Tucuman
a city and capital of a province of the same name in the Argentine Republic; on the Rio Sali, 3 miles from the mountains and 723 miles N. W. of Buenos Ayres, contains some handsome public and private buildings, a normal school, and several saw and flour mills and breweries, and manufactures sugar, leather, and brandy. In the neighborhood are orange groves, sugar plantations, and distilleries. Tucuman was founded in 1564; and here in 1812 Belgrano defeated the Spanish forces, and in 1816 a congress of deputies from the various provinces proclaimed the independence of the La Plata states. Pop. about 100,000. The same plan, having their angles enriched with crockets. (
2) Tudor, in vogue during the reign of Henry Henry VIII. The plan of the larger mansions of this period was quadrangular, comprising an inner and base court, between which stood the gate house. On the side of the inner court facing the entrance were the great chamber, room of assembly, the hall, the chapel, the gallery for amusements, on an upper story, running the whole length of the principal side of the quadrangle, and the summer and winter parlors. The materials were either brick or stone, Molded sometimes both combined. brickwork and terra-cotta were also employed for decorative purposes. Among the more striking peculiarities were the gate houses, the numerous turrets and ornamental chimneys, the large and beautiful bay and oriel windows, hammer beam roofs, and paneled wainscot ing round the apartments. (3) Late Tudor, or Elizabethan.
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