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ESTELLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ESTELLA  , a

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town of
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northern Spain, in the province of Navarre, on the
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left
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bank of the
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river Ega, 15 M . W.S.W. of Pamplona . Pop . (1900) 5736 . Estella, which occupies the site of a
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Roman town of uncertain name, contains several monasteries and churches, a
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medieval citadel, and a college which was formerly a university . Its
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principal
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industries are the manufacture of woollen and
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linen fabrics and
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brandy-making; and it has a considerable trade in fruit, wine and cattle . Estella commands several defiles on the roads from Castile and Aragon, and on that account occupies a position of considerable strategic importance . It was long the headquarters of Don Carlos, who was proclaimed king here in 1833 . In 1873 it was the chief stronghold of the Carlists, and in 1874, when driven from other places, they succeeded in retiring to Estella . On the 16th of
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February 1876 the Carlists in the town surrendered unconditionally . For an account of the Carlist rising see SPAIN:
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History .

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