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MARTOS
, a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Jaen, 16 m
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W.S.W. of Jaen, by the Jaen-See also:Lucena railway
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Pop
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(1900), 17,078
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Martos is situated on an outlying western See also:peak of the Jabalcuz mountains, which is surmounted by a ruined See also:castle and overlooks the See also:plain of See also:Andalusia
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In the See also:neighbour-See also:hood are two sulphurous springs with bathing establishments
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The See also:local See also:trade is almost exclusively agricultural
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Martos perhaps stands on or near the site of the Tucci of See also:Ptolemy, which was fortified and renamed Colonia See also:Augusta Gemella by the See also:Romans
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