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SETUBAL (formerly called in See also:English St Ubes and in See also:French St Yves)  , a seaport of See also:Portugal, in the See also:district of See also:Lisbon (formerly included in the See also:province, of See also:Estremadura), r8 m . S.E. of Lisbon by the Barreiro-Pinhal Novo-See also:Setubal railway . Pop . (1900) 22,074 . Setubal is built on the See also:north See also:shore of a deep See also:estuary, formed by the See also:rivers See also:Sado, Marateca and SaoMartinho, which See also:discharge their See also:waters into the See also:Bay of Setubal 3 M. below the See also:city . Setubal is overtopped on the See also:west by the treeless red heights of the Serra da Arrabida . There are five forts for the See also:defence of the See also:harbour; the See also:castle of St See also:Philip, built by Philip III. of See also:Spain (1578–1621), commands the city . Setubal is the third seaport and See also:fourth largest city of Portugal . It exports large quantities of See also:fine See also:salt, oranges and muscatel grapes; it has many sardine-curing and See also:boat-See also:building establishments, and manufactures of See also:fish-manure and See also:lace . Its See also:port is officially included in that of Lisbon . Under See also:John II . (1481–1495) Setubal was a favourite royal See also:residence, and one of the churches See also:dates from this See also:period; but most of the See also:ancient buildings were destroyed by the See also:great See also:earthquake of 1755 .

There are some fine public buildings, statues and fountains of later date, including a statue of the poet M . M. de B. du See also:

Bocage (1766–1806), who was a native of Setubal . In the sandhills of a See also:low-lying promontory in the bay opposite Setubal are the so-called ruins of "See also:Troia," uncovered in See also:part by heavy rains in 1814 and excavated in 185o by an antiquarian society . These ruins of " Troia," among which have been brought to view a beautiful See also:Roman See also:house and some 1600 Roman coins, are those of Cetobriga, which flourished A.D . 300-400 . In the neighbourhood, on a See also:mountain 1600 ft. high, is the monastery of Arrabida .

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