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ELCHE , a See also:town of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Alicante, on the See also:river Vinalapo. Pop. (1900) 27,308. Elche is the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place of three See also:railways, from See also:Novelda, Alicante and See also:Murcia. It contains no See also:building of high architectural merit, except, perhaps, the collegiate See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of See also:Santa Maria, with its lofty See also:blue-tiled See also:dome and See also:fine See also:west See also:doorway. But the See also:costume and See also:physiognomy of the inhabitants, the narrow streets and See also:flat-roofed, whitewashed houses, and more than all, the thousands of See also:palm-trees in its gardens and See also:fields, give the place a strikingly See also:Oriental aspect, and render it'unique among the cities of Spain. The cultivation of the palm is indeed the See also:principal occupation; and though the See also:dates are inferior to those of the See also:Barbary States, upwards of 22,500 tons are annually exported. The blanched fronds are also sold in large quantities for the processions of Palm See also:Sunday, and after they have received the blessing of the See also:priest they are regarded throughout Spain as certain defences against See also:lightning. Other thriving See also:local See also:industries include the manufacture of oil, See also:soap, See also:flour, See also:leather, See also:alcohol and See also:esparto grass rugs. The See also:harbour of Elche is Santa See also:Pola (pop. 4100), situated 6 m.E.S.E.,where the Vinalapo enters the Mediterranean, after forming the wide See also:lagoon known as the Albuf era de Elche.
Elche is usually identified with the Iberian Helike, afterwards the See also:Roman See also:colony of Ilici or Illici. From the 8th See also:century to the 13th it was held bythe See also:Moors, who finally failed to recapture it from the Spaniards in 1332.
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