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COCENTAINA (pop: 1900, 7093)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 529 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COCENTAINA (pop: 1900, 7093) is a picturesque and See also:ancient See also:town, 4 M. N.E. by See also:rail. It is surrounded by See also:Roman walls, which were partly rebuilt by the See also:Moors, and it contains an interesting fortified See also:palace, owned by the See also:dukes of Medinaceli. For an See also:account of the festival of St See also:George of See also:Alcoy, see Apuntes historicos acerea de See also:las fiestas que celebra cada ano la See also:ciudad de Alcoy a su See also:patron See also:San Jorge, by J. A. Llobet y Vallosera (Alcoy, 1853).

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