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CABRA
, a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Cordova; 28 m
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S.E. by S. of Cordova, on the See also:Jaen-See also:Malaga railway
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Pop
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(1900) 13,127
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Cabra is built in a fertile valley between the Sierra de Cabra and the Sierra de See also:Montilla, which together See also:form the See also:watershed between the See also:rivers Cabra and Guadajoz
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The town was for several centuries an episcopal see
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Its See also:chief buildings are the See also:cathedral, originally a See also:mosque, and the ruined See also:castle, which is the chief among many interesting See also:relics of Moorish See also:rule
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The neighbouring See also:fields of See also:clay afford material for the manufacture of bricks and pottery; coarse See also:cloth is See also:woven in the town; and there is a considerable See also:trade in See also:farm produce
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Cabra is the See also:Roman Baebro or Aegabro
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It was delivered from the See also:Moors by See also: |
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