< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

SUECA, a town of eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, near the left bank of the river Júcar, and on the Silla-Cullera railway. Pop. (1900), 14,435. Sueca is separated from the Mediterranean Sea (7 m. east) by the Sierra de Cullera. It is a modern town, although many of the houses have the flat roofs, view-turrets (miradores) and horseshoe arches characteristic of Moorish architecture. There are a few handsome public buildings, such as the hospital, town-hall and theatre. Sueca has a thriving trade in grain and fruit from the Júcar Valley, which is irrigated by waterways created by the Moors.

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