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Encyclopedia Britannica



PONTA DELGADA

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 62 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
PONTA DELGADA , the
capital
  of an administrative
district
 , comprising the islands of St Michael's and St Mary in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Pop. (1900), 17,620. Ponta Delgada is built on the south coast of St Michael's, in 370 40' N. and 25 36' W. Its mild climate, and the fine scenery of its mountain background, render it very attractive to visitors; it is the commercial centre, and the most populous city of the archipelago. Besides the cathedral, it contains several interesting churches and monasteries, and an
observatory
 . Formerly its natural inner harbour only admitted vessels of light draught, while larger ships were compelled to anchor in an open road-
stead
 , which was inaccessible during the prevalence of southerly gales. But
great
  improvements were effected after 186o by the construction of a breakwater 2800 ft. long.
PONT-A-MOUSSON, a town of northern France in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, 17 M. N.N.W. of Nancy by rail. Pop. (1906), 12,282. The Moselle, which is canalized, divides the town into two quarters, united by a bridge of the
late
  16th century. The church of St Martin, dating from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, has a handsome facade with two towers, and in the interior a choir screen and Holy Sepulchre of the 15th century. The lower ecclesiastical
seminary
  occupies the building of an old Premonstratensian convent. There are several interesting old houses. The town has a communal college and engineering workshops, blast furnaces, and manufactures of lacquered
ware
 ,
paper
 , cardboard, cables and iron-
ware
 . Dating from the 9th or loth century, Pont-a-Mousson constituted a lordship, which was made a marquisate in 1354. It was from 1572 to 1763 the seat of a well-known university.


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