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town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Malaga; on the See also:river Guadiaro and on the See also:Algeciras-Bobadilla railway. Pop. (1900) 20,995. Ronda is built on a high See also:rock nearly surrounded by the Guadiaro, which flows through an abrupt chasm 530 ft. deep and 300 ft. wide, by which the old town is separated from the new. Of the three See also:bridges, one is said to have been built by the See also:Romans, another by the See also:Moors; the most See also:modern (1761) spans the stream in a single See also:arch at a height of about 255 ft. On the edge of the chasm is the See also:alameda or public See also:promenade, commanding a wide and beautiful prospect of the fertile valley or See also:vega and the sierras beyond. The old See also:part of the town has a Moorish aspect, with narrow, steep and crooked lanes, and still retains some Moorish towers and other See also:medieval buildings. The Ronda See also:bull-See also:ring is one of the finest in Spain, and can accommodate fo,000 spectators. Ronda has a considerable See also:trade in See also:leather, See also:saddlery, horses, See also:soap, See also:flour, See also:chocolate, See also:wine and hats. Some remains of an See also:aqueduct and See also:theatre, about 7 M. N. of Ronda, are supposed to represent the Acinipo or Arunda of See also:ancient geographers. Ronda was taken from the Moors in 1485.

It gives its name to the Sierra or Serrania de Ronda, one of the See also:

main sections of the See also:coast mountains which rise between the See also:great See also:plain of See also:Andalusia and the Mediterranean.

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