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CUEVAS DE VERA

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 613 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERA , a See also:town of See also:south-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Almeria; on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Almanzora, 8 m. W. of the Mediterranean See also:Sea. Pop. (1900) 20,562. Cuevas de Vera is built at the eastern extremity of the Sierra de los Filabres (6823 ft.), which isolate it from the railway See also:system of Almeria. It is, however, the See also:chief See also:market for the See also:rich agricultural districts towards the south and for the argentiferous See also:lead and. other mines among the mountains. In See also:appearance it is See also:modern, with wide streets, two See also:fine squares, and a See also:parish See also:church in Doric See also:style, dating from 1758. But in reality the town is of considerable antiquity. One of the towers in the Moorish See also:palace owned by the marquesses of Villafranca is probably of See also:Roman origin.

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