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ALMERIA , the See also:

capital of the See also:province of Almeria, and one of the See also:principal seaports on the Mediterranean See also:coast of See also:southern See also:Spain; in 36° 5' N. and 20 32' W.,,on the See also:river Almeria, at its outflow into the Gulf of Almeria, and at the See also:terminus of a railway from See also:Madrid. Pop. (1900) 47,326. The See also:city occupies See also:part of a See also:rich alluvial valley enclosed by hills. It is an episcopal see, and possesses a See also:Gothic See also:cathedral, dating from 1524, and constructed with massive embattled walls and See also:belfry so as to resemble a fortress. A dismantled See also:castle, the See also:Castillo de See also:San Cristobal, overlooks the city, which contains four Moorish towers rising conspicuously above its See also:modern streets. Two See also:long piers shelter the See also:harbour, and vessels See also:drawing 25 ft. can See also:lie against the quays. About 1400 See also:ships, of nearly 1,000,000 tons, enter the See also:port every See also:year, bringing See also:fuel and See also:timber, and taking cargoes of See also:iron, See also:lead, See also:esparto and See also:fruit. See also:White grapes are exported in very large quantities. Under its See also:ancient name of Urci, Almeria was one of the See also:chief See also:Spanish harbours after the final See also:conquest of Spain by the See also:Romans in 19 B.C. It reached the See also:summit of its prosperity in the See also:middle ages, as the foremost seaport of the Moorish See also:kingdom of See also:Granada. At this See also:time its See also:population numbered 150,000; its cruisers preyed upon the fleets of the neighbouring See also:Christian states; and its See also:merchant ships traded with countries as distant as See also:Egypt and See also:Syria.

Almeria was captured in 1147 by See also:

King See also:Alphonso VII. of See also:Castile and his Genoese troops, but speedily retaken and held by the See also:Moors until 1489, when it was finally secured by the Spaniards. See D. F. Margall, Almeria, (See also:Barcelona, 1886).

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