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Antequera
Antequera , city (1990 pop. 41,863), Málaga prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. At the foot of the Sierra de los Torcales, it is the center of a fertile agricultural region. The Cueva de Menga, a large prehistoric burial chamber, possibly Celtic, was discovered in the vicinity in 1842. A large part of the city's 14th-century Moorish quarter is preserved. |
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Antequera
Antequera, Andalusia/Spain Anticaria, Madīnah Antakira ‘Old Town’, so‐named by the Romans. The name may be related to anta, a local word for a dolmen, an ancient stone burial chamber. It was the first Granada border town to be recaptured by the Christians during the Reconquest in 1410.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Antequera." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Antequera." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Antequera.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Antequera." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Antequera.html |
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