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Alcan`tara
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A town of Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal, with a bridge of six arches, 670 ft. long and 210 ft. high, built in honour of Trajan in 104. The Order of Alcantara, a religious and military order, was established in 1176 here, for defence against the Moors, and was suppressed in 1835.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alcan`tara'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/alcantara.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alcan`tara'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/alcantara.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.