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Priego de Cordoba

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Priego de Cordoba'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/priego-de-cordoba.html. 1910.
 
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