DON  BENfTO, a See also:

• TOWN

town of western See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BADAJOZ
• BADAJOZ (formerly sometimes written Badajos)

Badajoz; near the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• GUADIANA (anc. Anas, Moorish Wadi Ana)

Guadiana, on the See also:

• MADRID

Madrid-Badajoz-See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon railway . Pop . (1goo) 16,565 . Don Benito is a thriving and comparatively See also:

• MODERN

modern town; for it See also:

• DATES

dates only from the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, when it was founded by refugees from Don See also:

• LLORENTE, JUAN ANTONIO (1756-1823)

Llorente, who deserted their own town owing to the danger of floods from the Guadiana . Besides manufactures of See also:

• BRANDY

brandy, See also:

• FLOUR

flour, oil, See also:

• SOAP

soap, See also:

• LINEN

linen and See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, it has an active See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, especially melons .