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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 613 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUENCA , the See also:

capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Cuenca; 125 M. by See also:rail E. by S. of See also:Madrid. Pop. (1900) 10i756. Cuenca occupies a height of the well-wooded Serrania de Cuenca, at an See also:elevation of 2960 ft., overlooking the confluence of the See also:rivers See also:Jucar and Huecar. A See also:fine See also:bridge, built. in 1523, crosses the Jucar to the See also:convent of See also:San Pablo. Among several interesting churches in the See also:city, the most noteworthy is the 13th-See also:century See also:Gothic See also:cathedral, celebrated for the beautiful carved woodwork of its 16th-century See also:doorway, and containing some admirable examples of Spanish See also:sculpture. The city has a considerable See also:trade in See also:timber, and was See also:long the headquarters of the provincial See also:wool See also:industry; the loss of which, in See also:modern times, has partly been compensated by the development of See also:soap, See also:paper, See also:chocolate, match and See also:leather manufactures. Cuenca was captured from the See also:Moors by See also:Alphonso VIII. of See also:Castile in 1177, and shortly afterwards became an episcopal see. In 1874 it offered a See also:pro-longed and gallant resistance to the Carlist rebels.

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