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See also:ANTEQUERA (the See also:ancient Anticaria)
, a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Malaga; on the Bobadilla-See also:Granada railway
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See also:Antequera overlooks the fertile valley bounded on the S. by the Sierra de los Torcales, and on the N. by the See also:river Guadalhorce
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It occupies a commanding position, while the remains of its walls, and of a See also:fine Moorish See also:castle on a See also:rock that overhangs the town, show how admirably its natural defences were supplemented by See also:art
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Besides several interesting churches and palaces, it contains a fine See also:arch, erected in 1595 in See also:honour of See also: See also:Fernandez, Historia de Antequera, desde su fondacion (Malaga, 1842) . |
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