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BAEZA (anc. Beatia)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAEZA (anc. Beatia) , a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Jaen; in the Loma de Ubeda, a See also:mountain range between the See also:river Guadalquiver on the S. and its tributary the Guadalimar on the N. Pop. (19oo) 14,379. Baeza has a station 3 m. S.W. on the See also:Linares-See also:Almeria railway. Its See also:chief buildings are those of the university (founded in 1533, and replaced by a theological See also:seminary), the See also:cathedral and the Franciscan monastery. The See also:Cordova and Ubeda See also:gates, and the See also:arch of Baeza, are among the remains of its old fortifications, which were of See also:great strength. The town has little See also:trade except in See also:farm-produce; but its red dye, made from the native See also:cochineal, was formerly celebrated. In the See also:middle ages Baeza was a flourishing Moorish See also:city, said to contain 50,000 inhabitants; but it was sacked in 1239 by See also:Ferdinand III. of See also:Castile, who in 1248 transferred its bishopric to Jaen. It was the birthplace of the sculptor and painter, Gaspar Becarra.

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