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ANTEQUERA (the ancient Anticaria)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 93 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTEQUERA (the See also:ancient Anticaria) , a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Malaga; on the Bobadilla-See also:Granada railway. Pop. (1900) 31,609. Antequera overlooks the fertile valley bounded on the S. by the Sierra de los Torcales, and on the N. by the See also:river Guadalhorce. It occupies a commanding position, while the remains of its walls, and of a See also:fine Moorish See also:castle on a See also:rock that overhangs the town, show how admirably its natural defences were supplemented by See also:art. Besides several interesting churches and palaces, it contains a fine See also:arch, erected in 1595 in See also:honour of See also:Philip II., and partly constructed of in-scribed See also:Roman See also:masonry. In the eastern suburbs there is ,one of the largest See also:grave-mounds in Spain, said to be of prehistoric date; and with subterranean See also:chambers excavated to a See also:depth of 65 ft. The Pena de los Enamorados, or " Lovers' See also:Peak," is a conspicuous See also:crag which owes its name to the romantic See also:legend adapted by See also:Robert See also:Southey (1774–1843) in his Laila and See also:Manuel. Woollen fabrics are manufactured, and the See also:sugar See also:industry established in 1890 employs several thousand hands; but the See also:majority of the inhabitants are occupied by the See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:fruit, See also:wine and oil. See also:Marble is quarried; and at El Torcal, 6 m. See also:south, there is a very curious See also:labyrinth of red marble rocks. Antequera was captured from the See also:Moors in 1410, and became until 1492 one of the most important outposts of the See also:Christian See also:power in Spain. See C.

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Fernandez, Historia de Antequera, desde su fondacion (Malaga, 1842).

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