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Encyclopedia Britannica



FARO

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 186 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: EUD-FAT
FARO , the
capital
  of a
district
  bearing the same name, in southern Portugal; at the terminus of the Lisbon-Faro railway, and on the Atlantic Ocean. Pop. (1900) 11,789. Faro is an episcopal see, with a Renaissance
cathedral
  of
great
  size, an ecclesiastical
seminary
 , and a ruined castle surrounded by Moorish fortifications. Its broad but shallow harbour is protected on the
south
  by the long
island
  of Caes, and a number of sandy islets, which, being constantly enlarged by silt from the small river Fermoso, render the entrance of large vessels impossible. Fishing is an important industry, and fish, with wine, fruit, cork, baskets and sumach, are the principal articles of export. Little has been done to develop the
mineral
 , resources of the
district
 , which include tin, lead, antimony, and auriferous quartz. Faro was taken from the Moot, by
Alphonso
  III. of Portugal (1248-1279). It was sacked by the English in 1596, and nearly destroyed by an
earthquake
  in 1755 -
The administrative district of Faro coincides with the ancient kingdom and province of Algarve (q.v.); pop. (1900) 2SS5,i91; area, 1937 sq. m. -saes -.


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