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UTRERA , a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Seville; on the See also:Arroyo de la See also:Antigua, a right-See also:hand tributary of the See also:river See also:Guadalquivir, and at the junction of the Seville-See also:Cadiz and See also:Cordova-Utrera See also:railways. Pop. (1900) 15,138. Utrera contains few noteworthy buildings, although it is an See also:ancient town, still partly surrounded by See also:medieval fortifications. The See also:principal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, See also:Santa Maria, is See also:Gothic in See also:style, See also:dates from the 15th See also:century, and contains some interesting tombs; but it was to a See also:great extent restored in the 17th century. Agri-culture and especially stock-farming are foremost among the See also:local See also:industries, which also include manufactures of See also:leather, See also:soap, oil and See also:spirits. Large See also:numbers of horses, See also:sheep and fighting bulls are bred in the moorlands and marshes which extend eastward towards the Gaudalquivir, and a See also:fair is held yearly in See also:September for the See also:sale of live stock and See also:farm produce. Utrera was occupied by the See also:Moors in the 8th century, and, though retaken by St See also:Ferdinand (123o—52), was not finally incorporated in the See also:kingdom of See also:Castile until 1340. In the See also:middle ages it was notorious as a favourite See also:refuge of brigands and outlaws.
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