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ESTREMOZ , a town of Portugal, in the district
Alemtejo
Lisbon
Elvas
century accommodated 20,000 troops and rendered the town one of the principal
marble quarries in the neighbourhood, and the Estremoz bilhas, red earthenware jars, are used throughout Portugal as water-holders and exported to Spain. At Ameixial (1188) and Montes Claros, near Estremoz, the Spanish were severely defeated by the Portuguese in 1663 and 1665. Villa Vicosa (3841), 10 M. S.E., is a town of pre-Roman origin, containing a royal palace. The altars with Latin inscriptions to the Iberian god Endo-. vellicus, found at Villa Vicosa, are preserved in the museum of the Royal Academy
Lisbon
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