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CASTELLO BRANCO

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 472 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CASTELLO See also:BRANCO , an episcopal See also:city and the See also:capital of an administrative See also:district formerly included in the See also:province of See also:Beira, See also:Portugal; 156o ft. above the See also:sea, on the See also:Abrantes-See also:Guarda railway. Pop. (1900) 7288. Numerous See also:Roman remains See also:bear See also:witness to the antiquity of Castello Branco, but its See also:original name is unknown. The city is dominated by a ruined See also:castle, and partly enclosed by See also:ancient walls; its See also:chief buildings are the See also:cathedral and episcopal See also:palace. See also:Cloth is manufactured, and there is a flourishing See also:local See also:trade in See also:cork, See also:wine and See also:olive oil. The administrative district of Castello Branco, which comprises the valleys of the Zezere, Ocreza and Ponsul, right-See also:hand tributaries of the See also:Tagus, coincides with the See also:south-eastern See also:part of Beira; pop. (1900) 216,6o8; See also:area, 2582 sq. m.

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