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VILLANUEVA DE LA SERENA

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 75 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VILLANUEVA DE LA

SERENA  , a
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town of western Spain, in the province of Badajoz, near the
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left
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bank of the
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river Guadiana, and on the
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Madrid-Badajoz railway . Pop . (woo) 13,489 . Villanueva is a clean and thriving place, with good
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modern public buildings—town hall, churches, convents and
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schools . It is the chief town of an undulating plain, La Serena, locally celebrated for red wine and melons . Grain and hemp are also cultivated, and live stock extensively reared in the neighbourhood .

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