TOTANA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 79
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
TOTANA
, a See also:town of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Murcia, on the See also:Lorca-Murcia railway
.
Pop
.
(190o), 13,703
.
The town, which consists of two parts, the Barrio de Sevilla and Barrio de Triana, contains several handsome public buildings, among them 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:Santiago, with its three naves
.
See also:Water is conveyed to Totana from the Sierra de Espuna by an See also:aqueduct 7 M. See also:long
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See also:Saltpetre is obtained among the hills, and there is a thriving See also:trade in See also:wheat, oranges, See also:olives, almonds, and See also:wine from the Sangonera valley
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Other See also:industries are•the manufacture of See also:linen, See also:leather and the earthenware jars called tinajas, which are used for the storage of oil and wine
.
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