Seville with Triana of the Guadalquivir, 80 miles from its drid. The river is crossed by a fine iron bridge connecting Seville with Triana (the gipsy quarter), one of its suburbs.
The city proper, which is surrounded by old Moorish walls, 5 miles in circumference, with 66 towers and 15 gates, constreets. The houses are mostly built in streets. The houses are mostly built in the Moorish style, and are seldom more an inner square court surrounded with than two stories high, with flat roofs, and colonnades and adorned with flowers and fountains. The windows generally look into this court; to the street there is most frequently only a balcony. The city has many fine promenades, of which the most frequented are the Alameda Vieja, El Of its 111 squares, the largest are Plaza Passeo de Christina and Las Delicias. Of its 111 squares, the largest are Plaza de San Francisco, Plaza de la Encarnacion, Plaza del Duque, and the Quemadero -the scene of the autos-da-fe; while of its numerous streets, the chief are Calle of the more notable public edifices are at the S. extremity near the river, and within a short distance from each other.
Here are the Cathedral (Santa Maria de la Sede), the Giralda, the Alcazar, the Here are the Cathedral (Santa Maria de Lonja, and (outside the wall), the royal Fabrica de Tabacos. its numerous streets, the chief are Calle The Cathedral (1401-1519), on the site of the grand mosque of the Moors, is one of the most imposing Gothic edifices in Europe. It is 431 feet long, 315 feet dome, has seven aisles, 93 windows, sevan organ with 5,400 pipes. It contains dome, has seven aisles, 93 windows, several of which are beautifully painted, and an organ with 5,400 pipes. It contains volumes, bequeathed by Ferdinand Colum- SÈVRE bus, and is rich in paintings by Murillo, Campaña, the Herreras, and other masters of the school of Seville. The Giralda is a square Moorish steeple, consisting of three towers with galleries and balconies, 350 feet high, the ascent of which is by a spiral inclined plane. On the top is a bronze statue of Faith, 14 feet high, and weighing 2,800 pounds, which yet turns like a weathercock. The Alcazar was the ancient Moorish palace. Some parts of its interior are as fine as the Alhambra.
The Lonja, or Exchange, is a square building, each side 100 feet long, in which all the American archives are preserved. The Fabrica de Tabacos, or tobacco factory, in which several thousand persons are employed, was erected in 1757. Other buildings are the Torre del Oro, a 12sided tower on the river, so called from its having received the cargoes of the American treasure ships; the palace San Telmo, built by Ferdinand Columbus, afterward owned by the Duke of Montpensier; Casa de Ayuntamiento (town house), a fine Renaissance structure; the Casa de Pilatos, or palace of the Dukes of Alcala; the Museo, rich in paintings by Murillo, Zurbaran, Torrigiano, Roelas, and the elder Herrera; and the great amphitheater, capable of accommodating, as a Plaza de Toros, 18,000 people.
One of the greatest monuments of antiquity is the Caños de Carmona, an aqueduct on 410 high arches, which conveys water from Alcala de Guadaira. It was built by the Romans and repaired by the Moors. Seville has a university, founded 1502, with a library of more than 20,000 volumes; 12 picture galleries (including the Musco), two theaters, several upper schools and learned societies. The city is visited by large numbers of strangers during the Santa Semana ("holy week"), which commences about the middle of April. Seville has a great export of oranges, and large manufactures of tobacco, hardware, porcelain, and silk. Pop. (1918) 164,046.
Seville was the Hispalis of the Romans, in whose time it was a place of great commercial importance. Under the Vandals and Visigoths it became the capital of southern Spain. Within its walls were held the Concilia Hispalensia, 590 and 619. In the 8th century, it fell into the hands of the Moors, by whom it was called Ischbilia, and made the capital of a caliphate. It now became the most flourishing SEWAGE the department of Deux-Sèvres, and flows into the Loire opposite Nantes after a course of 86 miles. The Sèvres Niortaise rises 31 miles more to the S. E., in the same department, and flows into the Atlantic 10 miles N. of La Rochelle after a course of 89 miles. The department of Deux-Sèvres takes its name from these two rivers.
SÈVRES, DEUX ("two Sèvres"), a de partment in France, bounded by Maineet-Loire, Vienne, Charente, Charente-Inférieure, and Vendée; area, 2,337 square miles; pop. about 340,000. A branch of the Cévennes traverses the department from S. E. to N. W. Cereals, leguminous crops, and hops are grown. The vine, though extensively cultivated, yields only an inferior wine. The forests are chiefly of hard wood. The minerals include iron, millstones, pavement, and limestone in abundance. The principal manufactures are linen and cotton goods, serge, flannel, woolen hosiery, and gloves. Capital, Niort.