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	Cuenca, Spain
		The province of Cuenca is one of five provinces within the region of Castilla-La-Mancha, the other four being Guadalajara, Toledo, Albacete and Ciudad Real.
		Cuenca the city, known as the 'Eagles nest' because of its position, high on a hill, is easily accessed by means of the N430/N320 highways and has a good infrastructure within the city.
		Cuenca shares many features of its gastronomy with the other provinces of Castilla-La-Mancha; its origins, traditions and quality of its raw materials.
	www.idealspain.com /Pages/Places/cuenca.asp (1408 words)

	Cuenca (Spain) - Wikitravel
		Cuenca is a town in the region of Spain with the same name.
		Cuenca is situated between Madrid and Valencia, in the third least populated region in Europe, and the town itself is a world heritage site - the old town is an outstanding example of a medieval city, built on the steep sides of a mountain.
		Cuenca was the longtime home of artist and photographer Fernando Zóbel, and he chose it as the location for the museum, located in two converted centuries-old "casas colgadas".
	wikitravel.org /en/Cuenca_(Spain) (332 words)

	AllRefer.com - Cuenca, city, Spain, Spain & Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		43,209), capital of Cuenca prov., E central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha, at the confluence of the Huecar and JUcar rivers, c.3,000 ft (910 m) above sea level.
		It was taken (1177) from the Moors by Alfonso VIII of Castile.
		Cuenca was badly damaged in the Peninsular War and the Second Carlist War.
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	cuenca spain a visit to the hanging houses
		There is a lot to do and see in Cuenca, but it was the guidebook photos of the hanging houses that enticed us to this town.
		The old part of the city is hemmed in on three sides by a deep gorge carved out by two rivers.
		Soon we found ourselves huffing and puffing as we realized there were a lot of stairs to climb before we reached the old city.
	www.travelinginspain.com /cuenca.htm (519 words)

	CUENCA
		Cuenca is famous for its 15th Century "hanging houses" (casas colgadas), that appear to be hanging on to the cliffs edge.
		Cuenca's monumental historic quarter lies beside rocky walls in the heart of the Cuenca mountains with narrow, medieval cobbled streets, plazas, arches, fountains and impressive historical buildings.
		Cuenca is a wine-making region, and you might like to visit one of its many bodegas to buy some cheap, and often excellent, wine.
	www.euroresidentes.com /euroresiuk/Spanish_villages/Cuenca.htm (298 words)

	Cuenca, Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		47,862) in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain.
		It is the capital of the province of Cuenca.
		Its name may derive from Latin conca meaning "river basin" and referring to the gorge of the rivers Júcar and Huécar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuenca_(Spain) (218 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Cuenca (province Spain)
		Cuenca (province, Spain), province in central Spain, mostly mountainous, with an area of 17,140 sq km (6,620 sq mi).
		Cuenca (city, Spain), city and capital of Cuenca Province, east central Spain.
		The city of Cuenca is situated on the western border of the wooded...
	encarta.msn.com /Cuenca_(province_Spain).html (165 words)

	EPAA Vol. 7 No. 31 Poveda, Gómez & Messina: Children's Rights
		It compares three countries, Argentina, Chile and Spain in an attempt to both present particular problems that are of pressing concern in each and to propose a framework that might reveal some possible obstacles to the implementation of children's rights.
		In Spain, the implicit push for early childhood education has been related to the increasing number of middle-class mothers working outside the home; this began to become a priority in the 1980's with some municipalities (primarily in large cities) establishing early education centers.
		Spain is the only one of the three nations in which this age is the same as the end of compulsory education, an arrangement that began with the 1990 educational reform (before this compulsory education ended at 14 years of age, while the minimum age to work was 16).
	epaa.asu.edu /epaa/v7n31.html (7661 words)

	Cuenca, Spain
		Cuenca, chief town of its province and the see of a bishop, is magnificently situated on the steep rocky slopes of the Serranía de Cuenca above the deep valleys of the Río Júcar and the Río Huécar.
		It is one of the most picturesque of Spain's old medieval towns, famous for its Casas Colgadas ("Hanging Houses").
		This was the Roman Conca, which later fell into the hands of the Visigoths and then of the Moors, from whom it was liberated by Alfonso VIII in 1177.
	www.planetware.com /spain/cuenca-e-cast-cue.htm (135 words)

	Hotel accommodation in Cuenca , Spain.
		AC Cuenca is a newly built hotel that is strategically located next to N-320 higway and just a few minutes away from city centre.
		Cuenca is well known for being a treasured, historic and artistic encl...
		The Parador de Cuenca occupies a privileged position in the Hoz del Huecar gorge, a compendium of sheer walls and luxuriant vegetation on the outskirts of Cuenca.
	www.123casa.com /cuenca/cuenca.htm (137 words)

	Cuenca Travel Guide Cuenca Ecuador
		Cuenca is Ecuador's third largest city and the capital of the province of Azuay.
		After the independence of Spain, Cuenca became the capital of one of the three provinces that formed part of the "new republic", being Quito and Guayaquil the other two.
		Cuenca is surrounded by four rivers, 52 churches and monasteries (See also Churches, and Museums in Cuenca).
	www.thebestofecuador.com /cuenca.htm (1423 words)

	Cuenca on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Founded in 1557, Cuenca is in one of the richest agricultural basins of the Ecuadorian Andes and is the commercial center of S Ecuador.
		Although isolated from the north and the coast until roads were cut through the Andes in the 1950s, the city has modernized in recent years and tourism is on the increase.
		Cuenca is known as the "marble city" because of its many fine buildings, including the cathedral, government palace, and two universities.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CuencaE1c.asp (1098 words)

	Cuenca Spain - Cuenca - Spain
		Cuenca is divided in the old town, famous because of its unique situation on the edge of a perpendicular precipice, and the modern part at the foot of this rock.
		Follow the signs in Cuenca, the last part is a wonderful winding road through the mountains.
		Parador de Cuenca****, expensive but situated in the old town centre near the Plaza.
	www.globosapiens.net /travel-information/Cuenca-426.html (492 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cuenca
		Cuenca was made a diocese in 1183 by Lucius III, shortly after its reconquest from the Moors by Alfonso IX (1177).
		The cathedral of Cuenca is a magnificent Gothic edifice begun at the end of the twelfth and finished in the thirteenth century.
		One of its chapels bears the name and was built at the expense of the Albornoz family to which belonged the great cardinal Gil de Albornoz.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04562b.htm (199 words)

	Parador de Cuenca Cuenca (Spain)
		Located opposite to Cuenca's Suspended Houses, whose acces, like that of the old center, is the extraordinary metal bridge.
		Cuenca is a truly original city hewn out of rock.
		The lobby is medium in size and decorated as the rest of the hotel in tune with its historical settings.
	interhotel.com /spain/en/hoteles/2574.html (370 words)

	Pictures of Cuenca - Spain
		Cuenca is a small city, built on a rock.
		The space on the rock was smaller than the required space, so many houses are partly hanging over the cliff.
		In the mountains nearby Cuenca is the Ciudad Encantada, the enchanted city.
	www.bamjam.net /Spain/Cuenca.html (111 words)

	Cuenca Spain
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		Located in a natural setting of beauty, the Old Town of Cuenca occupies a superb site between two river gorges.
		To the east of Cuenca is the Serranía de Cuenca massif with scenic valleys, gorges, and waterfalls.
	www.spain-info.com /Areaguide/cuenca.htm (146 words)

	Cuenca Spain - Travel and Tourist Information
		Gigi Oddone's stunning picture of Cuenca's cliffs on a foggy day is from a album of outstanding travel photographs.
		Peter Broer's photo of the Casas Colgadas is from a larger collection of Spain photos.
		These BamJam Travel Pictures show the city of Cuenca and the dramatic rock formations nearby.
	europeforvisitors.com /europe/planner/blp_countries_spain_castile_cuenca.htm (120 words)

	partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cuenca Public Local Council wants to participate and promote NETIZENS project throughout their Social and Employment Services which is hardly involved on the development of the Civic Network concept as a competitive tool for sustainable development in the city.
		The sociocultural Association Grupo Cinco Cuenca, born with the initiative of a group of proffesionals formed by three Social Works graduates, one Geographic and History graduate, one Graduated as a teacher and one Clinic's Auxiliar, that in December of the year 1996 decided to found Grupo Cinco Cuenca as a way of alternative employment.
		ACORDE is and Association linked with social and cultural services for citizens in the city of Cuenca (Spain).
	www.eurosur.org /netizens/members.htm (2709 words)

	Town and Country in Pre-industrial Spain - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This is an in-depth study of Cuenca, a hilltop town on the Castilian Meseta, from the middle of the 16th to the end of the 19th centuries.
		Economic fluctuations and demographic behaviour in urban Spain; 5.
		Household and family in Cuenca: a question of perspective; 7.
	www.cup.cam.ac.uk /catalogue/print.asp?isbn=0521352924&print=y (160 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alonso de Ojeda
		After some further exploration, he made his way to the island of Hispaniola, where he was not received cordially, because it was thought that he was infringing upon the exploring privileges of Columbus.
		On his return to Spain in 1500, he took with him many captives whom he sold as slaves.
		Having still influential friends at home, he was able to fit out a new expedition, which left Cadiz in 1502 and made a landing on the American continent at a place which he named Santa Cruz.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11230a.htm (583 words)

	Hotel Cuenca, HotelSearch.com, Hotels Cuenca, Book your hotel in Cuenca, Hotels in Cuenca, Spain Hotel, Spain hotels
		The city of Cuenca is located in central Spain between the Júcar and Huécar Rivers.
		It is a jewel of popular architecture, and a historic fortress in an impressive geological enclave.
		Strolling through the narrow, steep streets of Cuenca, you can admire the town’s buildings which defy the laws of gravity.
	www.hotelsearch.com /1/city/cuenca.html (140 words)

	ROUTE OF CITIES: CUENCA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Same as other historical cities in other parts of the world: the traveller does not discover it until the moment he walks around the streets, sit in a stone and enjoy the landscape.
		To find the hide soul of Cuenca, it is needed to start walking along the spinal column of the top of the city, between both rivers: Huecar and Jucar.
		Mounting by Alfonso VIII street, the way makes smooth curbs sending traffic through the arch under the Town Hall, and toward the Main Square (plaza Mayor), closed on the right side by the 12th century Cathedral gothic façade; and in its front, by the convent of Petras façade.
	www.cyberspain.com /ciudades-patrimonio/icuenca.htm (180 words)

	Hotels In Cuenca - Cuenca Spain Hotels - Cuenca Hotels
		You may also use the hotel search form below to find only available hotels in Cuenca Spain for your check-in and check-out dates.
		Built in the medieval castle of the Marquises of Villena, the architecture of the hotel is the result of more than three centuries of history.
		Cuenca is well known for being a treasured, historic and artistic enclave.
	www.hotelfinders.ws /spain/cuenca.html (182 words)

	Hotels in cuenca spain
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	Historic Walled Town of Cuenca - UNESCO World Heritage Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Built by the Moors in a defensive position at the heart of the Caliphate of Cordoba, Cuenca is an unusually well-preserved medieval fortified city.
		Conquered by the Castilians in the 12th century, it became a royal town and bishopric endowed with important buildings, such as Spain's first Gothic cathedral, and the famous casas colgadas (hanging houses), suspended from sheer cliffs overlooking the Huécar river.
		The World Heritage List includes 812 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.
	whc.unesco.org /en/list/781 (187 words)

	ALARCON
		Alarcón is a beautiful medieval village, set on the rocky surroundings of the River Júcar in Cuenca, about an hour and a half drive from Madrid.
		The walled village, its castle, churches and stone-built houses blend in with the surrounding landscape and winding river, providing the visitor with outstanding views and complete peace and quiet.
		Treat yourselves to a night in Alcorcon Parador, set within Alcorcón Castle, to make this a truly magic visit to rural Spain.
	www.euroresidentes.com /euroresiuk/Spanish_villages/Alarcon.htm (163 words)

	CUENCA, Cuenca, Spain - Discount Hotel Reservations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Book your hotel room at the CUENCA, Cuenca with us and save up to 75% OFF normal room rates.
		CUENCA, Cuenca Description: Hotel is located in the ancient san Pablo convent and hotel offers Air-conditioning Bar/Café Garage Garden/Terrace Gym Hairdryer Heating Historic Building Lift Medical Service Meeting Rooms Minibar Money Exchange Parking Safe satellite TV Sauna Swimming Pool Telephone Television Tennis.
		It is located outside Cuenca city walls, where magnificent views can be enjoyed.1km to the city centre 180km to the nearest airport: MAD 1km to the nearest station: RENFE TRAIN AND BUS STATION 10 minute walk to nearest bus stop.
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	Cuenca - Wikitravel
		Cuenca, a region in the Castilla La Mancha region of Spain.
		Cuenca, a town in the Cuenca region of the Castilla La Mancha region of Spain.
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	wikitravel.org /travel/Cuenca (85 words)

	Permanent Collection - José Angel Ramirez Cuenca
		He attended a boarding school for children with hearing disabilities in Valencia until he was nine and eventually returned to Albacete, his birthplace, to begin individual art courses.
		Ramirez Cuenca has had over 20 individual exhibitions and 25 combined exhibitions since 1978.
		He is the founder of the Visual Arts Workshop in Albaceta and has served as the president of the association for people with hearing impairments.
	www.vsarts.org /prebuilt/showcase/gallery/exhibits/permanent/artists/jarcuenca.html (112 words)

	In Spain, bitter rift over fighting terror \| csmonitor.com
		But at this anti-ETA demonstration, unlike all others since Spain became a democracy in the 1970s, a major party refused to participate.
		The center-right Popular Party denounced the protest as a government attempt to garner support for its strategy of negotiation with the group, sparking criticisms that parties are politicizing the fight against terrorism for their own benefit ahead of upcoming local and national elections.
		The PP declined to participate in Saturday's march, says PP senator Ignacio Cosido, because, "It was clear to us that the intent of the demonstration was to support the government in its strategy to negotiate.
	www.csmonitor.com /2007/0116/p07s02-woeu.html (1203 words)

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