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PUERTO REAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 634 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PUERTO REAL , a seaport of See also:

southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Cadiz; on the See also:north See also:shore of the inner See also:arm of the See also:Bay of Cadiz and on the See also:Seville-Cadiz railway. Pop. (1900), 10,535. Puerto Real (See also:Port Royal) is the See also:Portus Gaditanus of the See also:Romans, and is probably the most See also:ancient trading-station on the Bay of Cadiz. It owes its See also:modern name to the fact that it was rebuilt in 1488 by See also:Ferdinand and See also:Isabella. The port has See also:good quays, a dry See also:dock of the See also:Spanish Transatlantic See also:Company, connected with their important See also:works, and safe anchorage See also:close to the wharves for the largest steamers. The See also:town has See also:fine squares, and broad, well-built streets, a handsome town-See also:hall, many See also:schools, a See also:bull-See also:ring, several convents, and a 16th-See also:century See also:Gothic See also:parish See also:church, with three naves and a remarkable See also:atrium. There is an active See also:trade in See also:wine and See also:oils; other See also:industries are the construction and repairing of See also:ships, and the See also:production of See also:salt.

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