BAENA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V03,
Page 191
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BAENA
, a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Cordova; 32 M. by road S.E. of the See also:city of Cordova
.
Pop
.
(19o0) 14,539
.
Baena is picturesquely situated near the See also:river Marbella, on the slope of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill crowned with a See also:castle, which formerly belonged to the famous See also:captain Gonzalo de Cordova
.
Farming, See also:horse-breeding, See also:linen-See also:weaving and the manufacture of See also:olive-oil are the See also:chief See also:local See also:industries
.
The nearest railway station is Luque (pop
.
4972), 4 M
.
S.E. on the See also:Jaen-See also:Lucena See also:line
.
The site of the See also:Roman town (Baniana or Biniana) can still be traced, and various Roman antiquities have been disinterred
.
In 1292 the See also:Moors under Mahommed II. of See also:Granada vainly besieged Baena, which was held for Sancho IV. of See also:Castile; and the five Moorish heads in its coat-of-arms commemorate the See also:defence
.
End of Article: BAENA
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