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VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 846 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VALENCIA DE See also:ALCANTARA , a See also:town of western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Caceres; on the See also:Madrid-Caceres-See also:Lisbon railway, near the right See also:bank of the Sever, a small stream which here divides Spain from See also:Portugal. Pop. (1900) 9417. Valencia de Alcantara is the most important See also:custom-See also:house for See also:direct See also:traffic between the See also:Peninsular kingdoms except See also:Badajoz, and has a flourishing See also:trade in See also:farm produce of all kinds, and in See also:phosphates from the neighbouring mines. The town is occupied by a See also:garrison, and retains its old-fashioned loopholed walls and dismantled citadel. A See also:Roman See also:aqueduct still brings See also:water to the See also:main See also:street, and there are other Roman remains in the See also:district; the courtyards and windows of many houses are Moorish in See also:style. The interesting See also:church of Roqueamador See also:dates from the 14th See also:century, the church of Encarnacion, the town See also:hall and a See also:fine See also:convent, from the 16th. From the 16th century to the 18th Valencia was a celebrated border fortress; it was captured by the Portuguese in 1664 and 1688.

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