ELCHE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of eastern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ALICANTE

Alicante, on the See also:

• RIVER

river Vinalapo . Pop . (1900) 27,308 . Elche is the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of three See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, from See also:

• NOVELDA

Novelda, Alicante and See also:

• MURCIA

Murcia . It contains no See also:

• BUILDING

building of high architectural merit, except, perhaps, the collegiate 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 of See also:

• SANTA

Santa Maria, with its lofty See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue-tiled See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome and See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway . But the See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume and See also:

• PHYSIOGNOMY

physiognomy of the inhabitants, the narrow streets and See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-roofed, whitewashed houses, and more than all, the thousands of See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm-trees in its gardens and See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, give the place a strikingly See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental aspect, and render it'unique among the cities of Spain . The cultivation of the palm is indeed the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal occupation; and though the See also:

• DATES

dates are inferior to those of the See also:

• BARBARY

Barbary States, upwards of 22,500 tons are annually exported . The blanched fronds are also sold in large quantities for the processions of Palm See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday, and after they have received the blessing of the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest they are regarded throughout Spain as certain defences against See also:

• LIGHTNING

lightning . Other thriving See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include the manufacture of oil, See also:

• SOAP

soap, See also:

• FLOUR

flour, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol and See also:

• ESPARTO, or SPANISH GRASS

esparto grass rugs . The See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of Elche is Santa See also:

• POLA (Gr. Hart or Haas; Slovene, Pulj)

Pola (pop . 4100), situated 6 m.E.S.E.,where the Vinalapo enters the Mediterranean, after forming the wide See also:

• LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool)

lagoon known as the Albuf era de Elche . Elche is usually identified with the Iberian Helike, afterwards the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Ilici or Illici .

From the 8th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to the 13th it was held bythe See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors, who finally failed to recapture it from the Spaniards in 1332 .