Andújar

Andújar (ändOO'här) [key], city (1990 pop. 37,776), Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir River. Its pottery and its water-cooling jars made of porous stone are famous. A painting by El Greco hangs in the 12th-century Gothic Church of Santa María.

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