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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 924 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CACERES , the See also:

capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Caceres, about 20 M. S. of the See also:river See also:Tagus, on the Caceres-See also:Merida railway, and on a See also:branch See also:line which meets the more northerly of the two See also:Madrid-See also:Lisbon See also:railways at See also:Arroyo, 10 m. W. Pop. (1900) 16,933. Caceres occupies a conspicuous See also:eminence on a See also:low See also:ridge See also:running See also:east and See also:west. At the highest point rises the lofty towerof See also:San Mateo, a See also:fine See also:Gothic See also:church, which overlooks the old See also:town, with its See also:ancient palaces and massive walls, gateways and towers. Many of the palaces, notably those of the provincial legislature, the See also:dukes of See also:Abrantes, and the See also:counts of la Torre, are See also:good examples of See also:medieval domestic See also:architecture. The monastery and See also:college of the See also:Jesuits, formerly one of the finest in See also:Spain, has been secularized and converted into a See also:hospital. In the See also:modern town, built on See also:lower ground beyond the walls, are the See also:law courts, town-See also:hall, See also:schools and the See also:palace of the bishops of C6ria (pop. 3124), a town on the river Alagon. The See also:industries of Caceres include the manufacture of See also:cork and See also:leather goods, pottery and See also:cloth.

There is also a large See also:

trade in See also:grain, oil, live-stock and See also:phosphates from the neighbouring mines. The name of Caceres is probably an See also:adaptation of Los Alcazares, from the Moorish Alcazar, a See also:tower or See also:castle; but it is frequently connected with the neighbouring Castra See also:Caecilia and Castra Servilia, two See also:Roman camps on the Merida-See also:Salamanca road. The town is of Roman origin and probably stands on the site of See also:Norba Caesarina. Several Roman See also:inscriptions, statues and other remains have been discovered.

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