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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 634 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PUENTEAREAS , a See also:

town of See also:north-western See also:Spain in the See also:province of See also:Pontevedra; on the See also:Tuy-See also:Santiago de Compostella railway and on the See also:river See also:Tea, a right-See also:hand tributary of the Mino. Pop. (1900), 13,452. Puenteareas is the See also:chief town of a fertile hilly region, which produces See also:wine, See also:grain and See also:fruit, and contains many See also:cattle farms. The See also:industries of the town itself are See also:porcelain manufactures, tanning and distilling. See also:Close by are the ruins of the See also:castle of Sobroso, which played an important See also:part in the See also:medieval See also:civil See also:wars.

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