The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . e southernbase of the group of hills known to history as theAxaronia, and at the eastern extremity of the fertile vegaof Malaga (36° 43 N. lat., 4° 25 W. long.). The popula-tion in 1877 was 115,g82. In the clearness of its sky,which a cloud rarely obscures, and the beautiful sweep ofits bay, Malaga has sometimes been compared to climate is one of the mildest and most
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . e southernbase of the group of hills known to history as theAxaronia, and at the eastern extremity of the fertile vegaof Malaga (36° 43 N. lat., 4° 25 W. long.). The popula-tion in 1877 was 115,g82. In the clearness of its sky,which a cloud rarely obscures, and the beautiful sweep ofits bay, Malaga has sometimes been compared to climate is one of the mildest and most equable inEurope, the mean annual temperature being 66°-7 Fahr.{55°-6 in winter, 80°-4 in summer); the yearly average ofrainy days is thirty-nine, and the rainfall is slightly under16 inches. The town lies principally on the left bank ofa-mountain torrent, the Guadalmedlna (river of thecity); the streets near the sea are spaciousand compara-tively modern, but those in the older part of the town,where tha buildings are huddled arpund the ancientcitadel, are narrow, winding, and often are various squares or plazas and public promenades:of the former the most important are the Plaza de Kiego. 1. 1 S. Custom House. 1 3. Pilson. 1 4. Hospital. (containing the monument to General Torrijos, who, alongwith forty-eight otliers, was executed in Malaga in 1831)and the Plaza do la Constitucion; adjoining the quay isthe fine Paseo de la Alameda. The town has no publicbuildings of commanding importance architecturally orliistorically. The cathedral, on the site of the ancientmosque, was begun about 1528, in the Grseco-Eoman style ;after the works had been once and again interrupted andresumed, it was completed to its present state in the 18thcentury, and is in consequence an obtrusive record of thedegeneration of Spanish architecture. The woodwork ofthe choir, however, is worthy of attention. The church ofEl Cristo de la Victoria contains some relics of the
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