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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
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Spain, in the
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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
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chief towns of La
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Mancha, and thus in the centre of the
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district described by Cervantes in
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Don Quixote . Its citadel was founded as a
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Christian fortress after the defeat of the
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Moors at
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Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) .
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Bull-fights were formerly held in the
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main plaza, where galleries to accommodate spectators were built between the buttresses of an
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ancient
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parish
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church . Manzanares has manufactures of
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soap, bricks and pottery, and an active
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trade in
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wheat,
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wine,
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spirits, aniseed and
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saffron .

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