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Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Bible Encyclopedias
Monchique
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of southern Portugal, in the district of Faro (formerly the province of Algarve); 13 m. S. of Saboia station on the Lisbon-Faro railway, and 12 m. N. of Villa Nova on the Atlantic. Pop. (1900), 7345. Monchique is one of the principal Portuguese health-resorts, finely situated among the wooded heights of the Serra de Monchique, which rise on the west to 2963 ft. There are hot sulphur springs, with baths and a sanatorium 4 m. south. Wheat, millet, rye, beans, oranges, wine, olive oil and chestnuts are the chief products, and there is a woollen factory.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Monchique'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/monchique.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Monchique'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/monchique.html. 1910.