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VILLARREAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 76 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of Castellon de la Plana; 4 M. from the Mediterranean See also:Sea, near the right See also:bank of the See also:river Mijares, and on the See also:Barcelona-See also:Valencia railway. Pop. (190o) 16,o68. Villarreal has a station on the See also:light railway between Onda and the seaports of Castellon de la Plana and See also:Burriana. Under Moorish See also:rule, and up to the See also:expulsion of the Moriscoes in 1609, it was the headquarters of a flourishing See also:trade, and in See also:modern times its See also:industries have revived. See also:Palm-groves, churches with See also:blue-tiled cupolas, and houses with See also:flat See also:roofs and view-turrets (miradores) to some extent preserve the Moorish See also:character of the town. There are extensive See also:orange-groves, watered by the See also:irrigation See also:canal of Castellon, which is a See also:good example of Moorish See also:engineering skill. The See also:local industries include manufactures of See also:paper, woollen goods and See also:spirits.

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