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COVILHA

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 344 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of See also:Portugal, in the See also:district of See also:Castello Brahco, formerly included in the See also:province of See also:Beira; on the eastern slope of the Serra da Estrella, and on the See also:Abrantes-See also:Guarda railway. Pop. (1900) 15,469. Covilha, which has been often compared with a collection of swallows' nests clinging to the rugged granitic See also:mountain See also:side, is shaped like an See also:amphitheatre of closely crowded houses, overlooking the See also:river Zezere and its See also:wild valley from a height of 218o ft. Over 4000 operatives are employed in the manufacture of saragoca, a coarse See also:brown See also:cloth worn by the peasantry throughout Portugal. The See also:village of Unhaes da Serra (1507), 6 m. W.S.W., is noted for its sulphurous springs and See also:baths.

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