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MONTILLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 786 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONTILLA  , 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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Cordova, 32 M . S. of the
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city of Cordova, by the Cordova-Bobadilla railway . Pop . (1900), 13,603 . The oil of the
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district is abundant and
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good; and it is the
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peculiar flavour of the
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pale dry
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light
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wine of Montilla that gives its name to the
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sherry known as Amontillado . Montilla was the birthplace of " The
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Great
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Captain," Gonzalo or Gonsalvo of Cordova (1453-1515), and contains the ruined
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castle of his
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father, Pedro
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Fernandez de Cordova .

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