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ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 446 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA , a See also:

town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Cadiz ; on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Guadalete, which flows past See also:Santa Maria into the See also:Bay of Cadiz. Pop. (1900) 13,926. The town occupies a See also:ridge of See also:sandstone, washed on three sides by the river, and commanding See also:fine views of the lofty See also:peak of See also:San Cristobal, on the See also:east, and the fertile Guadalete valley, celebrated in See also:ancient See also:Spanish See also:ballads for its horses. At the highest point of the ridge is a See also:Gothic See also:church with a fine gateway, and a See also:modern See also:tower overlooking the town. The fame of its ten bells See also:dates from the See also:wars between Spaniards and See also:Moors in which " Arcos of the Frontier " received its name. After its See also:capture by See also:Alphonso the See also:Wise of See also:Castile (1252-1284), the town was a See also:Christian stronghold on the See also:borders of Moorish territory. Another church contains several Moorish See also:banners, taken in 1483 at the See also:battle of Zahara, a neighbouring See also:village. The ruined citadel, the See also:theatre, and the See also:palace of the See also:dukes of Arcos are the only other noteworthy buildings. See also:Roman remains have been found in the vicinity, and the ridge of Arcos is honeycombed with See also:rock-hewn See also:chambers, said to be ancient See also:cave-dwellings. See Galeria de Arcobricenses See also:illustres (Arcos, 1892), and Riqueza y culture de Arcos de la Frontera (Arcos, 1898) ; both by M. Mancheiio y See also:Olivares.

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