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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 690 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARCHENA  , a

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town of
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southern
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Spain, in the
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province of
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Seville, on the
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Cordova-
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Utrera and Marchena-La Roda
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railways . Pop . (190o), 12,468 . Marchena occupies a sandy valley near the
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river Corbones, a
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left-
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hand territory of the
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Guadalquivir . Formerly it was surrounded with walls and towers, a large portion of which still remains . Among the
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principal buildings is the
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palace of the
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dukes of Arcos, within the enclosure of which is an
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ancient Moorish
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building, now the
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church of
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Santa Maria de la Mota . At the eastern end of the town is a
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sulphur
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spring/ There is some
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trade in
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wheat,
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barley,
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olives, oil and
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wine . Marchena (perhaps the Castra Gemina of
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Pliny) was taken from the
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Moors by St
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Ferdinand in 1240 .

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