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IGLESIAS , a See also:

TOWN

town and episcopal see of See also:

SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia in the See also:

province of Cagliari, from which it is 34 M. W.N.W. by See also:

RAIL

rail, 62o ft. above See also:

sea-level. Pop. (1901) 10,436 (town), 20,874 (See also:

commune). It is finely situated among the mountains in the S.W. portion of the See also:

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

island, and is chiefly important as the centre of a See also:

MINING

mining See also:

DISTRICT

district; it has a See also:

government school for mining See also:

ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers. The minerals are conveyed by a small railway via Monteponi (with its large See also:

lead and See also:

ZINC

zinc mine) to Portovesme (15 m. S.W. of Iglesias in the sheltered gulf of See also:

CARLOFORTE

Carloforte), near Portoscuso, where they are shipped. The See also:

TOTAL

total amount. of the minerals extracted in Sardinia in 1905 was 170,236 tons and their value 7 65,0J4 (chiefly consisting of 99,749 tons of See also:

CALAMINE

calamine zinc, 26,051 of See also:

BLENDE, or SPHALERITE

blende zinc, 24,798 tons of lead and 15,429 tons of See also:

LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood)

lignite) : the greater See also:

PART

part of them—118,009 tons—was exported from Portoscuso by sea and most of the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest from Cagliari, the zinc going mainly to See also:

Antwerp, and in a less proportion to See also:

BORDEAUX

Bordeaux and See also:

Dunkirk, while the lead is sent to Pertusola near See also:

SPEZIA

Spezia, to be smelted. At Portoscuso is also a See also:

TUNNY (Thunnus thynnus)

tunny See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of Iglesias, built by the Pisans, has a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

FACADE

facade (restored); the interior is See also:

LATE

late See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic. See also:

SAN

San See also:

Francesco is a See also:

FINE

fine Gothic See also:

church with a See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery over the entrance, while Sta Chiara and the church of the See also:

CAPUCHINS

Capuchins (the former dating from 1285) show a transition between Romanesque and Gothic. The battlemented town walls are well preserved and picturesque; the See also:

castle, built in 1325, flow contains a See also:

glass factory.

The church of Nostra Signora del Buon Cammino above the town (Io8o ft.) commands a fine view.

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