Murcia

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Murcia is a historic city and region in southeastern Spain, known for its fertile agricultural plain, baroque architecture, and role as a former frontier territory between Christian and Muslim realms on the Iberian Peninsula.

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Label Occurrences
Murcia canonical 42
Region of Murcia 9
City of Murcia 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
provincial capital
agriculturalProducts flowers
fruits
vegetables
architecturalStylePresent Baroque
Gothic
Renaissance
autonomousCommunityStatus capital of an autonomous community
borderedBy Andalusia
Castile-La Mancha
Valencian Community
capitalOf Murcia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Region of Murcia
climate semi-arid climate
continent Europe
country Spain
economy agriculture
food processing
services
foundationDate 9th century
foundedBy Abd al-Rahman I
surface form: Abd al-Rahman II
hasFestival Semana Santa in Murcia
Spring Festival of Murcia
hasLandmark Cathedral of Murcia
Plaza Cardenal Belluga
Real Casino de Murcia
Romea Theatre
hasUniversity University of Murcia
historicalRegion Kingdom of Murcia
historicalRole frontier territory between Christian and Muslim realms on the Iberian Peninsula
knownFor baroque architecture
cathedral
fertile agricultural plain
huerta of Murcia
language Spanish
locatedIn Murcia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Region of Murcia

eastern Spain
surface form: southeastern Spain
locatedOnRiver Segura River
nearbySea Mediterranean Sea
partOf Province of Murcia
primaryRiver Segura River
regionalLanguage Murcian Spanish
regionType historic region
religion Roman Catholicism
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
transport Murcia–El Carmen railway station

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Segura River flowsThrough Murcia
this entity surface form: City of Murcia