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PRIEGO DE CORDOBA

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRIEGO DE

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CORDOBA  , a
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town of
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southern
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Spain in the extreme S.E. of the
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province of
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Cordova, near the headwaters of the
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river Guadajoz, and on the
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northern slope of the Sierra de Priego . Pop . (1900), 16,902 . The
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district abounds in
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cattle and mules and agricultural products, especially
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wine and oil . The
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local
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industries also include tanning and manufactures of
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esparto fabrics, rugs and
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cotton goods . The
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oldest
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church was built in the 13th
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century and subsequently restored; it has a
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fine
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chapel . There are ruins of an old castle—Priego having been a fortified
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city of the
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Moors which was captured by the Christians in 1226, lost again, and finally retaken in 1407 .

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