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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR |
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PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA , a seaport of southern Spain, in the province of Cadiz, on the right bank of the river Guadalete, with a station on the railway from Cadiz to Seville. Pop. (1900), 20,120. Puerto de Santa Maria, commonly called " El Puerto," is probably the Menesthei Portus of Ptolemy
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bull -ring which accommodates 12,000 spectators. The town is noted for its bull -fights, that given here in honour of Wellington being the subject of the considerably idealized description in Byron's Childe Harold.End of Article: PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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