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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 529 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALCOY , a See also:

town of See also:south-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Alicante, on the small See also:river Serpis, and at the See also:terminus of a See also:branch railway connected' with the See also:Barcelona-See also:Valencia-Alicante See also:line. Pop. (1900) 32,053. Alcoy is built on high ground at the entrance to a See also:gorge in the Moncabrer range (4547 ft.). It is a thriving See also:industrial town, devoid of any See also:great antiquarian or architectural See also:interest, though founded by the See also:Moors. It owes its prosperity to its manufacture of See also:linen, woolen goods and See also:paper, especially cigarette paper. Many of the' factories derive their See also:motive See also:power from the falls of a See also:mountain torrent known as the See also:Salto de See also:las Aguas. Labour disturbances are frequent, for, like Barcelona, Alcoy has become one of the centres of socialistic and revolutionary agitation, while preserving many old-fashioned customs and traditions, such as the curious festival held annually in See also:April in See also:honour of St See also:George, the See also:patron See also:saint of the town.

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