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MARCHENA

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 690 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARCHENA , a See also:

town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Seville, on the See also:Cordova-See also:Utrera and Marchena-La Roda See also:railways. Pop. (190o), 12,468. Marchena occupies a sandy valley near the See also:river Corbones, a See also:left-See also:hand territory of the See also:Guadalquivir. Formerly it was surrounded with walls and towers, a large portion of which still remains. Among the See also:principal buildings is the See also:palace of the See also:dukes of Arcos, within the enclosure of which is an See also:ancient Moorish See also:building, now the See also:church of See also:Santa Maria de la Mota. At the eastern end of the town is a See also:sulphur See also:spring/ There is some See also:trade in See also:wheat, See also:barley, See also:olives, oil and See also:wine. Marchena (perhaps the Castra Gemina of See also:Pliny) was taken from the See also:Moors by St See also:Ferdinand in 1240.

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