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The economy of Écija is based on Agriculture ( Olive s, Cereal s and Vegetable s), Cattle ( Cow s and Horse s) and Textile industry. The city has over twenty Church es and Convent s, some of them with either Gothic , Mudejar , Renaissance or Baroque towers, as well as an Arab Fortress . ROMAN ASTIGI There are several archaelogical remains of ancient Greek and Roman settlements. Écija was known as Augusta Firma Astigi. Astigi was an important town of Hispania Baetica , and the seat of one of the four ''conventi'' where the chief men met together at major centers, at fixed times of year, under the eye of the proconsul, to oversee the administration of justice, was also an early seat of a diocese; Fulgentius, bishop of Astigi (died before 633), was named to the see by his brother Isidore Of Seville . Though it was suppressed in 1144, Astigi remains a Titular See in the Roman Catholic Church . Although Astigi was one of the largest and most complete Roman cities ever to be unearthed, in 2006, mayor Juan Wic decided to Bulldoze Écija's Roman ruins and replace them with a 299-car Parking Lot {Link without Title} . REFERENCES
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