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VIZEU, or VISEU

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 165 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VIZEU, or VISEU , an episcopal See also:city and the See also:capital of the See also:district of Vizeu, See also:Portugal, at the See also:terminus of a See also:branch of the Figueira da Foz-See also:Guarda railway, and on the See also:Ribeira d'Asnos, a sub-tributary of the Mondego. Pop. (1900) 8057. The See also:cathedral, which was founded in the 12th See also:century, contains pictures by the native artist See also:Graft) Vasco (16th century). The city stands near the ruins of the See also:ancient Vacca, or Cava de Viriato, a See also:Roman military See also:colony founded by See also:Decius See also:Brutus and captured by Viriathus (2nd century B.c.). The administrative district of Vizeu coincides with the central and See also:northern parts of the ancient See also:province of See also:Beira (q.v.). Pop. (1900) 402,259; See also:area, 1937 sq. m.

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