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LEIRIA

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LEIRIA , an episcopal See also:

city and the See also:capital of the See also:district of Leiria, formerly included in See also:Estremadura, See also:Portugal; on the See also:river Liz and on the See also:Lisbon-Figueria da Foz railway. Pop. (1900) 4459. The See also:principal buildings of Leiria are the ruined citadel, which See also:dates from 1135, and the See also:cathedral, a small See also:Renaissance See also:building erected in 1571 but modernized in the18th See also:century. The See also:main square of the city is named after the poet Francisco Rodrigues See also:Lobo, who was See also:born here about 1500. Between Leiria and the See also:Atlantic there are extensive See also:pine See also:woods known as the Pinhal de Leiria, which were planted by See also:King Diniz (1279–1325) with trees imported from the See also:Landes in See also:France, in See also:order to give firmness to the sandy See also:soil. In the neighbourhood there are See also:glass and See also:iron foundries, oil See also:wells and See also:mineral springs. Leiria, the See also:Roman Calippo, was taken from the See also:Moors in 1135 by See also:Alphonso I. (Affonso Henriques). King Diniz made it his capital. In 1466 the first Portuguese See also:printing-See also:press was established here; in 1545 the city was made an episcopal see. The administrative district of Leiria coincides with the See also:north and north-See also:west of the See also:ancient See also:province of Estremadura (q.v.); pop.

(1900) 238,755; See also:

area 1317 sq. m.

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