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CALATAYUD , a town of central Spain, in the province of Saragossa , at the confluence of the rivers Jalen and Jiloca, and on the Madrid-Saragossa and Calatayfid-Sagunto railways. Pop. (1900) 11,526. Calatayud consists of a lower
rock
note -worthy. Santa Maria, originally a mosque, has a lofty octagonal tower and a fine Renaissance doorway, added in 1528; while Santo Sepulcro, built in 1141, and restored in 1613, was long the principal
church
iron ; but Martial also mentions its unhealthy climate, due to the icy winds which sweep down fromthe heights of Moncayo (7705 ft.) on the north. In the middle ages the ruins were almost destroyed to provide stone for the building of Calatayud, which was founded by a Moorish amir named Ayub and named Kalat Ayub, " Castle of Ayub." Calatayid was captured by Alphonso
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