In spite of these reforms, the conquered lands and the city itself were harassed by the rivalry between the two families of Della Gherardesca and Visconti.

In spite of his earlier hesitation to go through with the exchange, he had no doubts about his success, stating that Aleppo was " the key to the lands " and " this city is the eye of Syria and the citadel is its pupil.

He only remained in the city for a few hours, in spite of the expressed wishes of the Roman people.

The various tribes argue among themselves and in spite of Lawrence's insistence, are unable to unite against the English, who in the end take the city back under their bureaucracy.

Despite the destruction wrought on the countryside, the city castle held out in spite of repeated attempts over twelve days to take it, and the Turks left the island unsuccessfully because of poor logistics and an epidemic that decimated their ranks.

In spite of Joshua ’ s initial victory in the Valley of Ajalon, the Amorites continued to live in the city of Ajalon ().

In spite of this, Armagh was considered a city, by virtue of its being the seat of the Primate of All Ireland, until the abolition of Armagh's city corporation by the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Act 1840.

In spite of some reverses against the Latin Empire in 1240, John III was able to take advantage of Ivan Asen II's death in 1241 to impose his own suzerainty over Thessalonica ( in 1242 ), and later to annex this city, as well as much of Bulgarian Thrace in 1246.

In spite of being part of the Masovian Voivodeship, the city historically belongs to Lesser Poland.

In spite of its name, Garden City is not a city ( 50, 000 + in population ), but merely a village.

In spite of its name, Garden City is not a real city ( 50, 000 + in population ), but rather it is merely a village.

The great fire of 1524 destroyed much of the medieval city, in spite of the city's numerous canals.

In spite of having the highest property tax rates in Clark County, city leaders have been unable to pass a balanced budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year.

A local newspaper, The Cle Elum Echo reported, " The city of Roslyn is situated on land directly over the tunnel of Mine No. 4, and the shock caused by the explosion was not unlike an earthquake, shaking buildings in all parts of the city, while the burning, oil soaked timbers, vomited out of the shaft, were scattered in all directions, falling upon shingled roofs and causing over twenty roof fires, which were controlled by bucket brigades, all the city water and the fire department being concentrated upon the shaft and abutting frame structures, in spite of this all frame structures within two hundred feet of the shaft and tipple No. 4 were entirely destroyed.

The popularity of revival singers and the openness of rural churches to this type of music ( in spite of its initial use in city revivals ) led to the late 19th and early 20th century establishment of gospel music publishing houses such as those of Homer Rodeheaver, E. O. Excell, Charlie Tillman, and Charles Tindley.

The French entered the city in spite of the fierce resistance of the lazzaroni, and with the aid of the nobles and bourgeoisie established the Parthenopaean Republic ( January 1799 ).

In spite of the many shopping malls that exist in Puebla today, the Zocalo remains the cultural, political and religious center of the city.

In spite of initial concerns about the watered-down quality of UTS boys athletics, the junior girls basketball team won a city title in 1978.

One can still find vast areas covered by the native Atlantic Forest on the city hills, in spite of the existing chácaras and banana harvesting farms in the area.

The village is somewhat off the beaten path ( In spite of US Route 20 passing a few miles north ), not much visited by tourists ; Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg used to visit to escape city life, especially in the autumn when the maple leaves change color.

The U-Boat captains were able to silhouette target ships against the glow of city lights, and attacked with relative impunity, in spite of U. S. Naval concentrations within the Harbor.

In spite of his often unsympathetic manner, his extreme reserve and idiosyncrasy in dealing with others, he had gained the affection of his fellow townspeople and an almost universal reputation before his death.

To spite his neighbor, the butcher built between their adjoining houses a narrow, two-story structure with windows covered by Venetian blinds.

In spite of an initially cool, if not outright hostile reception, the Saints and their Major League neighbor ( less than 10 miles away ) have worked together for several years to promote the sport of baseball.

It was proved that the neighbor who initiated the charges had done so for spite when Hunter declined her repeated invitations to dinner, and he was acquitted by the jury.

Father Divine purchased his 72 Macon Street house from a resident who wanted to spite the neighbor he was feuding with.

The Froling spite house is still standing and occupied.

The Jolof Empire was founded by a voluntary confederacy of States ; it was not an empire built on military conquest in spite of what the word " empire " implies.

In spite of this, the road was built and finally opened in 1998.

There the black soldiers built " Camp Bettens " in spite of a hostile and racist local population.

In spite of heavy initial bomber casualties of 1940, the British built up RAF Bomber Command which was capable of delivering many thousands of tons of bombs onto a single target.

His governance was highly credited but to have been killed in spite of his efforts completely destroyed what little recognition and authority Yoshiteru built up.

In spite of this, Ford estimated they still lost over a thousand dollars per car on the 3, 000 that were built.

As a result, the party built up a small political engine that managed to win the 1983 election, in spite of Bennett's controversial " Restraint " program.

In spite of proposals of the French inventor Clément Ader in 1909 to build a ship with a flat deck to operate aeroplanes at sea, similar to modern aircraft carriers, the French Navy built its first aircraft carrier only in 1920s and did not go further in developing aircraft carriers before World War II.

The Strike Command Operations Centre ( STCOC ) formely the Primary War Headquarters ( PWHQ ) bunker was built by RAF Strike Command on the National Trust land to the north east of the village between 1983 and 1985, in spite of opposition including a Peace camp.

Knox, who was present that day, described him as " the finest all-round one-day cricketer of his time, alongside Viv Richards ", in spite of the fact that " his reputation is built on stodge and defiance ".

Out of spite for the low offer, the builder built an house at 2022 24th Avenue E. that blocked the neighbors ' open space.

Across the street from the Copp's Hill Burying Ground is an extremely narrow four-story spite house built shortly after the Civil War.

Some of the dispossessed U. F. Church congregations, most of them in the Highlands, found shelter for a time in the parish churches ; but it was early decided that in spite of the objection against the erection of more church buildings in districts where many were now standing empty, 60 new churches and manses should at once be built at a cost of about £ 150, 000.

In spite of the architect's immense mistake, the New Cathedral of Cuenca is a monumental work of faith that began to be built in 1880.

After Lorenzo's death in 1492, Giuliano visited Loreto, and built the dome of the Basilica of the Madonna, in spite of serious difficulties arising from its defective piers, which were already built.

In spite of the proximity of La Défense and Paris which has applied a strong pressure, no big buildings were built in La Garenne.

In spite of its handsome Georgian-style exterior, this is actually post-Edwardian, built in 1915.

During the 1670s, Verbiest designed what some claim to be the first ever self-propelled vehicle – many claim this as the world's first automobile, in spite of its small size and the lack of evidence that it was actually built.

Zimmerman begins to make a full recovery, and thanks the Doctor for saving him, adding that he is immensely proud of the Doctor's accomplishments ; the only Mark I still doing the task for which he was built, excelling at it, and having developed a true personality, in spite of Starfleet's petty criticisms.

304 Series 2 coupés were built, and 192 Volantes ( in spite of only having been officially introduced in 1986, near the end of production ).

Only 26 were built, due to poor sales, in spite of its performance.

In spite of local protests the narrow gauge railway line was demolished in 1980, but was built again after 1989.