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Salamanca
City (pop., 1994 est.: 167,000), W Spain. An important Iberian settlement, it was sacked by Hannibal in 217 BC. It later became a Roman station. Captured by Moors in the 8th cent., it was reconquered by Christians 1087-1102. It was occupied by the French in the Peninsular War. It is a cultural center as well as the commercial center of an agricultural district. Its many landmarks include the 12th-cent. Romanesque cathedral, the Gothic-style cathedral (begun 1513), and the Univ. of Salamanca (founded 1218).
sarabande
Stately processional dance in triple meter popular in the French court and throughout Europe in the 17th-18th cent. Of Spanish or Mexican origin, it began as a vigorous dance, set to lively music and castanets, for a double line of couples. At first considered improper, it was forbidden in Spain in 1583. In the early 17th cent., it was modified to its slow, dignified court version in France and Italy. The slow sarabande, usually with an accented dotted note on the second beat, became a standard movement of the baroque suite.
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