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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

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town of
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Portugal, in the
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district of
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Santarem, 19 M . N.N.E. of Santarem on the
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Lisbon-Entroncamento railway . Pop . (1900), 10,746 . It manufactures cottons, linens, jute,
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paper,
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leather and
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spirits . It was probably founded by Greeks, and was held by the
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Romans, Goths and
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Moors, from whom it was conquered in 1148 by
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Alphonso I. of Portugal .

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