LUCENA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V17,
Page 96
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
LUCENA
, a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Cordova, 37 M
.
S.S.E. of Cordova, on the See also:Madrid-See also:Algeciras railway
.
Pop
.
(1900) 21,179
.
Lucena is situated on the Cascajar, a See also:minor tributary of the Genii
.
The See also:parish 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 See also:dates from the beginning of the 16th See also:century
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The See also:chief See also:industries are the manufacture of matches, See also:brandy, See also:bronze lamps and pottery, especially the large earthenware jars (tinajas) used throughout Spain for the storage of oil and See also:wine, some of which hold more than 300 gallons
.
There is considerable See also:trade in agricultural produce, and the See also:horse See also:fair is famous throughout See also:Andalusia
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Lucena was taken from the See also:Moors See also:early in the 14th century; it was in the See also:attempt to recapture it that See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Boabdil of See also:Granada was taken prisoner in 1483
.
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