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Jerez de la Frontera

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Je·rez  (h-rs, -rth) also Jerez de la Fron·te·ra (d lä frn-trä, )
A city of southwest Spain northeast of Cádiz. It was held by the Moors from 711 to 1264. Population: 203,000.
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Noun1.Jerez de la FronteraJerez de la Frontera - a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry
Jerez
Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power


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However, to develop her artistry, she left her home and family in Los Angeles to drink deeply from the inspiration in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain -- the birthplace of gypsy flamenco.
FLAMENCO HAS PASSION TO FLARE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Flamenco occupies a cherished place in Andalucian culture, and the city of Jerez de la Frontera is widely regarded as its birthplace and spiritual home.
Flamenco flair: Herzog de Meuron reinterpret the southern Spanish ... by Bertolucci, Carla / The Architectural Review
Y ahora me voy con mi mare (And now I go with my mother), a seven-part suite loosely concerned with the inconstant nature of love, the men (Adrian Sanchez, Julian Martin, and Jose Barrios) still had all the fun--playfully tossing off ricocheting compas (rhythms) with marksman-like precision in joyous alegrias and the fast, furiously high-spirited bulerias of Ortega's hometown, Jerez de la Frontera, one of the cradles of flamenco in Southern Spain.
Flamenco's Brave New World. (Reviews: National) by Wolf, Sara / Dance Magazine
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