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Encyclopedia Britannica



GUARDA

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 656 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GRA-GUI
GUARDA , an episcopal city and the
capital
  of an administrative
district
  bearing the same name, and formerly in the province of Beira, Portugal; on the Guarda-
Abrantes
  and
Lisbon
 -Villar Formoso railways. Pop. (1900) 6124. Guarda is situated 3370 ft. above sea-level, at the north-eastern extremity of the Serra da Estrella, overlooking the fertile valley of the river C6a. It is surrounded by ancient walls, and contains a ruined castle, a fine 16th-
century
 
cathedral
  and a sanatorium for consumptives. Its
industries
  comprise the manufacture of coarse
cloth
  and the sale of
grain
 , wine and live stock. In 1199 Guarda was founded, on the site of the Roman Lencia Oppidana, by Sancho I. of Portugal, who intended it, as its name implies, to be a " guard " against Moorish invasion. The administrative
district
  of Guarda coincides with north-eastern Beira; pop. (1900), 261,630; area, 1665 sq. m.


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