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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 884 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Seville; on the See also:Cadiz-See also:Cordova railway and the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Genii. Pop. (1900) 24,372• The river, thus far navigable, is here crossed by a See also:fine old See also:bridge; and the antiquity of the town betrays itself by the irregularity of its arrangement, by its walls and gateways, and by its numerous See also:inscriptions and other See also:relics. Its See also:chief buildings include no fewer than twenty convents, mostly secularized. The See also:principal square is surrounded with pillared porticoes, and has a See also:fountain in the centre; and along the river bank there runs a fine See also:promenade, planted with See also:poplar trees and adorned with statues. From an See also:early See also:period the shoemakers of Ecija have been in high repute throughout Spain; woollen See also:cloth, See also:flannel, See also:linen and silks are also manufactured. The vicinity is fertile in See also:corn and See also:wine, and See also:cotton is cultivated. The See also:heat is so See also:great that the spot has acquired the See also:sobriquet of El Sarten, or the " Frying-See also:pan " of See also:Andalusia. Ecija, called Estija by the See also:Arabs, is the See also:ancient A stigis, which was raised to the See also:rank of a See also:Roman See also:colony with the See also:title of See also:Augusta Firma. Ac-cording to See also:Pliny and See also:Pomponius See also:Mela, who both wrote in the 1st See also:century A.D., it was the See also:rival of Cordova and Seville. If See also:local tradition may be believed, it was visited by the apostle See also:Paul, who converted his hostess See also:Santa Xantippa; and, according to one version of his See also:life, it was the see of the famous St See also:Crispin (q.v.) in the 3rd century.

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