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PONTEVEDRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 65 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PONTEVEDRA , the See also:

capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Pontevedra; on the See also:Tuy-See also:Corunna railway, and on the See also:river Lerez, which here enters the Ria de Pontevedra, an inlet of the See also:Atlantic. Pop. (1900), 22,330. The name of the See also:town is derived from the See also:ancient See also:Roman See also:bridge (pons See also:veins) of twelve See also:arches, which spans the Lerez near its mouth. Pontevedra is a picturesque town, mainly built of See also:granite, and still partly enclosed by See also:medieval fortifications. It contains handsome provincial and municipal halls erected in the 19th See also:century, and many convents, some of which have been converted into hospitals or See also:schools. Marin and Sangenjo are ports on the Ria de Pontevedra, which is the seat of a thriving sardine See also:fishery. There is an active See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:wine and See also:fruit; See also:cloth, hats, See also:leather and pottery are manufactured.

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