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PONTA DELGADA

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PONTA DELGADA , the See also:

capital of an administrative See also:district, comprising the islands of St See also:Michael's and St See also:Mary in the Portuguese See also:archipelago of the See also:Azores. Pop. (1900), 17,620. Ponta Delgada is built on the See also:south See also:coast of St Michael's, in 370 40' N. and 25° 36' W. Its mild See also:climate, and the See also:fine scenery of its See also:mountain background, render it very attractive to visitors; it is the commercial centre, and the most populous See also:city of the archipelago. Besides the See also:cathedral, it contains several interesting churches and monasteries, and an See also:observatory. Formerly its natural inner See also:harbour only admitted vessels of See also:light See also:draught, while larger See also:ships were compelled• to See also:anchor in an open road-See also:stead, which was inaccessible during the prevalence of southerly See also:gales. But See also:great improvements were effected after 186o by the construction of a See also:breakwater 2800 ft. See also:long. See also:PONT-A-MOUSSON, a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France in the See also:department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, 17 M. N.N.W. of See also:Nancy by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), 12,282.

The Moselle, which is canalized, divides the town into two quarters, See also:

united by a See also:bridge of the See also:late 16th See also:century. The See also:church of St See also:Martin, dating from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, has a handsome See also:facade with two towers, and in the interior a See also:choir See also:screen and See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre of the 15th century. The See also:lower ecclesiastical See also:seminary occupies the See also:building of an old Premonstratensian See also:convent. There are several interesting old houses. The town has a communal See also:college and See also:engineering workshops, blast furnaces, and manufactures of lacquered See also:ware, See also:paper, cardboard, cables and See also:iron-ware. Dating from the 9th or loth century, Pont-a-Mousson constituted a lordship, which was made a marquisate in 1354. It was from 1572 to 1763 the seat of a well-known university.

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