COVILHA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V07,
Page 344
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
COVILHA
, a See also:town of See also:Portugal, in the See also:district of See also:Castello Brahco, formerly included in the See also:province of See also:Beira; on the eastern slope of the Serra da Estrella, and on the See also:Abrantes-See also:Guarda railway
.
Pop
.
(1900) 15,469
.
Covilha, which has been often compared with a collection of swallows' nests clinging to the rugged granitic See also:mountain See also:side, is shaped like an See also:amphitheatre of closely crowded houses, overlooking the See also:river Zezere and its See also:wild valley from a height of 218o ft
.
Over 4000 operatives are employed in the manufacture of saragoca, a coarse See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown See also:cloth worn by the peasantry throughout Portugal
.
The See also:village of Unhaes da Serra (1507), 6 m
.
W.S.W., is noted for its sulphurous springs and See also:baths
.
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