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Encyclopedia Britannica



PONTEVEDRA

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 65 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
PONTEVEDRA , the
capital
  of the Spanish province of Pontevedra; on the Tuy-Corunna railway, and on the river Lerez, which here enters the Ria de Pontevedra, an inlet of the
Atlantic
 . Pop. (1900), 22,330. The name of the town is derived from the ancient Roman
bridge
  (pons veins) of twelve
arches
 , which spans the Lerez near its mouth. Pontevedra is a picturesque town, mainly built of granite, and still partly enclosed by medieval fortifications. It contains handsome provincial and municipal halls erected in the 19th
century
 , and many convents, some of which have been converted into hospitals or schools. Marin and Sangenjo are ports on the Ria de Pontevedra, which is the seat of a thriving sardine
fishery
 . There is an active
trade
  in
grain
 , wine and fruit;
cloth
 , hats, leather and pottery are manufactured.


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