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Urgel

American  
[oor-hel] / urˈhɛl /

noun

  1. a town in northeastern Spain, south-southwest of Andorra: known for its cathedral.


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A representative for Urgel Bourgie in Montreal declined to give any information on the case.

From BBC

A death certificate from the State of Washington said the body was moved to a Urgel Bourgie funeral home in Montreal on 14 July.

From BBC

We have seen how ready were Pedro II. and his successors to aid in resisting Frankish encroachments, even at the cost of encouraging heresy, and it was inevitable that schismatic missions should be established in populous centres such as Barcelona, and that heretics, when hard-pressed, should seek refuge in the mountains of Cerdaña and Urgel.

From Project Gutenberg

In right of his wife Ermessende, Roger Bernard the Great of Foix was Vizconde of Castelbo, a fief held of the Bishop of Urgel, with whom he had had a bitter war.

From Project Gutenberg

Fray Pedro de Cadreyta rendered himself especially conspicuous, and as usual Urgel is the prominent scene of activity.

From Project Gutenberg