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Encyclopedia Britannica



UTRERA

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 827 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TUM-VAN
UTRERA , a town of southern Spain, in the province of Seville; on the
Arroyo
  de la
Antigua
 , a right-hand tributary of the river Guadalquivir, and at the junction of the Seville-Cadiz and
Cordova
 -Utrera railways. Pop. (1900) 15,138. Utrera contains few noteworthy buildings, although it is an ancient town, still partly surrounded by medieval fortifications. The principal church, Santa Maria, is
Gothic
  in style,
dates
  from the 15th century, and contains some interesting tombs; but it was to a
great
  extent restored in the 17th century. Agri-culture and especially stock-farming are foremost among the local
industries
 , which also include manufactures of leather, soap, oil and spirits. Large numbers of horses, sheep and fighting bulls are bred in the moorlands and marshes which extend eastward towards the Gaudalquivir, and a
fair
  is held yearly in September for the sale of live stock and farm produce. Utrera was occupied by the Moors in the 8th century, and, though retaken by St Ferdinand (123o52), was not finally incorporated in the kingdom of Castile until 1340. In the middle ages it was notorious as a favourite
refuge
  of brigands and outlaws.


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