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MANZANARES

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 626 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANZANARES  , a

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town of Spain, in the province of
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Ciudad Real, on the
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river Azuer, a large sub-tributary of the Zancara, and on the
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railways from
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Madrid to Ciudad Real and
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Linares . Pop . (Iwo), 11,229 . Manzanares is one of the chief towns of La Mancha, and thus in the centre of the
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district described by Cervantes in Don Quixote . Its citadel was founded as a Christian fortress after the defeat of the Moors at
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Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) . Bull-fights were formerly held in the main plaza, where galleries to accommodate spectators were built between the buttresses of an ancient parish church . Manzanares has manufactures of
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soap, bricks and pottery, and an active trade in wheat, wine,
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spirits, aniseed and saffron .

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