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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 646 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GUADIX , a See also:

city of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Granada; on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Guadix, a subtributary of the See also:Guadiana Menor, and on the See also:Madrid-Valdepenas-See also:Almeria railway. Pop. (1900) 12,652. Guadix occupies See also:part of an elevated See also:plateau among the See also:northern foothills of the Sierra See also:Nevada. It is surrounded by See also:ancient walls, and was formerly dominated by a Moorish See also:castle, now in ruins. It is an episcopal see of See also:great antiquity, but its See also:cathedral, built in the 18th See also:century on the site of a See also:mosque, possesses little architectural merit. The city was once famous for its See also:cutlery; but its See also:modern manufactures (chiefly earthenware, hempen goods, and hats) are inconsiderable. It has some See also:trade in See also:wool, See also:cotton, See also:flax, See also:corn and See also:liqueurs. The warm See also:mineral springs of Graena, much frequented during the summer, are 6 m. W. Guadix el Viejo, 5 M. N.W., was the See also:Roman Acci, and, according to tradition, the seat of the first Iberian bishopric, in the 2nd century.

After 711 it See also:

rose to some importance as a Moorish fortress and trading station, and was renamed See also:Wad Ash, " See also:Water of See also:Life." It was surrendered without a See also:siege to the Spaniards, under See also:Ferdinand and See also:Isabella, in 1489.

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