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BAZA , a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Granada; in the Hoya de Baza, a fruitful valley of the Sierra See also:Nevada, not far from the small See also:river Gallego, and at the See also:terminus of a railway from See also:Lorca. Pop. (1900) 12,770. The See also:dome-shaped See also:mountain of Javaleon (4715 ft.) overlooks the town from the See also:north-See also:west. The See also:ancient collegiate See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of See also:San Maximo occupies the traditional site of a See also:cathedral founded by the Visigothic See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king Reccared about 6co, and afterwards converted into a See also:mosque. There is a brisk See also:local See also:trade in See also:farm produce, and in the See also:linen, hempen goods and pottery manufactured in Baza. The town nearly doubled its See also:population in the last See also:quarter of the 19th See also:century. Sulphurous springs exist in the vicinity.
Baza is the See also:Roman See also:Basti, the See also:medieval Basta or See also:Bastian; and numerous See also:relics of antiquity, both Roman and medieval, have been found in the neighbourhood. Its bishopric was founded in 306. Under Moorish See also:rule (c. 713–1489) it was one of the three most important cities in the See also:kingdom of Granada, with an extensive trade, and a population estimated at 50,000.
In 1489, after a stubborn See also:defence lasting seven months, it was captured by the Spaniards under See also:Isabella of See also:Castile, whose See also:cannon still adorn the See also:Alameda or public See also:promenade. On the loth of See also:August 1810 the See also:French under See also:Marshal See also:Soult defeated a large See also:Spanish force See also:close to the town.
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