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MONDOREDO

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 693 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONDOREDO , a See also:

city of See also:northern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Lugo, 27 M. N.N.E. of the city of Lugo, on the' See also:river Masma. Pop. (1900), 10,590. Mondonedo occupies a sheltered valley among the northern outliers of the Cantabrian Mountains. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:cathedral, a Corinthian structure of the 17th See also:century, an ex-See also:convent of Franciscan friars of See also:Alcantara, which is used for a See also:theatre and a public school, and the See also:civil See also:hospital. The See also:industries include See also:lace-making, See also:linen-See also:weaving, and See also:leather manufacture. According to See also:local tradition, the bishopric of Dumium, near See also:Braga, was transferred to See also:San See also:Martin de Mondonedo (10 m. from Mondonedo) in the 8th century; it was brought to Mondonedo itself in the beginning of the 12th century. After having been for nearly a century and a See also:half in the hands of the See also:Moors, Mondonedo was recaptured by Ordono I. in 858; and the See also:Christian See also:possession was made permanent by See also:Alphonso III. in 87o. It was taken by surprise by the See also:French in 1809.

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