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Linares

Linares is a town in the province of Jaén in Andalusia, southern Spain, near the ruins of the ancient Iberian city of Castulo. Its lead and silver mines, worked since antiquity, made it one of the world's leading lead producers in the 19th century. It is the birthplace of the guitarist Andrés Segovia.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Linares. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/linares
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