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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 656 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUARDA , an episcopal See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

capital of an administrative See also:

DISTRICT

district bearing the same name, and formerly in the See also:

province of See also:

BEIRA

Beira, See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal; on the Guarda-See also:

ABRANTES

Abrantes and See also:

LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon-Villar Formoso See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Pop. (1900) 6124. Guarda is situated 3370 ft. above See also:

sea-level, at the See also:

north-eastern extremity of the Serra da Estrella, overlooking the fertile valley of the See also:

RIVER

river C6a. It is surrounded by See also:

ancient walls, and contains a ruined See also:

castle, a See also:

FINE

fine 16th-See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral and a See also:

SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium for consumptives. Its See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries comprise the manufacture of coarse See also:

CLOTH

cloth and the See also:

sale of See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and live stock. In 1199 Guarda was founded, on the site of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman Lencia Oppidana, by Sancho I. of Portugal, who intended it, as its name implies, to be a " guard " against Moorish invasion. The administrative district of Guarda coincides with north-eastern Beira; pop. (1900), 261,630; See also:

AREA

area, 1665 sq. m.

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