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Puenteareas
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of north-western Spain in the province of Pontevedra; on the Tuy-Santiago de Compostella railway and on the river Tea, a right-hand tributary of the Mino. Pop. (1900), 13,452. Puenteareas is the chief town of a fertile hilly region, which produces wine, grain and fruit, and contains many cattle farms. The industries of the town itself are porcelain manufactures, tanning and distilling. Close by are the ruins of the castle of Sobroso, which played an important part in the medieval civil wars.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Puenteareas'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/puenteareas.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Puenteareas'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/puenteareas.html. 1910.
