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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 186 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FARO , the See also:

capital of a See also:

DISTRICT

district bearing the same name, in See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal; at the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the See also:

LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon-Faro railway, and on the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean. Pop. (1900) 11,789. Faro is an episcopal see, with a See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of See also:

GREAT

great See also:

SIZE

size, an ecclesiastical See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, and a ruined See also:

castle surrounded by Moorish fortifications. Its broad but shallow See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is protected on the See also:

south by the See also:

long See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Caes, and a number of sandy islets, which, being constantly enlarged by silt from the small See also:

RIVER

river Fermoso, render the entrance of large vessels impossible. Fishing is an important See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, and See also:

fish, with See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

cork, baskets and See also:

SUMACH

sumach, are the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal articles of export. Little has been done to develop the See also:

MINERAL

mineral, resources of the district, which include See also:

TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin, See also:

lead, See also:

ANTIMONY (symbol Sb, atomic weight 120.2)

antimony, and auriferous See also:

QUARTZ

quartz. Faro was taken from the See also:

MOOT

Moot, by See also:

ALPHONSO

Alphonso III. of Portugal (1248-1279). It was sacked by the See also:

ENGLISH

English in 1596, and nearly destroyed by an See also:

EARTHQUAKE

earthquake in 1755• - The administrative district of Faro coincides with the See also:

ancient See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom and See also:

province of See also:

ALGARVE, or ALGARVES

Algarve (q.v.); pop. (1900) 2SS5,i91; See also:

AREA

area, 1937 sq. m. •-saes -.

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