MARCHENA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V17,
Page 690
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
MARCHENA
, a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Seville, on the See also:Cordova-See also:Utrera and Marchena-La Roda See also:railways
.
Pop
.
(190o), 12,468
.
Marchena occupies a sandy valley near the See also:river Corbones, a See also:left-See also:hand territory of the See also:Guadalquivir
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Formerly it was surrounded with walls and towers, a large portion of which still remains
.
Among the See also:principal buildings is the See also:palace of the See also:dukes of Arcos, within the enclosure of which is an See also:ancient Moorish See also:building, now the 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 of See also:Santa Maria de la Mota
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At the eastern end of the town is a See also:sulphur See also:spring/ There is some See also:trade in See also:wheat, See also:barley, See also:olives, oil and See also:wine
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Marchena (perhaps the Castra Gemina of See also:Pliny) was taken from the See also:Moors by St See also:Ferdinand in 1240
.
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