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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 489 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city of See also:north-western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Pontevedra, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Mino (Portuguese Minho), opposite Valenga do Minho, which stands on the See also:left bank in Portuguese territory. Pop. (1900), 11,113. Tuy is the See also:southern See also:terminus of the See also:railways to See also:Santiago de Compostela and See also:Corunna; Valenga do Minho is the See also:northern terminus of the Portuguese railway to See also:Oporto. Near Tuy rises the See also:Monte See also:San Cristobal, whose far-spreading spurs constitute the fertile and picturesque See also:Vega del Oro. To the See also:east is the river Louro, a right-See also:hand tributary of the Mino abounding in See also:salmon, See also:trout, See also:lamprey, eels and other fishes; and beyond the Louro, on the railway to Corunna, are the hot See also:mineral springs of San See also:Martin de Caldelas. Tuy is a clean and pleasant city with well-built houses, See also:regular streets and many gardens. The See also:cathedral, founded in the 12th See also:century, but largely restored between the 15th and 19th, is of a massive and fortress-like See also:architecture. Its See also:half-ruined See also:cloister and See also:noble eastern See also:facade date from the 14th century. There are several large convents and See also:ancient See also:parish churches, an old episcopal See also:palace, hospitals, See also:good See also:schools, a See also:theatre, and a very handsome See also:bridge over the Mino built in 1885. The See also:industries of Tuy include tanning, See also:brewing, the See also:distillation of See also:spirits and the manufacture of See also:soap. The city has also a brisk agricultural See also:trade.

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part of the 7th century Tuy was the Visigothic See also:capital. It was taken from the See also:Moors by See also:Alphonso VII. in the 12th century. As a frontier fortress it played an important part in the See also:wars between See also:Portugal and See also:Castile.

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