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AGUILAR, or AGUILAR DE LA FRONTERA

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 428 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AGUILAR, or AGUILAR DE LA FRONTERA  , a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Cordova; near the small See also:river See also:Cabra, and on the Cordova–See also:Malaga railway . Pop . (1900) 13,236 . See also:Aguilar " of the Frontier " was so named in the See also:middle ages from its position on the border of the Moorish territories, which were defended by the See also:castle of Anzur, now a ruin; but the spacious squares and See also:modern houses of the existing town retain few vestiges of Moorish dominion . The See also:olives and See also:white See also:wine of Aguilar are celebrated in Spain, although the wine, which somewhat resembles See also:sherry, is known as See also:Montilla, from the adjacent town of that name . See also:Salt springs exist in the neighbourhood, and to the See also:south there are two small lakes, Zonar and Rincon, which abound in See also:fish .

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