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ESTELLA , a town of northern Spain, in the province of Navarre, on the left bank of the river Ega, 15 M. W.S.W. of Pamplona. Pop. (1900) 5736. Estella, which occupies the site of a Roman town of uncertain name, contains several monasteries and churches, a medieval citadel, and a college which was formerly a university. Its principal
industries
linen
brandy
trade
account occupies a position of considerable strategic importance. It was long the headquarters of Don Carlos, who was proclaimed king here in 1833. In 1873 it was the chief
Carlists, and in 1874, when driven from other places, they succeeded in retiring to Estella. On the 16th of February
account of the Carlist rising see SPAIN: History
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