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TORRES NOVAS

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 61 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TORRES NOVAS , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal, in the See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

SANTAREM

Santarem, 19 M . N.N.E. of Santarem on the See also:

LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon-Entroncamento railway . Pop . (1900), 10,746 . It manufactures cottons, linens, jute, See also:

paper, See also:

leather and See also:

SPIRITS

spirits . It was probably founded by Greeks, and was held by the See also:

Romans, Goths and See also:

Moors, from whom it was conquered in 1148 by See also:

ALPHONSO

Alphonso I. of Portugal .

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