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PALMELLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 644 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALMELLA  , a

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town of
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Portugal, in the
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district of
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Lisbon (formerly included in the
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province of
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Estremadura); at the
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north-eastern extremity of the Serra da Arrabida, and on the Lisbon-
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Setubal railway . Pop . (1goo), inclusive of the neighbouring
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village of Marateca, 11,478 . Palmella is an
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ancient and picturesque town, still surrounded by massive but ruined walls and dominated by a
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medieval
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castle . Viticulture,
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market-gardening and
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fruit-farming are important
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local
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industries . Palmella was taken from the
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Moors in 1147 by
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Alphonso I . (Affonso Henriques), and entrusted in 1186 to the knights of
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Santiago . The
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title "
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duke of Palmella "
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dates from 1834, when it was conferred on the statesman Pedro de
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Sousa-
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Holstein,
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count of Palmella (1781-185o) .

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