Torquemada
THOMAS DE, the first inquisitor-general of Spain; born in Valladolid, Spain, in 1420. He became prior of a Dominican monastery at Se- TORQUEMADA dinand and Isabella to crave from the Pope the appointment of the "Holy Ofdinand and Isabella to crave from the Pope the appointment of the "Holy Office" of the Inquisition. Torquemada was appointed its head, and began in 1483 that infamous work which has left his has given a subject to Longfellow and to Hugo. He died in Avila, Spain, Sept. 16, 1498.
Italy, situated on the Bay of Naples, 7 TORRE DEL GRECO, a town in Italy, situated on the Bay of Naples, 7 miles S. E. of Naples. Its industries are fishing and coral working. It has been several times destroyed by earthquakes and eruptions from Mount Vesuvius. Pop. about 36,000.