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ESTELLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ESTELLA , a See also:

town of See also:northern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Navarre, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Ega, 15 M. W.S.W. of See also:Pamplona. Pop. (1900) 5736. Estella, which occupies the site of a See also:Roman town of uncertain name, contains several monasteries and churches, a See also:medieval citadel, and a See also:college which was formerly a university. Its See also:principal See also:industries are the manufacture of woollen and See also:linen fabrics and See also:brandy-making; and it has a considerable See also:trade in See also:fruit, See also:wine and See also:cattle. Estella commands several defiles on the roads from See also:Castile and See also:Aragon, and on that See also:account occupies a position of considerable strategic importance. It was See also:long the headquarters of See also:Don See also:Carlos, who was proclaimed See also:king here in 1833. In 1873 it was the See also:chief stronghold of the Carlists, and in 1874, when driven from other places, they succeeded in retiring to Estella. On the 16th of See also:February 1876 the Carlists in the town surrendered unconditionally. For an account of the Carlist rising see SPAIN: See also:History.

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