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In the Muslim era a castle and a mosque (now gone) were built, as well as an extensive irrigation network. Some of the original wells from the
Andalusian era still continue to supply water to an area that was, for many years, the most important orchard of Albacete.
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Other sights include the Town Clock, the
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did away with much of the local cultural inheritance, with the exception of the head of the "Ecce Homo" image and the "Virgen de los
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was carved out of the rock, a short distance from the current city centre, beside a quarry that was used from Roman times until well into the 17th century.
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is Arabic from the word "Tabarrah". Tobarra was inhabited before the Roman conquest of the
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granted the city a franchise that would be confirmed by the successive kings and nobles of
Tobarra until the era of the
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observances, declared by the government to be of
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16:Municipality in Castile-La Mancha, Spain
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945:Tarazona de la Mancha
462:Ermita de la Purísima
409:Marquis of Esquilache
261: • Summer (
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491:(the Devil's Eyes).
381:Alfonso X of Castile
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225: • Density
186:Manuela Garrido Ruiz
143:Autonomous community
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880:Peñas de San Pedro
875:Paterna del Madera
725:Elche de la Sierra
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324:Francisco Salzillo
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444:Main sights
332:Good Friday
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975:Villamalea
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785:La Recueja
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760:Higueruela
720:El Bonillo
506:References
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238:Tobarreños
212:Population
178:Government
102:38°34′59″N
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935:San Pedro
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895:Povedilla
885:Peñascosa
845:Motilleja
835:Montalvos
830:Molinicos
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363:Cartagena
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770:Jorquera
710:Cotillas
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595:Albatana
590:Albacete
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690:Caudete
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620:Almansa
615:Alcaraz
600:Alborea
351:Tobarra
342:History
336:Calvary
297:Tobarra
281:Website
234:Demonym
167:Comarca
131:Country
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920:Riópar
860:Nerpio
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815:Mahora
805:Liétor
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660:Bonete
645:Barrax
625:Alpera
585:Alatoz
458:Virgin
420:Murcia
1010:Yeste
865:Ontur
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730:Férez
328:Jesus
305:Spain
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