VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 846
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:VALENCIA DE See also:ALCANTARA
, a See also:town of western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Caceres; on the See also:Madrid-Caceres-See also:Lisbon railway, near the right See also:bank of the Sever, a small stream which here divides Spain from See also:Portugal
.
Pop
.
(1900) 9417
.
See also:Valencia de See also:Alcantara is the most important See also:custom-See also:house for See also:direct See also:traffic between the See also:Peninsular kingdoms except See also:Badajoz, and has a flourishing See also:trade in See also:farm produce of all kinds, and in See also:phosphates from the neighbouring mines
.
The town is occupied by a See also:garrison, and retains its old-fashioned loopholed walls and dismantled citadel
.
A See also:Roman See also:aqueduct still brings See also:water to the See also:main See also:street, and there are other Roman remains in the See also:district; the courtyards and windows of many houses are Moorish in See also:style
.
The interesting See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Roqueamador See also:dates from the 14th See also:century, the church of Encarnacion, the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall and a See also:fine See also:convent, from the 16th
.
From the 16th century to the 18th Valencia was a celebrated border fortress; it was captured by the Portuguese in 1664 and 1688
.
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