CABRA

cabra, a town of southern spain, in the province of cordova, 28 m. s.e. by s. of cordova, on the jaen-malaga railway. pop. (1900) 13,127. cabra is built in a fertile valley between the sierra de cabra and the sierra de montilla, which together form the watershed between the rivers cabra and guadajoz. the town was for several centuries an episcopal see. its chief buildings are the cathedral, originally a mosque, and the ruined castle, which is the chief among many interesting relics of moorish rule. the neighbouring fields of clay afford material for the manufacture of bricks and pottery; coarse cloth is woven in the town; and there is a considerable trade in farm produce. cabra is the roman _baebro_ or _aegabro_. it was delivered from the moors by ferdinand iii. of castile in 1240, and entrusted to the order of calatrava; in 1331 it was recaptured by the moorish king of granada; but in the following century it was finally reunited to christian spain.